TABLE 1 Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates, by Region:
April 2006
(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 54,976 64.8 91.8 8.2 25.4
National Capital Region (NCR) 7,265 62.4 85.9 14.1 18.8
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 990 70.9 94.9 5.1 23.1
I - Ilocos Region 3,078 61.3 91.7 8.3 28.4
II - Cagayan Valley 2,010 67.4 96.8 3.2 23.0
III - Central Luzon 6,090 60.1 88.6 11.4 19.1
IV-A - Calabarzon 6,973 63.2 89.6 10.4 21.6
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,633 70.4 94.3 5.7 30.6
V - Bicol Region 3,099 67.1 93.9 6.1 38.7
VI - Western Visayas 4,489 65.3 92.8 7.2 28.1
VII - Central Visayas 4,220 64.3 92.9 7.1 21.1
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,445 69.4 95.5 4.5 31.6
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,951 65.2 95.8 4.2 31.4
X - Northern Mindanao 2,514 72.6 93.8 6.2 33.7
XI - Davao Region 2,604 68.5 91.8 8.2 30.1
XII - Soccsksargen 2,285 66.6 94.1 5.9 27.3
XIII - Caraga 1,448 67.2 94.5 5.5 26.4
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,883 60.4 95.4 4.6 16.2
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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, April 2006 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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