Table 10.

2 Employment in Agriculture by Region and Year

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
PHILIPPINES 11,956 12,268 12,092 11,836 11,801 11,294
NCR 25 31 31 29 31 26
CAR 375 366 351 347 372 365
Ilocos Region 752 764 699 649 662 635
Cagayan Valley 797 848 844 847 819 823
Central Luzon 802 830 820 845 832 751
CALABARZON 759 742 721 669 725 649
MIMAROPA 618 649 626 599 596 578
Bicol Region 844 852 888 866 859 871
Western Visayas 1,155 1,220 1,139 1,108 1,206 1,173
Central Visayas 863 906 874 881 904 898
Eastern Visayas 743 769 787 808 501 442
Zamboanga 712 699 661 658 632 614
Peninsula
Northern 805 826 846 773 849 759
Mindanao
Davao Region 683 746 716 690 703 641
SOCCSKSARGEN 819 832 843 837 829 810
CARAGA 392 388 386 390 393 386

ARMM 812 799 861 841 888 874

Table 10.3 Labor Force Participation Rate

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Labor Force
Participation Rate
Men 78.5 79.0 78.5 78.1 78.6 77.3
Women 49.7 50.4 50.0 49.9 50.7 50.1
15-24 years old 45.4 46.7 46.1 45.3 46.1 43.7
25-54 76.9 77.2 76.9 77.0 77.7 77.3
55 54.8 55.0 54.1 53.9 54.4 54.2
Total Labor Force
Men 23,729 24,345 24,614 24,968 25,093 25,062
Women 15,164 15,660 15,810 16,055 16,286 16,280
15-24 years old 8,276 8,675 8,734 8,744 8,859 8,531
25-54 25,526 26,119 26,471 26,977 27,180 27,415
55 5,091 5,213 5,223 5,223 5,340 5,397
Total Working
Age Population
Men 30,223 30,805 31,369 31,974 31,905 32,417
 Women 30,493 31,076 31,616 32,199 32,128 32,519
15-24 years old 18,220 18,576 18,928 19,285 19,223 19,522
25-54 33,201 33,820 34,403 35,048 34,991 35,453
55 9,295 9,486 9,655 9,840 9,819 9,962

Table 10. 4 Employment-to-Population Ratio

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Employment-to-Population (%)
Men 73.3 72.8 72.4 73.2 72.2
Women 47.0 46.7 46.5 47.6 47.2
15-24 years old 39.1 38.7 38.0 39.1 37.2
25-54 73.4 73.2 73.0 74.0 73.8
55+ 53.8 52.9 52.6 53.3 53.3
Total Employed (000)
Men 22,573 22,849 23,150 23,365 23,406
Women 14,619 14,751 14,968 15,286 15,335
15-24 years old 7,258 7,322 7,335 7,508 7,255
25-54 24,829 25,174 25,602 25,905 26,182
55+ 5,106 5,105 5,180 5,238 5,305
Total Working Age Population (000)
Men 30,805 31,369 31,974 31,905 32,417
Women 31,076 31,619 32,199 32,128 32,519
15-24 years old 18,576 18,928 19,285 19,223 19,552
25-54 33,820 34,403 35,048 34,991 35,453
55+ 9,486 9,655 9,840 9,819 9,962
Table 10.5 Household Population 15 Years Old and Over and Employment Status,
Philippines:2014- July 2016

