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

Unemployment and Underemployment, by Region: July 2012

Total Population Labor Force

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

Philippines 63,119 64.0 93.0 7.0 22.7

National Capital Region 7,996 63.2 90.1 9.9 16.6

Cordillera Administrative Region 1,129 67.9 95.1 4.9 21.3
I - Ilocos Region 3,423 61.9 91.4 8.6 21.4
II - Cagayan Valley 2,246 65.1 96.8 3.2 16.8
III - Central Luzon 6,909 62.3 90.8 9.2 19.9
IVA - CALABARZON 8,117 63.8 90.6 9.4 21.1
IVB - MIMAROPA 1,908 67.4 95.9 4.1 25.7
V - Bicol Region 3,771 63.1 94.4 5.6 33.5
VI - Western Visayas 5,074 63.7 93.6 6.4 22.3
VII - Central Visayas 4,797 64.9 92.9 7.1 21.4
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2,949 62.7 95.7 4.3 28.9
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 2,184 65.0 95.9 4.1 30.9
X - Northern Mindanao 2,959 71.0 95.3 4.7 28.8
XI - Davao Region 3,040 66.7 93.6 6.4 21.4
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 2,649 66.7 95.6 4.4 28.2
Caraga 1,698 65.9 93.1 6.9 30.6
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 2,268 54.5 95.7 4.3 12.3
Note: Estimates for July 2012 are preliminary and may change.
Source : National Statistics Office, July 2012 Labor Force Survey