TABLE 1 Labor Force Participation Rate, Employment, Unemployment, and Underemployment Rate
by Region: July 2004
(Percent)
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Total | Labor | | |
Population | Force | | Unem- | Under-
Region 15 Years Old | Partici- | Employment | ployment | employment
and Over | pation | Rate | Rate | Rate
(Thousands) | Rate | | |
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Philippines 52,883 67.0 88.2 11.8 17.5
National Capital Region (NCR) 7,171 65.7 81.5 18.5 10.8
Cordillera Administrative
Region (CAR) 940 69.0 89.9 10.1 14.9
I - Ilocos Region 2,906 66.0 87.3 12.7 15.1
II - Cagayan Valley 2,158 67.2 91.9 8.1 19.3
III - Central Luzon 5,809 64.4 86.6 13.4 7.2
IV-A - Calabarzon 6,667 66.4 85.5 14.5 12.7
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,508 71.7 91.9 8.1 17.2
V - Bicol Region 2,957 68.2 91.5 8.5 26.6
VI - Western Visayas 4,268 68.8 90.3 9.7 20.5
VII - Central Visayas 3,944 66.0 87.1 12.9 14.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,364 70.9 90.5 9.5 23.5
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,858 66.8 92.5 7.5 21.0
X - Northern Mindanao 2,410 74.1 92.6 7.4 36.8
XI - Davao Region 2,485 68.7 89.9 10.1 24.7
XII - Soccsksargen 2,212 67.8 89.2 10.8 23.5
XIII - Caraga 1,355 69.5 91.0 9.0 24.7
Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,870 57.3 93.9 6.1 11.9
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Notes:
Figures were estimated based on the 2000 Census of Population Projections.
1 Starting July 2003, Isabela City (Basilan) is part of Region IX.
2 Starting July 2003, Basilan province, which was formerly part of Region IX,
is now under ARMM by Executive Order 36.
Source: National Statistics Office, July 2004 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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