TABLE 1 Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates, by Region:
October 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 54,363 64.7 92.5 7.5 21.1
National Capital Region (NCR) 7,310 62.5 86.2 13.8 13.3
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 973 65.5 94.4 5.6 22.5
I - Ilocos Region 3,036 61.2 93.1 6.9 15.8
II - Cagayan Valley 1,981 69.5 97.4 2.6 20.0
III - Central Luzon 6,019 61.0 90.8 9.2 12.3
IV-A - Calabarzon 6,904 64.5 89.6 10.4 16.6
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,587 70.6 96.2 3.8 19.7
V - Bicol Region 3,086 66.6 95.1 4.9 35.1
VI - Western Visayas 4,391 65.3 94.3 5.7 24.4
VII - Central Visayas 4,102 65.6 92.2 7.8 19.9
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,412 66.0 95.4 4.6 30.1
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,931 64.6 96.8 3.2 22.3
X - Northern Mindanao 2,507 72.6 94.6 5.4 33.9
XI - Davao Region 2,551 66.3 94.1 5.9 25.9
XII - Soccsksargen 2,279 66.7 94.5 5.5 30.4
XIII - Caraga 1,425 67.3 95.7 4.3 23.5
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,869 54.7 96.6 3.4 17.5
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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 2005 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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