TABLE 1 Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates, by Region:
July 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 55,475 64.6 91.9 8.1 23.4
National Capital Region (NCR) 7,403 62.8 86.4 13.6 17.9
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 990 67.2 94.5 5.5 22.7
I - Ilocos Region 3,082 62.3 89.9 10.1 23.9
II - Cagayan Valley 2,019 67.9 96.5 3.5 25.3
III - Central Luzon 6,137 61.8 88.2 11.8 16.4
IV-A - Calabarzon 7,133 63.9 89.9 10.1 17.3
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,611 68.3 95.6 4.4 25.4
V - Bicol Region 3,089 67.1 94.1 5.9 39.9
VI - Western Visayas 4,502 67.1 94.4 5.6 26.2
VII - Central Visayas 4,230 63.1 92.6 7.4 19.8
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,491 67.6 94.6 5.4 32.2
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,971 65.3 96.7 3.3 25.7
X - Northern Mindanao 2,507 69.9 94.1 5.9 32.7
XI - Davao Region 2,631 66.6 92.7 7.3 25.4
XII - Soccsksargen 2,330 65.5 94.5 5.5 27.8
XIII - Caraga 1,452 64.7 93.5 6.5 25.2
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,897 56.8 95.4 4.6 15.4
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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, July 2006 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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