| HOUSEHOLD POPULATION 15 YEARS OLD AND OVER BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND BY REGION | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989 to 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
| Projected household population, 15 years old and over, Number (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
| Employment Status | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Philippines | 36,916 | 37,999 | 39,114 | 40,265 | 41,453 | 42,670 | 42,770 | 45,034 | 46,214 | 47,415 | 48,637 | 48,076 | 49,502 | 50,841 | ||
| NCR | 5,148 | 5,295 | 5,447 | 5,609 | 5,781 | 5,969 | 6,164 | 6,338 | 6,516 | 6,699 | 6,887 | 7,006 | 7,162 | 7,349 | ||
| CAR | 695 | 714 | 733 | 753 | 773 | 794 | 815 | 835 | 855 | 876 | 897 | 868 | 896 | 926 | ||
| Region I | 2,147 | 2,199 | 2,251 | 2,304 | 2,358 | 2,411 | 2,464 | 2,517 | 2,572 | 2,628 | 2,684 | 2,640 | 2,697 | 2,776 | ||
| Region II | 1,453 | 1,498 | 1,545 | 1,592 | 1,641 | 1,691 | 1,741 | 1,787 | 1,835 | 1,885 | 1,935 | 1,732 | 1,776 | 1,818 | ||
| Region III | 3,741 | 3,856 | 3,975 | 4,097 | 4,222 | 4,350 | 3,365 | 4,589 | 4,707 | 4,828 | 4,951 | 4,945 | 5,073 | 5,201 | ||
| Region IV | 4,850 | 5,015 | 5,186 | 5,367 | 5,546 | 5,733 | 5,918 | 6,093 | 6,272 | 6,455 | 6,640 | 7,167 | 7,436 | 7,688 | ||
| Region V | 2,488 | 2,562 | 2,639 | 2,718 | 2,800 | 2,882 | 2,961 | 3,038 | 3,116 | 3,196 | 3,277 | 2,820 | 2,885 | 2,947 | ||
| Region VI | 3,320 | 3,408 | 3,498 | 3,590 | 3,684 | 3,780 | 3,877 | 3,977 | 4,079 | 4,182 | 4,287 | 3,982 | 4,095 | 4,195 | ||
| Region VII | 2,805 | 2,876 | 2,949 | 3,025 | 3,103 | 3,184 | 3,263 | 3,336 | 3,411 | 3,487 | 3,564 | 3,498 | 3,600 | 3,704 | ||
| Region VIII | 1,969 | 2,019 | 2,070 | 2,121 | 2,171 | 2,221 | 2,267 | 2,315 | 2,364 | 2,413 | 2,463 | 2,240 | 2,308 | 2,362 | ||
| Region IX | 1,864 | 1,919 | 1,541 | 1,587 | 1,636 | 1,688 | 1,739 | 1,784 | 1,831 | 1,878 | 1,926 | 1,912 | 1,963 | 2,028 | ||
| Region X | 2,145 | 2,214 | 2,285 | 2,357 | 2,432 | 2,508 | 2,583 | 1,689 | 1,737 | 1,786 | 1,835 | 1,711 | 1,759 | 2,338 | ||
| Region XI | 2,578 | 2,658 | 2,739 | 2,822 | 2,908 | 2,995 | 3,081 | 2,811 | 2,887 | 2,965 | 3,043 | 3,238 | 3,338 | 2,434 | ||
| Region XII | 1,714 | 1,769 | 1,207 | 1,245 | 1,283 | 1,323 | 1,363 | 1,402 | 1,442 | 1,482 | 1,524 | 1,615 | 1,661 | 2,125 | ||
| Caraga | 1,323 | 1,361 | 1,400 | 1,287 | 1,337 | 1,381 | 1,429 | |||||||||
| ARMM | 1,052 | 1,081 | 1,113 | 1,141 | 1,169 | 1,198 | 1,227 | 1,257 | 1,439 | 1,365 | 1,472 | 1,520 | ||||
| Percent in the labor force | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Philippines | 64.6 | 64.5 | 64.5 | 65.0 | 64.7 | 64.4 | 65.6 | 65.8 | 65.5 | 66.0 | 65.8 | 64.3 | 67.5 | 66.2 | ||
| NCR | 58.5 | 59.8 | 61.6 | 61.5 | 59.5 | 60.1 | 60.0 | 62.5 | 63.4 | 65.1 | 64.3 | 61.5 | 65.5 | 64.4 | ||
| CAR | 69.1 | 73.9 | 69.2 | 69.6 | 68.4 | 66.0 | 71.2 | 68.9 | 66.0 | 67.0 | 67.2 | 64.2 | 66.6 | 65.4 | ||
