TABLE 1 Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates,
by Region: April 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 53,738 64.7 91.6 8.4 26.0
National Capital Region (NCR) 7,216 62.3 85.5 14.5 21.1
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 970 65.3 94.6 5.4 25.4
I - Ilocos Region 3,048 60.1 90.3 9.7 23.6
II - Cagayan Valley 1,978 67.1 96.1 3.9 19.4
III - Central Luzon 5,943 62.3 88.5 11.5 16.4
IV-A - Calabarzon 6,821 63.3 88.8 11.2 22.4
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,565 71.1 94.2 5.8 35.5
V - Bicol Region 3,056 68.9 95.6 4.4 42.9
VI - Western Visayas 4,372 65.1 94.3 5.7 28.4
VII - Central Visayas 4,044 63.6 91.6 8.4 25.4
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,388 70.4 96.3 3.7 31.5
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,881 63.6 4.8 5.2 26.0
X - Northern Mindanao 2,429 72.4 93.7 6.3 33.4
XI - Davao Region 2,527 66.8 92.7 7.3 31.1
XII - Soccsksargen 2,223 66.6 93.9 6.1 32.8
XIII - Caraga 1,410 68.4 93.8 6.2 35.4
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,868 57.3 96.1 3.9 8.8
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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, April 2005 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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