TABLE 1.

Annual Rates of Labor Force Participation, Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment,

by Region: 2011 and 2010
(In percent)

Annual Estimates
Labor Force Underemployment
Region Employment Rate Unemployment Rate
Participation Rate Rate
2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010

Philippines 64.6 64.1 93.0 92.7 7.0 7.3 19.3 18.8

National Capital Region 63.0 62.4 88.7 88.5 11.3 11.5 14.6 11.9
Cordillera Administrative Region 68.5 67.4 95.0 94.9 5.0 5.1 14.6 15.7
I - Ilocos Region 62.5 61.8 91.5 91.5 8.5 8.5 18.3 14.9
II - Cagayan Valley 67.8 66.2 97.1 96.3 2.9 3.7 15.1 14.7
III - Central Luzon 61.3 61.0 91.5 91.2 8.5 8.8 11.1 9.1
IVA - CALABARZON 64.7 63.6 90.3 90.5 9.7 9.5 17.9 17.4
IVB - MIMAROPA 70.0 69.2 96.1 95.6 3.9 4.4 21.6 23.6
V - Bicol Region 64.4 64.4 93.9 94.1 6.1 5.9 35.4 36.8
VI - Western Visayas 64.9 64.8 93.3 92.9 6.7 7.1 23.1 26.7
VII - Central Visayas 66.5 65.8 93.3 92.4 6.7 7.6 18.4 16.4
VIII- Eastern Visayas 65.4 64.1 94.8 94.5 5.2 5.5 24.1 20.9
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 65.7 65.9 96.8 96.3 3.2 3.7 21.9 21.3
X - Northern Mindanao 70.0 69.8 95.5 95.0 4.5 5.0 27.1 28.0
XI - Davao Region 66.7 65.0 94.6 93.9 5.4 6.1 16.5 19.9
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 66.3 65.9 96.1 95.6 3.9 4.4 20.5 20.8
Caraga 65.7 65.4 94.0 93.5 6.0 6.5 26.0 22.2
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 55.6 57.0 96.6 96.1 3.4 3.9 13.3 13.5

Source: National Statistics Office, Annual Labor and Employment Estimates for 2010 and 2011.
Note: Computation of Annual Estimates is based on NSCB Resolution No. 9, Approving and Adopting
the Official Methodology for Generating Annual Labor And Employment Estimates (using the
average estimates of the four LFS rounds.)
Annual estimates for 2011 LFS included the preliminary results of October 2011 LFS.