TABLE 2.9 - Labor Force by Region and Sex, Philippines: 2012 - 2016 (In Thousands) REGION AND SEX 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 40,426 41,022 41,379 41,342 43,361 5,025 770 2,087 1,490 4,261 5,218 1,301 2,415 3,220 3,150 1,868 1,444 2,052 1,994 1,756 1,104 1,272 5,129 770 2,130 1,523 4,370 5,331 1,293 2,452 3,235 3,160 1,935 1,445 2,050 1,989 1,769 1,152 1,289 5,281 793 2,191 1,542 4,484 5,542 1,351 2,454 3,378 3,304 1,109 1,451 2,132 2,061 1,798 1,169 1,341 5,193 797 2,199 1,562 4,476 5,528 1,340 2,515 3,379 3,418 1,069 1,434 2,107 2,043 1,820 1,159 1,304 5,613 800 2,119 1,529 4,693 6,125 1,305 2,444 3,369 3,401 1,874 1,600 2,115 2,111 1,933 1,143 1,187 24,616 24,968 25,093 25,062 26,521 2,863 458 1,337 955 2,651 3,034 796 1,515 1,965 1,811 1,175 896 1,210 1,267 1,105 690 889 2,897 460 1,355 969 2,709 3,100 807 1,539 1,974 1,805 1,218 906 1,226 1,273 1,119 708 905 2,992 469 1,378 981 2,776 3,219 831 1,555 2,044 1,878 694 923 1,251 1,300 1,142 725 934 2,936 472 1,377 992 2,779 3,205 817 1,566 2,044 1,949 673 914 1,248 1,297 1,149 722 922 3,172 478 1,343 983 2,921 3,574 810 1,535 2,037 1,981 1,193 1,013 1,291 1,371 1,241 727 852 BOTH SEXES Philippines National Capital Region Cordillera Administrative Region Region I - Ilocos Region Region II - Cagayan Valley Region III - Central Luzon Region IV-A - CALABARZON Region IV-B - MIMAROPA Region V - Bicol Region Region VI - Western Visayas Region VII - Central Visayas Region VIII - Eastern Visayas Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula Region X - Northern Mindanao Region XI - Davao Region Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN Caraga Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao MEN Philippines National Capital Region Cordillera Administrative Region Region I - Ilocos Region Region II - Cagayan Valley Region III - Central Luzon Region IV-A - CALABARZON Region IV-B - MIMAROPA Region V - Bicol Region Region VI - Western Visayas Region VII - Central Visayas Region VIII - Eastern Visayas Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula Region X - Northern Mindanao Region XI - Davao Region Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN Caraga Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Notes: 1. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. 2. Data were averages of the four survey rounds (January, April, July and October). 3. Annualized data for 2014 refer to the average of estimates for April, July and October survey rounds. The estimates for these rounds exclude Leyte province. 4. Annualized data for 2015 refer to the average of the four survey rounds that exclude Leyte. The use of the four survey rounds that exclude Leyte was based on the results of the referendum conducted among members of the Inter-Agency Committee on Labor and Productivity Statistics (IACLPS). 5. Starting April 2016 round, the Labor Force Survey (LFS) adopted the 2013 Master Sample Design as well as the population projections based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (2010 CPH) while previous survey rounds were derived using the 2000 CPH population projections. 6. Annualized data for 2016 was computed as the average of the four survey rounds using the January 2016 round that was based on the 2010 CPH population projections. 2 - 44