| Region I | 63.0 | 62.1 | 62.4 | 61.6 | 62.4 | 60.6 | 64.7 | 67.4 | 66.2 | 64.8 | 65.6 | 63.2 | 65.6 | 63.2 | ||
| Region II | 68.4 | 66.7 | 66.9 | 70.3 | 72.2 | 72.7 | 71.3 | 70.6 | 69.8 | 68.6 | 69.7 | 67.2 | 72.1 | 69.6 | ||
| Region III | 61.6 | 62.2 | 62.6 | 61.5 | 59.5 | 60.5 | 62.8 | 61.3 | 60.9 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 61.3 | 64.5 | 63.4 | ||
| Region IV | 91.1 | 91.3 | 63.5 | 64.5 | 65.0 | 63.7 | 65.3 | 65.6 | 65.1 | 64.7 | 65.8 | 64.3 | 67.6 | 66.4 | ||
| Region V | 93.8 | 94.4 | 68.3 | 69.1 | 68.5 | 69.4 | 68.9 | 69.3 | 67.2 | 68.6 | 66.8 | 67.2 | 70.3 | 67.6 | ||
| Region VI | 91.5 | 92.3 | 65.0 | 66.1 | 65.6 | 65.4 | 65.8 | 62.8 | 66.3 | 65.7 | 65.8 | 64.0 | 66.6 | 67.4 | ||
| Region VII | 94.2 | 92.6 | 65.4 | 65.6 | 67.3 | 65.9 | 65.5 | 64.6 | 65.2 | 66.0 | 65.0 | 65.3 | 67.2 | 64.5 | ||
| Region VIII | 91.9 | 94.1 | 68.7 | 67.3 | 67.3 | 64.8 | 68.0 | 70.8 | 66.5 | 67.2 | 67.2 | 66.8 | 71.1 | 70.6 | ||
| Region IX | 94.8 | 94.1 | 59.6 | 61.8 | 62.2 | 62.0 | 63.5 | 61.6 | 62.7 | 62.4 | 62.1 | 60.0 | 63.5 | 63.6 | ||
| Region X | 93.0 | 92.7 | 68.2 | 68.4 | 69.3 | 66.7 | 69.3 | 74.4 | 73.4 | 74.3 | 75.7 | 75.9 | 76.8 | 74.3 | ||
| Region XI | 92.1 | 92.3 | 66.1 | 68.3 | 69.2 | 70.1 | 69.8 | 71.5 | 70.9 | 70.8 | 69.3 | 67.4 | 70.8 | 68.7 | ||
| Region XII | 95.0 | 95.4 | 70.1 | 71.3 | 65.9 | 68.9 | 70.5 | 67.0 | 66.7 | 67.9 | 66.0 | 64.9 | 69.4 | 69.9 | ||
| Caraga | 71.1 | 68.0 | 68.4 | 56.2 | 68.6 | 72.3 | 68.2 | |||||||||
| ARMM | 57.3 | 57.6 | 57.4 | 57.7 | 57.3 | 57.7 | 55.7 | 56.6 | 69.1 | 55.2 | 56.4 | 57.8 | ||||
| Percent of labor force: Employment Rate | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Philippines | 91.6 | 91.9 | 91.0 | 91.4 | 91.1 | 91.6 | 91.6 | 92.6 | 92.1 | 90.4 | 90.6 | 89.9 | 90.2 | 89.8 | ||
| NCR | 84.9 | 85.9 | 84.6 | 84.3 | 83.9 | 83.8 | 84.2 | 88.4 | 85.5 | 84.9 | 84.0 | 82.2 | 83.5 | 83.3 | ||
| CAR | 95.4 | 96.2 | 95.5 | 95.0 | 94.7 | 94.8 | 93.8 | 93.0 | 93.3 | 91.1 | 93.4 | 92.8 | 93.9 | 92.4 | ||
| Region I | 92.9 | 92.5 | 92.2 | 93.1 | 91.1 | 93.2 | 92.3 | 93.8 | 92.1 | 91.8 | 91.3 | 91.2 | 90.9 | 89.7 | ||
| Region II | 95.2 | 95.4 | 92.3 | 94.2 | 96.0 | 95.4 | 97.3 | 97.1 | 96.4 | 95.9 | 96.3 | 94.6 | 95.2 | 95.6 | ||
| Region III | 90.3 | 90.1 | 88.2 | 87.9 | 87.7 | 88.7 | 91.0 | 91.4 | 91.3 | 88.1 | 89.9 | 90.1 | 89.7 | 89.2 | ||
| Region IV | 91.1 | 91.3 | 89.6 | 91.6 | 91.5 | 91.1 | 91.0 | 92.9 | 92.5 | 90.6 | 90.6 | 88.7 | 89.5 | 88.3 | ||
| Region V | 93.8 | 94.4 | 94.1 | 94.4 | 94.7 | 95.8 | 93.4 | 93.5 | 94.4 | 90.6 | 91.4 | 91.6 | 92.4 | 91.9 | ||
| Region VI | 91.5 | 92.3 | 92.7 | 92.0 | 92.3 | 92.6 | 91.1 | 92.4 | 93.0 | 92.0 | 91.7 | 91.0 | 91.0 | 92.0 | ||
| Region VII | 94.2 | 92.6 | 92.3 | 92.1 | 91.4 | 91.1 | 91.1 | 91.7 | 92.4 | 88.8 | 89.5 | 89.6 | 90.1 | 88.8 | ||
| Region VIII | 91.9 | 94.1 | 94.2 | 93.3 | 94.3 | 94.1 | 94.1 | 92.3 | 92.8 | 92.2 | 92.3 | 92.2 | 92.0 | 92.6 | ||
