TABLE 3 Rates of Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment, by Region: January 2010
(In percent)
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Labor Force | | | Under-
Region Participation | Employment | Unemployment | employment
Rate | Rate | Rate | Rate
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Philippines 64.5 92.7 7.3 19.7
National Capital Region 62.8 89.2 10.8 10.9
Cordillera Administrative Region 68.0 95.0 5.0 17.3
I -Ilocos Region 60.9 92.1 7.9 14.8
II -Cagayan Valley 67.1 97.0 3.0 17.0
III -Central Luzon 61.3 91.0 9.0 8.7
IVA -CALABARZON 63.8 90.5 9.5 16.9
IVB -MIMAROPA 68.7 95.8 4.2 22.4
V -Bicol Region 64.6 94.9 5.1 36.8
VI -Western Visayas 66.1 94.0 6.0 28.6
VII -Central Visayas 64.9 91.9 8.1 18.1
VIII -Eastern Visayas 64.8 93.6 6.4 22.8
IX -Zamboanga Peninsula 68.3 95.3 4.7 26.0
X -Northern Mindanao 70.2 94.8 5.2 26.4
XI -Davao Region 65.1 94.0 6.0 22.8
XII -SOCCSKSARGEN 67.7 94.8 5.2 26.7
Caraga 64.9 91.9 8.1 28.0
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 59.2 96.0 4.0 16.6
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Notes: Estimates for January 2010 are preliminary and may change.
Figures were estimated using the 2000 Census-based Population Projections.
Source: National Statistics Office, January 2010 Labor Force Survey
Page last updated: March 16, 2010
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