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Country or Region: Philippines › Change country
Economic Indicator: Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) › See all Philippines indicators, › See Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2019
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Philippines Peso
Currency Symbol: PHP

Source: National Statistics Office. Accessed via CEIC Latest actual data: 2015 Employment type: Harmonized ILO definition. Please note that data prior to 2005 are not based on harmonized ILO definition but based on national definition. Primary domestic currency: Philippine peso Data last updated: 03/2016

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Philippines in year 2015 is 6.3 %.

This makes Philippines No. 59 in world rankings according to Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) in year 2015. The world's average Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) value is 4.44 %; Philippines is 1.86 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2014, Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Philippines was 6.80 % Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Philippines in 2015 was or will be 7.35% less than it was or will be in 2014.

In the following or forecasted year, 2016, Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Philippines was or will be 6.00 %, which is 4.76% less than the 2015 figure.