TABLE 3 Rates of Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment, by Region: April 2009
(In percent)
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Labor Force | Employment | Unemployment | Under-
Region Participation | Rate | Rate | employment
Rate | | | Rate
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Philippines 64.0 92.5 7.5 18.9
National Capital Region 60.9 86.5 13.5 12.4
Cordillera Administrative Region 67.4 95.8 4.2 17.9
I - Ilocos Region 61.0 91.7 8.3 15.6
II - Cagayan Valley 69.0 97.2 2.8 16.7
III - Central Luzon 59.8 91.5 8.5 5.4
IVA - CALABARZON 62.9 90.1 9.9 15.4
IVB - MIMAROPA 70.9 95.5 4.5 25.4
V - Bicol Region 65.4 93.5 6.5 36.8
VI - Western Visayas 65.0 92.1 7.9 26.8
VII - Central Visayas 63.5 92.7 7.3 12.6
VIII- Eastern Visayas 67.7 95.0 5.0 28.7
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 67.6 96.2 3.8 27.4
X - Northern Mindanao 70.7 94.8 5.2 24.5
XI - Davao Region 65.7 93.8 6.2 23.4
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 67.2 95.6 4.4 19.9
Caraga 67.2 94.9 5.1 26.8
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 56.3 98.5 1.5 13.0
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Notes: Estimates for April 2009 are preliminary and may change.
Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.
Source: National Statistics Office, April 2009 Labor Force Sur Survey
Page last updated: June 16, 2009
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