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Zamboanga Peninsula's Unemployment Rate Placed at 3.4% in October 2008

  Labor Force Data released by the National Statistics Office  (NSO) revealed that for October 2008, the unemployment rate of Zamboanga Peninsula was placed at 3.4.%, showing a  slight increase from 2.9% last year.

Across regions, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao had the lowest unemployment rate at 2.2 percent, it is followed by Zamboanga Peninsula and the MIMAROPA Region with unemployment rates at 3.4 percent. However, the National Capital Region had the highest unemployment rate at 12.8 percent, this is a significant declination from the last year’s10.6 percent.

Region Unemployment Rate Under-Employment Rate
Philippines 6.8 17.5
NCR 12.8 11.3
CAR 3.9 22.7
Region I - Ilocos 7.9 18.3
Region II - Cagayan Valley 3.7 16.8
Region III - Central Luzon 8.1 6.5
Region IV - A - CALABARZON 10.0 15.5
Region IV -B- MIMAROPA 3.4 23.6
Region V - Bicol Region 5.2 31.2
Region VI - Western Visayas 6.2 22.4
Region VII -  Central Visayas 5.8 14.1
Region VIII - Eastern Visayas 3.9 26.6
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 3.4 21.2
Region X - Northern Mindanao 4.2 21.3
Region XI - Davao Region 4.3 16.1
Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 3.8 20.2
Region XIII - CARAGA 5.3 20.1
ARMM 2.2 13.9

Underemployment rate of the country rose to 6.8 percent from 6.3 percent in 2007.

 

 		 

 

 
 
 

The NSCB Regional Unit IX office is located at
 NZUE Bldg. Room 310, Tomas Claudio St., Zamboanga City

Email to: nscb09@gmail.com
 Tel. No. (062) 991-2243

Updated 01/03/2003