Indicator 2014 2015 2016

Ave Ave Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Aprp Julp
Houshold population
15 Years Old and 64,033 64,936 64,591 64,802 66,613 66,622 67,160 66,805 68,436
Over
Labor Force 41,379 41,164 41,164 41,840 41,901 42,146 42,520 42,510 43,309
Employed 38,651 38,741 38,461 39,158 39,177 39,775 40,052 39,916 40,974
At work 38,136 38,280 38,018 38,298 38,894 39,512 39,789 39,137 40,753
Worked Less Than 40
Hours (Part-Time) 4,218 13,872 14,335 15,500 12,629 13,623 12,819 12,907 12,939
Worked 40 Hours and
Over (Full-Time) 23,917 24,408 23,683 22,799 26,265 25,889 26,970 26,230 27,813
With a Job But Not at 516 461 444 860 283 263 262 779 221
Work
Underemployed 7,118 7,180 6,883 6,983 8,220 7,020 7,881 7,351 7,094
Visibly1 4,365 4,223 4,318 4,545 4,235 4,011 4,140 4,197 3,920
Invisibly 2,754 2,958 2,565 2,438 3,985 3,010 3,740 3,155 3,174
Unemployed 2,728 2,602 2,703 2,681 2,723 2,371 2,468 2,594 2,335
Labor Force
Participation Rate (%) 64.6 63.7 63.7 64.6 62.9 63.3 63.3 63.6 63.3
Employment Rate (%)
93.4 93.7 93.4 93.6 93.5 94.4 94.2 93.9 94.6

Underemployment
Rate (%) 18.4 18.5 17.9 17.8 21.0 17.6 19.7 18.4 17.3
Visible
Underemployment 11.3 10.9 11.2 11.6 10.8 10.1 10.3 10.5 9.6
Rate (%)
Unemployment Rate
(%) 6.6 6.3 9.0 6.4 6.5 5.6 5.8 6.1 5.4
Employment
Generation 1,253a 183b 1037c 494 (106)d 160e NA NA NA
a b c d e NA NA
Employment Growth 3.4 0.5 2.8 1.3 (0.3) 0.4 NA
Definitions:
Labor Force- population 15 years old and over who are either employed or unemployed.
Employed- persons 15 years old and over who, during the reference week, were reported at
work for at least an hour.
Unemployed- persons 15 years old and over without work or had no job/business, looking or
seeking work, and available for work during the reference week
Underemployed- employed persons who want additional hours of work in their present job, or
to have additional job, or to have a new job with longer working hours.
Visibly Underemployed- underemployed persons who worked for less than 40 hours during the
reference week.
Invisibly Underemployed- underemployed persons who worked for 40 hours or more during
the reference week.
Employment Generation- year-on-year incrremetal change in employment.
Consumer Price Index
The consumer index (CPI) is the measure that summarizes the changes in the level of
prices. It is a useful tool in indicating price changes and measuring inflation.
Using the consumer price index, inflation can be computed as:

Inflation Rate = CP1 Year2 – CP1 Year 1 100

CP1 Year 1

Look at Table 10.10 as an example. It shows a hypothetical consumer price index from 2000 to
2006.

Say, we want to compute for the inflation rate of 2005.

Table 10.10
Year CPI
2000 5.2
2001 6.3
2002 6.5
2003 7
2004 8.2
2005 9
2006 9.6

Using a formula provided, we will come up with

Inflation Rate = CP1 Y2 – CP1 Y1 x100

CP1 Y 1

= CP1 2005 – CP1 2004 X 100

CP1 2004

= 9.0 - 8.2 X 100

8.2
 =9.76

The inflation rate from the example above simply means that anything we bought in
2005 has increased its average price by 9.76% from 2004.
Table 10.11 shows actual inflation rates of the Philippines from 1995 to 2010 based on
the National Statistics Office (NSO). The highest rate so far was in August 2008 at 12.4%
inflation; the lowest was in August 2009, with an average inflation rate of 0.1%.

Table10.11 Year-on Year Inflation Rates in the Philippines. All items January 2005-September
2010)

Year
Month
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
January 8.4 6.7 3.9 4.9 7.1 4.3
February 8.5 7.6 2.6 5.4 7.3 4.2
March 8.5 7.6 2.2 6.4 6.4 4.4
April 8.5 7.1 2.3 8.3 4.8 4.4
May 8.5 6.9 2.4 9.5 3.3 4.3
June 7.6 6.7 2.3 11.4 1.5 3.9
July 7.1 6.4 2.6 12.3 0.2 3.9
August 7.2 6.3 2.4 12.4 0.1 4
September 7 5.7 2.7 11.8 0.6 3.5
October 7 5.4 2.7 11.2 1.6
November 7.1 4.6 3.2 9.9 2.8
December 6.7 4.3 3.9 8 4.3
Average 7.6 6.2 2.8 9.3 3.2