TABLE 1 Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates,
by Region: January 2005
(In 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 53,513 66.0 88.6 11.4 16.0
National Capital Region (NCR) 7,182 64.7 82.5 17.5 7.4
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 939 67.1 90.8 9.2 10.8
I - Ilocos Region 3,012 63.0 86.4 13.6 14.8
II - Cagayan Valley 1,949 67.5 93.1 6.9 18.7
III - Central Luzon 5,915 62.9 87.5 12.5 5.6
IV-A - Calabarzon 6,805 65.5 86.0 14.0 11.7
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,538 70.5 91.4 8.6 18.2
V - Bicol Region 3,028 67.9 91.1 8.9 28.4
VI - Western Visayas 4,332 67.9 91.0 9.0 21.0
VII - Central Visayas 4,033 65.7 87.7 12.3 14.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,371 71.3 90.8 9.2 22.7
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,928 62.3 94.2 5.8 16.3
X - Northern Mindanao 2,427 75.6 92.5 7.5 32.8
XI - Davao Region 2,501 66.5 91.3 8.7 19.8
XII - Soccsksargen 2,219 66.8 89.7 10.3 22.0
XIII - Caraga 1,393 66.8 89.8 10.2 23.6
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,940 56.0 92.6 7.4 8.0
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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, January 2005 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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