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Total Labor Force
 201620172018
Total Labor Force (000)43,36142,77543,460
Total Labor Force

Footnotes

Notes:
1. Annualized data for 2014 from the Labor Force Survey is the average of April, July and October employment data which excluded Leyte province.
2. Annualized data for 2015 from the Labor Force Survey is the average of January, April, July and October employment data which excluded Leyte province.
The use of the annualized 2015 LFS data using the four survey rounds was based on the result of the referendum among members of the Interagency Committee on Labor and Productivity Statistics.
3. See Metadata of Statistical Indicators on Decent Work for definitions and other information.
Indicator
Total Labor Force (000)
2005 data refers to average of April, July and October as definition of unemployment revised beginning April 2005 to include availability criterion in conformance with international standard.
2014 data refers to average of estimates for April, July and October survey rounds. The estimates for these rounds exclude data of Leyte province only while that of January exclude Region VIII.

Footnotes

Notes:
1. Annualized data for 2014 from the Labor Force Survey is the average of April, July and October employment data which excluded Leyte province.
2. Annualized data for 2015 from the Labor Force Survey is the average of January, April, July and October employment data which excluded Leyte province.
The use of the annualized 2015 LFS data using the four survey rounds was based on the result of the referendum among members of the Interagency Committee on Labor and Productivity Statistics.
3. See Metadata of Statistical Indicators on Decent Work for definitions and other information.
Indicator
Total Labor Force (000)
2005 data refers to average of April, July and October as definition of unemployment revised beginning April 2005 to include availability criterion in conformance with international standard.
2014 data refers to average of estimates for April, July and October survey rounds. The estimates for these rounds exclude data of Leyte province only while that of January exclude Region VIII.


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Unit
In Thousand
Contact
Labor Standards and Relations Statistics Division(LSRSD)
Social Sector Statistics Service (SSSS)
Sectoral Statistics Office (SSO)
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
16/F Cyberpod 3 Eton Centris, EDSA Corner Quezon
Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines 1101
Telefax No.: +632-3761921
Email: lsrsd.staff@psa.gov.ph
Latest update
10/25/2019
Update frequency
Annually
Next update
9/30/2020
Survey
Labor Force Survey
Creation date
9/30/2018
Source
Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey.
Matrix
3K3E1003