The Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of Eastern Visayas in July 2025 decreased to 58.1 percent, from 61.9 percent in July 2024 and 59.5 percent in April 2025.
The 58.1 percent LFPR placed the region’s labor force at 1.97 million persons who were either employed or unemployed out of the 3.40 million population 15 years old and over in July 2025. The number of persons in the labor force in July 2025 was lower than the number of persons in the labor force in July 2024 and April 2025 posted at 2.07 million and 2.01 million, respectively.
The region’s employment rate in July 2025 decreased to 94.7 percent, from 95.7 percent in July 2024 and 97.0 percent in April 2025. The 94.7 percent employment rate translates to 1.87 million employed persons out of the 1.97 million persons in the labor force of Eastern Visayas in July 2025. The number of employed persons in July 2025 was lower than the number of employed persons in July 2024 and April 2025 posted at 1.98 million and 1.95 million, respectively.
The unemployment rate of Eastern Visayas in July 2025 was 5.3 percent, higher than the 4.3 percent unemployment rate in July 2024 and 3.0 percent in April 2025. The number of unemployed individuals in July 2025 was 105 thousand.
This was higher than the 89,000 unemployed individuals in July 2024 and the 60, 0000 unemployed individuals in April 2025.
Meanwhile, underemployed population is the proportion of employed population who expresses the desire to have additional hours of work in their present job, or an additional job or to have a new job with longer working hours.
The underemployment rate of Eastern Visayas increased to 17.7 percent in July 2025, from 15.9 percent in July 2024 and 15.8 percent in April 2025.
This means that out of the 1.87 million employed individuals in July 2025, 330 thousand were underemployed or expressed the desire to have additional hours of work in their present job or to have an additional job, or to have a new job with longer hours of work. (PR)
