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POPULATION:

1. Demographics

The Census of Population in 2020 the Province of Surigao del Norte

recorded a total population of 534, 636. This is higher by 10.2 percent
increase of population from the 2015 census or an equivalent of 2.07 annual
growth rate in five years which renders population density per square kilometer of
274. The total population comprises 19.1 percent of the overall population of
the Caraga Region.

The data of the 2020 census population likewise shows Surigao del
norte posted a total number of households of 127,445 with an average
household size of 4.2 (2022 RSET CARAGA Region XIII).

2. Employment

 SDN Employment rate

2018 93-96%
2019 93-96%
2020 89-92%
 SDN Labor Force Participation rate

2018 was 56%

2019 was 56-60%
2020 was 56-60%
 SDN Unemployment rate

2018 5-8 %
2019 5-8 %
2020 9-12%

 SDN Underemplyment
 2018 10-19 %
2019 10-19 %
2020 20-29 %
(source: PSA ANNUAL PROVINCIAL LABOR MARKET
STATISTICS, Released January 27, 2022)
3. Literacy Rate (No data)

4. Workforce

Skilled workforce rate (No data)

Province of Surigao del Norte minimum wage is P350.00 per Wage

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The Province has nine (9) Higher Education Institutions. One (1)
State University and eight (8) private Higher Education Institutions.

In the school years of 2020-2021, 2021-2022 & 2022-2023, SDN

had a total number of 10,806 graduates combined together from the 9 Higher
Education Institutions in the province. Of this number 4,644 are males and
6,162 are females. The figure comprised the following graduates from
different field of discipline available in local HEI, like the following:
Education Science & Teacher Training,Engineering, Humanities,
Natural Science, Mathematics, IT-related, Medial and Allied,
Architectural and Town Planning, Agricultural, Fisheries & Forestry,
Service Trade.

Education Science and Teacher Training has the most number of

graduates, this followed by Information Technology (IT), Engineering
and FAME courses. (CHED Statistical Bulletins 2020-2021, 2021-2022 &
2022-2023).

Availability of skilled workers are derived from the graduates of

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) from accredited
Tesda Technology Institute (TTI) in the Province. In the last 3 years (2020-
2022) there are 14, 108 highly trained graduates from TTI. Of this number
there are 6,581 males and 7, 566 females.

The province is known to have these good resources of minerals,

agriculture, fisheries and tourism destinations. Hence, its role in the region is
to be the major Eco-tourism destinations, fishery producer and mineral-
based processing industrial center.

Available data shows a total of 3,584 graduates in the fields of

Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Mining, and Eco-Tourism.