Philippines Labour Force Participation Rate
The share of working-age people who are either in work or looking for work.
64.0%
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Jan 2021 to Aug 2026
Source: PSA labour force survey, OpenSTAT 0021B3FKEI2 · labour force participation rate, both sexes, not seasonally adjusted, monthly, from January 2021.
Philippines Labour Force Participation Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Philippines, the labour force participation rate fell by 1.1pp over the year to Aug 2026, from 65.1% in Aug 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 60.0% in Jul 2023 to 67.5% in Nov 2022.
Its average since Jan 2021 is 64.2%, and the latest reading is below that.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- PSA labour force survey, OpenSTAT 0021B3FKEI2
- Series
- See the citation below
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Aug 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
It falls every July and January and recovers the next month, a seasonal pattern in the unadjusted survey.
Data refreshed 2026-10-12. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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