Philippine Statistics Authority

Nisperos 10:29 AM, Jan 17, 2024

January 17, 2024

Dear Susan Tayas,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 26, 2023 04:31:17 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Statistics of healthcare professionals in the Philippines.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Our apologies for the delayed response.

In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to the following:

(a) Percent distribution of nurses in the Philippines during 2000-2022/ Latest data of percent distribution of healthcare professionals in the Philippines

Integrated Survey on Labor and Employment (ISLE)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/isle
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/isle/index
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22ISLE%20-%20Integrated%20Survey%20on%20Labor%20and%20Employment%22

Number of Establishments Employing 20 or More Workers With Designated Health and Safety Personnel by Designated Personnel and Major Industry Group, Philippines: 2013 to 2019
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1B__ISLE__OSHP/4001B3GO040.px/?rxid=bcc5210e-d4e7-4050-8928-4f8adf6af7ea

Labor Force Survey (LFS)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey/press-release
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey/special-release
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22LFS%20-%20Labor%20Force%20Survey%22

Unemployment Rate in November 2023 was Estimated at 3.6 Percent
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey/press-release/node/1684061902

Gender Statistics on Labor and Employment
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22GSLE%20-%20%20Gender%20Statistics%20on%20Labor%20and%20Employment%22

(b) Data of Filipino healthcare workers migration during 2000-2022 

Census of Population and Housing (CPH)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/stat-tables
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/index
https://psa.gov.ph/publication/census-population-and-housing-report
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22CPH%20-%20Census%20of%20Population%20and%20Housing%22

Migration and Overseas Workers 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH)
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/population-and-housing/node/168658

2018 National Migration Survey
Table 4. Migration in the Philippines
https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=15627&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20National%20Migration%20Survey

Philippine Statistical Yearbook
https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook

2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY)
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/%28ons-cleared%29_psy2022_manuscript_June29_ONSF%20%281%29-signed.pdf

Chapter 11: Labor and Employment
https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/11_2022.xlsx

You may also check this link https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psoc/minor/221 for 2012 Philippine Standard Occupational Classification (PSOC)

For more specific data on this, you may coordinate with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC): https://www.prc.gov.ph/

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Rene C. Mendoza
(Assistant National Statistician)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service