TABLE 3 Rates of Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment, by Region: July 2009
(In percent)
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Labor Force | Employment | Unemployment | Under-
Region Participation | Rate | Rate | employment
Rate | | | Rate
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Philippines 64.6 92.4 7.6 19.8
National Capital Region 62.4 87.9 12.1 12.2
Cordillera Administrative Region 67.9 95.4 4.6 17.6
I - Ilocos Region 61.7 93.3 6.7 13.8
II - Cagayan Valley 67.0 97.2 2.8 16.2
III - Central Luzon 61.3 90.1 9.9 11.4
IVA - CALABARZON 63.8 88.9 11.1 18.9
IVB - MIMAROPA 70.2 95.7 4.3 27.4
V - Bicol Region 64.5 94.6 5.4 33.1
VI - Western Visayas 65.3 92.6 7.4 26.1
VII - Central Visayas 64.8 92.9 7.1 16.0
VIII- Eastern Visayas 66.3 94.5 5.5 25.4
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 68.2 95.9 4.1 22.8
X - Northern Mindanao 71.2 94.3 5.7 27.0
XI - Davao Region 66.1 94.4 5.6 21.9
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 67.7 94.9 5.1 25.7
Caraga 64.7 93.2 6.8 27.2
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 59.1 96.6 3.4 15.2
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Notes: Estimates for July 2009 are preliminary and may change.
Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.
Source: National Statistics Office, July 2009 Labor Force Sur Survey
Page last updated: September 15, 2009
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