The employment rate in the Philippines was estimated at 92.2 percent, or equivalent to about 44 million people. The employment figures in the country plummeted in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Employment rate in the Philippines from 2016 to 2021
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Statistics on Employment in the Philippines
Labor force
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- Premium Statistic Labor force participation rate Philippines 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Labor force participation rate Philippines 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Female labor force participation rate Philippines 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Male labor force participation rate Philippines 2012-2021
Labor market
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Employment
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- Premium Statistic Number of people employed Philippines 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Employment rate Philippines 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic Rate of employment Philippines 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Employment share Philippines 2022, by sector
- Premium Statistic Employee share Philippines 2019-2021, by class of workers
Underemployment
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Unemployment
3
Salary and earnings
7
- Premium Statistic Median monthly wage rate of time-rated full-time workers Philippines 2018-2020
- Premium Statistic Median monthly pay of time-rated full-time workers Philippines 2020, by industry
- Premium Statistic Median monthly allowance of time-rated full-time workers Philippines 2018-2020
- Premium Statistic Median monthly allowance of full-time workers Philippines 2020, by industry
- Premium Statistic Real minimum wage of workers non-agricultural industry Philippines 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Current real minimum wage agricultural plantation workers Philippines 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Current real minimum wage agricultural non-plantation Philippines 2022, by region
Occupational safety
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- Premium Statistic Number of occupational accidents Philippines 2017-2019
- Premium Statistic Number of occupational injuries Philippines 2017-2019
- Premium Statistic Fatal cases of occupational injuries Philippines 2017-2019
- Premium Statistic Share of occupational injuries cases Philippines 2019, by industry
Migrant workers
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- Premium Statistic Number of overseas workers from the Philippines 2017-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of deployed overseas Filipino workers 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Age distribution of migrant workers from Philippines 2021
- Premium Statistic Age distribution of male overseas Filipino workers 2021
- Premium Statistic Age distribution of female overseas Filipino workers 2021
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DOLE. (March 30, 2022). Employment rate in the Philippines from 2016 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337397/philippines-employment-rate/
DOLE. "Employment rate in the Philippines from 2016 to 2021 ." Chart. March 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337397/philippines-employment-rate/
DOLE. (2022). Employment rate in the Philippines from 2016 to 2021 . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337397/philippines-employment-rate/
DOLE. "Employment Rate in The Philippines from 2016 to 2021 ." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337397/philippines-employment-rate/
DOLE, Employment rate in the Philippines from 2016 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337397/philippines-employment-rate/ (last visited March 25, 2023)
Employment rate in the Philippines from 2016 to 2021 [Graph], DOLE, March 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337397/philippines-employment-rate/