TABLE 1 Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates,
by Region: October 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 53,097 66.4 89.0 11.0 16.8
National Capital Region (NCR) 7,175 64.3 81.5 18.5 12.6
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 948 68.2 91.0 9.0 13.3
I - Ilocos Region 2,939 64.7 89.3 10.7 15.1
II - Cagayan Valley 2,166 68.4 94.7 5.3 19.9
III - Central Luzon 5,823 64.2 87.4 12.6 5.9
IV-A - Calabarzon 6,680 65.8 86.5 13.5 11.8
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,527 71.3 91.9 8.1 19.4
V - Bicol Region 2,981 68.3 92.2 7.8 31.2
VI - Western Visayas 4,305 66.3 91.2 8.8 19.9
VII - Central Visayas 3,941 65.5 88.0 12.0 11.0
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,337 72.0 90.7 9.3 25.5
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,872 65.7 94.0 6.0 18.4
X - Northern Mindanao 2,436 73.0 93.5 6.5 28.6
XI - Davao Region 2,512 68.6 91.2 8.8 22.1
XII - Soccsksargen 2,208 68.7 90.3 9.7 21.7
XIII - Caraga 1,398 68.4 90.7 9.3 21.7
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,850 55.7 92.6 7.4 8.2
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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, October 2004 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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