| Region IX | 94.8 | 94.1 | 94.0 | 94.2 | 93.4 | 94.3 | 93.4 | 95.4 | 94.5 | 92.9 | 93.2 | 93.0 | 93.0 | 93.8 | ||
| Region X | 93.0 | 92.7 | 92.3 | 94.1 | 91.7 | 92.8 | 94.5 | 94.4 | 94.6 | 93.2 | 92.9 | 93.8 | 92.8 | 93.5 | ||
| Region XI | 92.1 | 92.3 | 91.5 | 90.5 | 91.4 | 92.1 | 92.8 | 93.1 | 93.3 | 91.3 | 91.1 | 91.2 | 90.5 | 90.7 | ||
| Region XII | 95.0 | 95.4 | 93.1 | 95.3 | 93.6 | 95.8 | 94.7 | 94.8 | 94.7 | 93.4 | 93.7 | 91.4 | 93.1 | 90.7 | ||
| Caraga | 93.0 | 91.9 | 90.1 | 96.4 | 91.3 | 92.0 | 90.5 | |||||||||
| ARMM | 98.2 | 98.1 | 97.0 | 98.3 | 99.4 | 97.4 | 96.8 | 95.2 | 92.1 | 95.9 | 96.0 | 95.6 | ||||
| Unemployment Rate | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Philippines | 8.4 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 10.2 | ||
| NCR | 15.9 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 11.6 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 17.8 | 16.5 | 16.7 | ||
| CAR | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 7.6 | ||
| Region I | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 10.3 | ||
| Region II | 4.8 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| Region III | 9.7 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 11.9 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.8 | ||
| Region IV | 8.9 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 11.7 | ||
| Region V | 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.1 | ||
| Region VI | 8.5 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | ||
| Region VII | 5.8 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 11.2 | ||
| Region VIII | 8.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.4 | ||
| Region IX | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.2 | ||
| Region X | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 6.5 | ||
| Region XI | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.3 | ||
| Region XII | 5.0 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 9.3 | ||
| Caraga | 7.0 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 3.6 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 9.5 | |||||||||
| ARMM | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | ||||
| Percent of employed: Underemployment Rate | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Philippines | 23.3 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 19.9 | 21.4 | 20.9 | 19.8 | 19.4 | 22.8 | 23.7 | 22.1 | 19.9 | 16.6 | 15.3 | ||
| NCR | 13.7 | 13.1 | 10.1 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 13.7 | 19.4 | 15.6 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 7.8 | ||
| CAR | 22.7 | 17.8 | 16.1 | 23.3 | 21.6 | 20.1 | 17.1 | 22.4 | 14.7 | 21.3 | 18.5 | 19.3 | 13.8 | 10.9 | ||
| Region I | 28.4 | 22.2 | 24.2 | 11.4 | 17.9 | 15.2 | 13.0 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 14.5 | 16.9 | 18.4 | 11.1 | 12.5 | ||
