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Unemployment Rate
 201620172018
Unemployment Rate (%)   
TOTAL5.45.75.3
..Men5.66.05.4
..Women5.25.25.1
Total Unemployed (000)   
TOTAL2,3632,4412,303
..Men1,4861,6011,456
..Women877840847
Total Labor Force (000)   
TOTAL43,36142,77543,460
..Men26,52126,66726,880
..Women16,84016,10716,579
Unemployment Rate

Footnotes

Notes:
1. Annualized data for 2014 from the Labor Force Survey is the average of April, July and October survey rounds which excluded Leyte province.
2. Annualized data for 2015 from the Labor Force Survey is the average of January, April, July and October survey rounds 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
Unemployment Rate (%)
Definition of unemployment revised beginning April 2005 to
include availability criterion in conformance with international standard.
Thus, data series beginning 2005 not strictly comparable with previous years.
2005 data refer to averages of the estimates for April, July and October.
Total Unemployed (000)
Definition of unemployment revised beginning April 2005 to
include availability criterion in conformance with international standard.
Thus, data series beginning 2005 not strictly comparable with previous years.
2005 data refer to averages of the estimates for April, July and October.
Total Labor Force (000)
Definition of unemployment revised beginning April 2005 to
include availability criterion in conformance with international standard.
Thus, data series beginning 2005 not strictly comparable with previous years.
2005 data refer to averages of the estimates for April, July and October.

Footnotes

Notes:
1. Annualized data for 2014 from the Labor Force Survey is the average of April, July and October survey rounds which excluded Leyte province.
2. Annualized data for 2015 from the Labor Force Survey is the average of January, April, July and October survey rounds 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
Unemployment Rate (%)
Definition of unemployment revised beginning April 2005 to
include availability criterion in conformance with international standard.
Thus, data series beginning 2005 not strictly comparable with previous years.
2005 data refer to averages of the estimates for April, July and October.
Total Unemployed (000)
Definition of unemployment revised beginning April 2005 to
include availability criterion in conformance with international standard.
Thus, data series beginning 2005 not strictly comparable with previous years.
2005 data refer to averages of the estimates for April, July and October.
Total Labor Force (000)
Definition of unemployment revised beginning April 2005 to
include availability criterion in conformance with international standard.
Thus, data series beginning 2005 not strictly comparable with previous years.
2005 data refer to averages of the estimates for April, July and October.


Information

Unit
As Indicated
Contact
Employment Demand Statistics Division (EDSD)
Social Sector Statistics Service (SSSS)
Sectoral Service Office (SSO)
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
16/F Cyberpod 3 Eton Centris, EDSA cor Quezon
Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines 1100
Tel./Fax: +632-3761952
E-mail: edsd.staff@psa.gov.ph
Latest update
10/25/2019
Update frequency
Annually
Next update
10/8/2020
Survey
Labor Force Survey (LFS)
Creation date
10/8/2019
Copyright
No
Source
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Matrix
3K3F2020