The unemployment rate in Eastern Visayas in April 2025 was estimated at 3.0 percent, similar to the rate posted in April 2024, but 0.6 percentage point higher than the 2.4 percent unemployment rate in January 2025. The unemployment rate in April 2025 translates to 60 thousand unemployed persons out of the 2.01 million persons in the labor force. The number of unemployed persons in April 2024 was 62 thousand, while that in January 2025 was 52 thousand.
The region’s employment rate in April 2025 was estimated at 97.0 percent, the same rate was registered in April 2024. This employment rate translates to 1.95 million employed persons out of 2.01 million persons in the labor force of Eastern Visayas in April 2025. The number of employed persons in April 2025 was lower by 76 thousand compared with the 2.03 million employed persons in April 2024. This was also lower by 134 thousand than the 2.09 million employed persons in January 2025 at 97.6 percent.
Eastern Visayas registered a Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of 59.5 percent in April 2025. This placed the region’s labor force at 2.01 million persons who were either employed or unemployed out of the 3.39 million population 15 years old and over in
April 2025. The 59.5 percent LFPR in April 2025 was 3.0 percentage points lower than the 62.4 percent LFPR recorded in April 2024. Moreover, this was 3.9 percentage points lower than the 63.4 percent LFPR recorded in January 2025. Relatedly, the 2.01 million labor force in April 2025 in Eastern Visayas was lower than the 2.14 million labor force in January 2025.
The underemployment rate in April 2025 was posted at 15.8 percent. This means that out of 1.95 million employed persons in April 2025, there were about 309 thousand employed persons who 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. The 15.8 percent underemployment rate in April 2025 was lower by 4.3 percentage points than the 20.1 percent underemployment rate reported in April 2024. This was also lower by 0.3 percentage point than the 16.1 percent underemployment rate in January 2025. (PR)