| Region II | 21.7 | 21.4 | 21.4 | 16.6 | 19.9 | 22.8 | 17.5 | 19.1 | 17.2 | 22.1 | 15.3 | 13.4 | 18.7 | 18.1 | ||
| Region III | 15.5 | 15.9 | 18.4 | 16.1 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 9.1 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.6 | ||
| Region IV | 23.2 | 21.8 | 18.9 | 19.7 | 21.4 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 16.4 | 18.6 | 20.7 | 16.2 | 19.0 | 18.0 | 12.7 | ||
| Region V | 35.8 | 35.2 | 35.8 | 32.8 | 39.2 | 39.4 | 35.2 | 36.8 | 34.2 | 44.5 | 41.3 | 38.6 | 28.6 | 28.4 | ||
| Region VI | 28.1 | 27.4 | 28.3 | 27.5 | 28.4 | 23.3 | 23.3 | 20.6 | 24.1 | 22.3 | 24.7 | 22.9 | 17.9 | 19.6 | ||
| Region VII | 10.1 | 5.8 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 13.4 | 5.6 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.7 | ||
| Region VIII | 27.1 | 29.1 | 25.8 | 21.6 | 25.0 | 27.1 | 23.6 | 25.1 | 24.4 | 27.0 | 23.2 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 24.9 | ||
| Region IX | 22.3 | 17.2 | 28.7 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 22.1 | 20.8 | 23.3 | 23.2 | 25.5 | 29.3 | 20.8 | 18.8 | 16.5 | ||
| Region X | 25.9 | 27.4 | 18.8 | 27.7 | 26.5 | 25.2 | 21.8 | 33.6 | 37.8 | 38.6 | 38.7 | 35.2 | 27.4 | 28.5 | ||
| Region XI | 28.7 | 29.5 | 33.7 | 30.1 | 33.0 | 37.2 | 37.7 | 32.1 | 34.0 | 41.3 | 35.9 | 33.7 | 22.9 | 13.4 | ||
| Region XII | 35.3 | 35.2 | 40.6 | 37.4 | 28.7 | 37.8 | 30.8 | 28.6 | 30.6 | 25.5 | 29.7 | 30.0 | 20.5 | 21.4 | ||
| Caraga | 20.6 | 19.9 | 25.8 | 26.3 | 21.9 | 17.7 | 18.6 | |||||||||
| ARMM | 17.7 | 22.9 | 20.6 | 19.5 | 22.1 | 15.3 | 18.3 | 13.9 | 14.7 | 9.3 | 9.8 | |||||
| Visible Underemployment Rate | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Philippines | 11.2 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 10.0 | ||
| NCR | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.3 | ||
| CAR | 1.5 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 4.9 | 8.2 | 5.8 | ||
| Region I | 12.1 | 9.7 | 12.0 | 6.7 | 10.7 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 9.0 | 9.7 | ||
| Region II | 11.8 | 11.0 | 8.5 | 10.4 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 19.2 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 15.2 | 14.4 | ||
| Region III | 7.7 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| Region IV | 12.5 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 11.5 | 8.2 | ||
| Region V | 19.2 | 17.2 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 20.5 | 19.6 | 17.0 | 19.6 | 18.5 | 26.6 | 23.2 | 21.6 | 19.0 | 18.5 | ||
| Region VI | 16.9 | 15.6 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 18.4 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 13.6 | 15.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 13.8 | ||
| Region VII | 4.8 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 6.4 | ||
| Region VIII | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 14.1 | 17.7 | 12.4 | 14.5 | 17.2 | 16.7 | ||
