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Employment in the Philippines

Requested from PSA by A. Santos at 05:04 PM on Nov 14, 2023.
Purpose: Educational purpose: article
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2018 - 11/14/2023
Tracking no: #PSA-885067729948

Santos 05:04 PM, Nov 14, 2023 

Hi! I would like to request information about the following:

- Employment Rate in the Philippines for 2018-2023
- Unemployment rate for 2018-2023
- Employment rate per region
- top sectors with increase and decrease in employment

Santos 12:54 PM, Dec 04, 2023 

Good day! I would like to follow-up on my request. Thank you so much.

Nisperos 02:52 PM, Jan 12, 2024 

January 12, 2024

Dear Arriana Santos,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 14, 2023 05:04:17 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Employment in the Philippines.

Your FOI request is approved.

Our apologies for the delayed response. 

In reference to your data request, you may refer to our available published data below: 

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

Unemployment Rate in September 2023 was Estimated at 4.5 Percent: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey/press-release/node/1684061474

2022 Annual Provincial Labor Market Statistics (Preliminary Results): https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey/press-release/node/1684059859 

Table 2. Total Employed Persons and Employment Rate 2021f and 2022p: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/iesd/Table%202.%20Total%20Employed%20Persons%20and%20Employment%20Rate%202021f%20and%202022p.xlsx 

Table 3. Total Unemployed Persons and Unemployment Rate 2021f and 2022p: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/iesd/Table%203.%20Total%20Unemployed%20Persons%20and%20Unemployment%20Rate%202021f%20and%202022p.xlsx

2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) Chapter 11 Labor and Employment: https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook 
Table11.5 Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group and Sex: January 2018 to October 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T11_5.xlsx 
Table 11.5a Employed Persons by Major Occupation Group and Sex: January to December 2021: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T11_5a.xlsx 
Table 11.6 Employed Persons by Major Industry Group and Sex: January 2018 to October 2020: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T11_6.xlsx 
Table 11.6a Employed Persons by Major Industry Group and Sex: January to December 2021: https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/2022_T11_6a.xlsx 

OpenSTAT: Labor Force Participation Rate, Employment Rate, Unemployment Rate and Underemployment Rate, Philippines: January 2005 to January 2023: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__1B__LFS/0011B3ALFS0.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=227f6805-9732-41b6-981c-ac178832d6db

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

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

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