TABLE 1 Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates, by Region:
April 2007
(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 6,411 64.5 92.6 7.4 18.9
National Capital Region (NCR) 7,418 61.5 87.5 12.5 11.9
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 1,025 68.5 96.3 3.7 14.0
I - Ilocos Region 3,152 60.7 90.7 9.3 15.6
II - Cagayan Valley 2,067 68.2 97.0 3.0 16.5
III - Central Luzon 6,268 61.0 89.8 10.2 8.3
IV-A - Calabarzon 7,157 62.7 90.7 9.3 14.8
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,681 70.1 95.8 4.2 21.9
V - Bicol Region 3,185 66.2 94.8 5.2 36.5
VI - Western Visayas 4,583 64.2 92.1 7.9 25.5
VII - Central Visayas 4,307 64.7 94.3 5.7 16.0
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,536 66.8 94.7 5.3 26.4
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 2,018 67.1 96.9 3.1 22.6
X - Northern Mindanao 2,565 74.1 94.5 5.5 27.3
XI - Davao Region 2,646 65.6 94.9 5.1 18.6
XII - Soccsksargen 2,374 67.4 94.8 5.2 25.6
XIII - Caraga 1,492 68.3 94.1 5.9 25.6
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 1,939 60.7 96.2 3.8 16.6
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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 2007 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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