TABLE 4 Total Population 15 Years Old and Over and Rates of Labor Force Participation, Employment

Unemployment and Underemployment, by Region: January 2019

(In Percent)

Total
Population
15 Years Old Labor Force Employmen Unemploymen Underemployme
Region and Participatio t Rate t Rate nt Rate
Over n Rate
(in '000)

Philippines 72,524 60.2 94.8 5.2 15.6

National Capital Region (NCR) 9,354 60.5 93.6 6.4 7.0

Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 1,286 61.6 95.1 4.9 16.3
Region I (Ilocos Region) 3,534 61.3 94.8 5.2 15.2
Region II (Cagayan Valley) 2,421 62.0 96.9 3.1 15.5
Region III (Central Luzon) 8,051 59.6 94.8 5.2 14.2
Region IV-A (CALABARZON) 10,269 63.1 93.9 6.1 12.9
MIMAROPA Region 2,135 59.8 95.3 4.7 21.1
Region V (Bicol Region) 4,203 55.9 94.5 5.5 23.9
Region VI (Western Visayas) 5,519 59.6 96.1 3.9 16.8
Region VII (Central Visayas) 5,387 63.1 94.8 5.2 18.4
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) 3,206 58.9 94.8 5.2 24.5
Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) 2,659 55.8 95.4 4.6 18.9
Region X (Northern Mindanao) 3,369 62.4 95.8 4.2 18.0
Region XI (Davao Region) 3,558 60.2 95.5 4.5 14.6
Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) 3,199 63.3 95.4 4.6 22.9
Region XIII (Caraga) 1,928 59.2 94.1 5.9 20.4
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) 2,447 47.7 93.7 6.3 4.0

Notes: Estimates for January 2019 are preliminary and may change.
Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, January 2019 Labor Force Survey