TABLE 4 Total Population 15 Years Old

Unemployment and Underemployme

(In Tho

Total Population 15 Years Old and

Labor Force Participati
Over
Region
January October January January
2022f 2022p 2023p 2022f

Philippines 76,348 76,925 77,105 60.5

National Capital Region (NCR) 10,230 10,252 10,297 58.8

Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 1,270 1,267 1,275 65.0
Region I (Ilocos Region) 3,661 3,646 3,636 62.0
Region II (Cagayan Valley) 2,530 2,515 2,507 62.9
Region III (Central Luzon) 8,953 9,042 9,047 58.6
Region IV-A (CALABARZON) 11,572 11,792 11,795 62.2
MIMAROPA Region 2,100 2,119 2,116 62.8
Region V (Bicol Region) 4,077 4,082 4,111 58.4
Region VI (Western Visayas) 5,548 5,554 5,590 63.0
Region VII (Central Visayas) 5,601 5,633 5,653 60.0
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) 3,230 3,251 3,259 58.0
Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) 2,587 2,593 2,605 60.0
Region X (Northern Mindanao) 3,507 3,536 3,541 62.7
Region XI (Davao Region) 3,694 3,721 3,750 59.5
Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) 2,993 3,028 3,023 63.4
Region XIII (Caraga) 1,854 1,872 1,875 61.9
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim 2,940 3,023 3,023 56.0
Mindanao (BARMM)1/

Notes: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

1/ The sample coverage for BARMM includes provinces of Maguindanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte (previously Province of Maguindanao), Cotabato City and

p - Preliminary.

f - Final.

All estimates used the 2015 POPCEN-based Population Projection.

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey

Population 15 Years Old and Over and Rates of Labor Force Participation, Employment
ent and Underemployment, by Region: January 2022f, October 2022p, and January 2023p
(In Thousands Except Rates)

Labor Force Participation Rate Employment Rate Unemployment Rate

October January January October January January October January

2022p 2023p 2022f 2022p 2023p 2022f 2022p 2023p

64.1 64.5 93.6 95.5 95.2 6.4 4.5 4.8

60.6 62.6 92.7 94.4 94.3 7.3 5.6 5.7

64.7 64.3 94.9 97.0 96.7 5.1 3.0 3.3
63.3 63.8 92.8 96.0 95.5 7.2 4.0 4.5
64.9 64.3 95.7 96.3 97.0 4.3 3.7 3.0
62.5 63.8 94.3 95.3 95.7 5.7 4.7 4.3
64.5 63.9 92.6 94.3 94.1 7.4 5.7 5.9
62.9 63.9 93.5 94.8 95.4 6.5 5.2 4.6
58.7 59.1 92.2 95.6 93.4 7.8 4.4 6.6
64.3 63.8 95.3 94.9 94.4 4.7 5.1 5.6
67.0 65.0 91.9 94.2 95.8 8.1 5.8 4.2
64.3 63.7 93.0 97.0 96.2 7.0 3.0 3.8
61.8 65.2 95.0 98.0 97.4 5.0 2.0 2.6
67.0 68.6 94.9 96.3 95.4 5.1 3.7 4.6
62.1 63.2 95.2 96.5 95.5 4.8 3.5 4.5
71.6 69.1 95.5 96.3 96.5 4.5 3.7 3.5
67.3 70.1 94.1 96.3 95.0 5.9 3.7 5.0

74.7 73.2 93.0 97.6 96.8 7.0 2.4 3.2

f Maguindanao), Cotabato City and the eight cluster areas (63 barangays, previously from Province of Cotabato)
 Underemployment Rate

January October January

2022f 2022p 2023p

14.9 14.2 14.1

9.0 7.4 7.2

18.8 13.1 12.7
14.7 10.5 11.5
19.8 15.9 16.5
9.4 10.3 6.5
13.7 15.8 17.0
25.1 16.8 26.3
22.6 23.2 27.2
16.9 15.3 12.9
16.5 14.9 9.9
19.7 22.4 18.8
18.7 17.1 19.8
14.9 12.5 14.5
11.0 7.8 6.3
20.8 27.2 29.5
17.8 15.9 24.2

12.0 10.6 10.4