TABLE 1 Labor Force Participation Rates (LFPR), Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Rates by Region:
July 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 56,857 63.6 92.2 7.8 22.0
National Capital Region (NCR) 7,605 61.4 87.0 13.0 16.8
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 1,022 67.2 95.0 5.0 18.3
I - Ilocos Region 3,114 60.6 92.1 7.9 19.6
II - Cagayan Valley 2,055 67.9 96.3 3.7 16.6
III - Central Luzon 6,244 60.3 88.5 11.5 14.1
IV-A - Calabarzon 7,283 62.9 90.9 9.1 15.0
IV-B - Mimaropa 1,635 69.7 95.6 4.4 28.5
V - Bicol Region 3,197 64.0 94.4 5.6 38.4
VI - Western Visayas 4,589 64.0 93.3 6.7 27.1
VII - Central Visayas 4,311 64.0 93.1 6.9 21.9
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,548 65.4 95.3 4.7 29.2
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula1 2,034 65.1 95.0 5.0 28.1
X - Northern Mindanao 2,615 68.9 93.1 6.9 30.3
XI - Davao Region 2,690 65.9 93.4 6.6 21.7
XII - Soccsksargen 2,410 65.5 96.0 4.0 26.2
XIII - Caraga 1,477 66.1 91.7 8.3 29.3
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)2 2,026 56.8 95.7 4.3 14.9
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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, July 2007 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: May 22, 2008
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