| Region IX | 8.1 | 5.5 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 14.6 | 11.8 | 10.8 | 11.1 | ||
| Region X | 11.9 | 12.7 | 8.2 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 11.2 | 17.4 | 18.7 | 16.0 | 19.9 | 20.8 | 16.6 | 17.7 | ||
| Region XI | 13.6 | 14.6 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 16.5 | 20.1 | 20.0 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 21.5 | 18.9 | 16.9 | 15.4 | 8.9 | ||
| Region XII | 21.2 | 20.8 | 32.2 | 25.9 | 22.2 | 22.8 | 19.1 | 15.8 | 19.5 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 19.8 | 14.4 | 15.5 | ||
| Caraga | 12.8 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.7 | |||||||||
| ARMM | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||||
| Percent of visibly underemployed: Agriculture | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Philippines | 45.1 | 45.2 | 45.3 | 45.4 | 45.8 | 44.7 | 44.1 | 41.7 | 40.4 | 39.9 | 39.1 | 37.4 | 37.4 | 58.3 | ||
| NCR | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.1 | ||
| CAR | 60.7 | 62.7 | 61.0 | 66.7 | 65.7 | 67.6 | 64.2 | 61.3 | 62.5 | 62.5 | 58.3 | 56.3 | 55.5 | 78.1 | ||
| Region I | 54.4 | 54.2 | 53.6 | 52.5 | 52.9 | 51.2 | 51.6 | 49.3 | 60.2 | 59.7 | 45.7 | 45.2 | 47.1 | 53.9 | ||
| Region II | 63.7 | 61.0 | 59.7 | 63.5 | 68.4 | 67.0 | 66.2 | 65.7 | 82.7 | 81.9 | 63.1 | 60.5 | 59.4 | 76.4 | ||
| Region III | 36.0 | 35.1 | 34.9 | 33.4 | 35.1 | 33.0 | 36.5 | 28.3 | 33.3 | 28.8 | 24.6 | 25.0 | 25.9 | 41.4 | ||
| Region IV | 36.6 | 38.4 | 37.7 | 37.1 | 36.4 | 35.9 | 34.8 | 31.3 | 47.0 | 40.1 | 29.8 | 26.0 | 27.8 | 38.3 | ||
| Region V | 53.8 | 55.4 | 54.3 | 54.6 | 55.8 | 55.8 | 51.7 | 50.3 | 66.7 | 57.2 | 47.6 | 46.9 | 46.7 | 56.6 | ||
| Region VI | 54.0 | 55.7 | 56.8 | 54.6 | 55.3 | 52.7 | 52.6 | 53.1 | 67.1 | 69.4 | 52.2 | 47.8 | 47.3 | 67.3 | ||
| Region VII | 49.7 | 48.1 | 46.3 | 47.1 | 46.6 | 47.6 | 42.7 | 41.4 | 71.2 | 58.5 | 38.0 | 38.3 | 40.7 | 47.8 | ||
| Region VIII | 62.3 | 61.2 | 59.8 | 60.6 | 62.9 | 59.3 | 59.5 | 59.7 | 75.1 | 73.5 | 55.7 | 53.9 | 51.3 | 68.6 | ||
| Region IX | 60.2 | 60.9 | 57.5 | 60.3 | 56.2 | 54.5 | 54.4 | 55.1 | 83.9 | 80.1 | 49.9 | 53.4 | 50.3 | 78.5 | ||
| Region X | 51.5 | 54.1 | 56.2 | 58.1 | 58.6 | 55.4 | 52.9 | 53.3 | 76.9 | 73.2 | 51.9 | 50.2 | 49.3 | 72.2 | ||
| Region XI | 53.3 | 53.6 | 54.3 | 54.5 | 54.4 | 52.0 | 50.5 | 52.0 | 63.1 | 69.1 | 48.3 | 44.4 | 44.2 | 58.1 | ||
| Region XII | 60.6 | 61.3 | 64.8 | 62.7 | 60.2 | 61.2 | 62.3 | 54.5 | 76.4 | 74.9 | 52.0 | 51.6 | 51.6 | 70.5 | ||
| Caraga | 56.5 | 62.1 | 64.3 | 53.5 | 54.1 | 51.7 | 61.6 | |||||||||
| ARMM | 78.5 | 78.4 | 71.8 | 77.4 | 76.3 | 71.3 | 87.1 | 85.4 | 68.9 | 70.5 | 70.0 | 72.2 | ||||
| Percent of visibly underemployed: Non-agriculture | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Philippines | 54.9 | 54.8 | 54.7 | 54.6 | 54.2 | 55.3 | 55.9 | 58.3 | 36.8 | 41.8 | 60.9 | 62.5 | 62.6 | 41.7 | ||
| NCR | 98.7 | 98.6 | ||||||||||||||