TABLE 3 Rates of Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment, by Region: January 2009
(In percent)
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Labor Force | Employment | Unemployment | Under-
Region Participation | Rate | Rate | employment
Rate | | | Rate
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Philippines 63.3 92.3 7.7 18.2
National Capital Region 60.9 86.0 14.0 12.4
Cordillera Administrative Region 66.9 95.7 4.3 18.3
I - Ilocos Region 62.3 91.5 8.5 20.9
II - Cagayan Valley 66.1 97.1 2.9 14.1
III - Central Luzon 60.2 90.3 9.7 4.9
IVA - CALABARZON 63.0 89.1 10.9 14.6
IVB - MIMAROPA 69.4 95.5 4.5 26.3
V - Bicol Region 63.8 93.9 6.1 38.0
VI - Western Visayas 63.7 94.0 6.0 23.0
VII - Central Visayas 63.2 92.2 7.8 14.0
VIII- Eastern Visayas 63.9 94.4 5.6 25.1
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 65.8 96.4 3.6 21.2
X - Northern Mindanao 68.3 95.7 4.3 27.2
XI - Davao Region 64.6 94.2 5.8 19.1
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 65.3 96.5 3.5 17.8
Caraga 66.9 93.7 6.3 28.9
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 55.9 97.6 2.4 12.0
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Notes: Estimates for January 2009 are preliminary and may change.
Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.
Source: National Statistics Office, January 2009 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: March 17, 2009
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