TABLE 1 Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates, by Region:
October 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 55,638 63.8 92.6 7.4 20.3
National Capital Region (NCR) 7,469 62.0 85.2 14.8 13.3
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 1,005 65.7 95.3 4.7 20.0
I - Ilocos Region 3,105 59.4 92.9 7.1 15.5
II - Cagayan Valley 2,029 68.3 97.1 2.9 24.4
III - Central Luzon 6,112 60.2 90.9 9.1 9.2
IV-A - Calabarzon 7,104 63.4 90.7 9.3 16.7
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,637 68.1 96.7 3.3 17.5
V - Bicol Region 3,127 64.6 94.8 5.2 38.4
VI - Western Visayas 4,498 63.3 93.8 6.2 26.0
VII - Central Visayas 4,269 64.2 92.4 7.6 17.9
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,429 66.0 95.2 4.8 29.8
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 1,992 64.8 97.2 2.8 23.8
X - Northern Mindanao 2,570 72.9 94.8 5.2 28.6
XI - Davao Region 2,608 65.8 94.5 5.5 19.1
XII - Soccsksargen 2,337 66.0 95.2 4.8 25.6
XIII - Caraga 1,466 68.4 96.3 3.7 23.9
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,881 56.4 95.9 4.1 19.9
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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 2006 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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