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

Unemployment and Underemployment, by Region: January 2013

Total Population Labor Force

Unemployment Underemployment
Region 15 Years Old and Participation Employment Rate
Rate Rate
Over ('000) Rate

Philippines 63,682 64.1 92.9 7.1 20.9

National Capital Region 8,044 63.8 90.5 9.5 13.4

Cordillera Administrative Region 1,144 66.9 94.6 5.4 18.4
I - Ilocos Region 3,448 62.1 92.4 7.6 19.4
II - Cagayan Valley 2,265 65.0 96.7 3.3 15.6
III - Central Luzon 6,954 62.2 90.9 9.1 17.2
IVA - CALABARZON 8,198 64.0 91.1 8.9 18.7
IVB - MIMAROPA 1,938 67.7 95.9 4.1 27.7
V - Bicol Region 3,814 62.8 94.2 5.8 35.0
VI - Western Visayas 5,122 64.8 94.0 6.0 21.8
VII - Central Visayas 4,841 64.8 92.6 7.4 19.4
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,976 64.6 93.9 6.1 26.0
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 2,201 65.5 96.6 3.4 27.2
X - Northern Mindanao 2,986 68.5 94.4 5.6 24.6
XI - Davao Region 3,072 64.4 93.7 6.3 21.1
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 2,679 66.0 95.2 4.8 27.5
Caraga 1,721 64.5 91.7 8.3 27.0
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 2,280 58.1 93.0 7.0 13.4

Note: Estimates for January 2013 are preliminary and may change.
Source : National Statistics Office, January 2013 Labor Force Survey