TABLE 2.14 - Labor Force Participation Rate by Highest Grade Completed and Sex, Philippines: 2012 - 2016 (In Percent) HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED AND SEX 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 64.2 63.9 64.6 63.7 63.5 54.8 70.3 71.5 69.1 NA NA NA 60.1 51.7 65.3 73.4 69.7 75.1 64.0 49.5 77.9 54.0 69.8 71.0 68.7 NA NA NA 59.9 50.9 65.1 74.4 70.5 75.7 63.9 49.2 78.0 53.5 70.9 72.2 69.8 NA NA NA 61.2 52.6 65.9 74.7 70.0 75.7 63.5 48.0 77.7 52.9 69.8 70.9 68.7 NA NA NA 60.0 50.3 65.5 74.3 68.8 75.3 63.2 47.3 78.0 52.4 68.7 70.0 67.3 20.0 12.5 50.0 60.0 47.9 67.6 74.5 70.0 75.3 63.3 48.1 78.5 78.5 78.1 78.6 77.3 77.6 No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate SPED 1 Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher 70.8 86.1 86.3 85.9 NA NA NA 75.9 65.3 82.8 87.2 83.2 89.3 72.8 61.8 85.1 69.8 85.6 85.7 85.4 NA NA NA 75.6 64.8 82.4 87.7 82.9 89.3 72.4 61.2 84.9 69.0 86.4 86.7 86.0 NA NA NA 76.9 66.5 83.0 88.3 82.1 89.6 71.9 59.9 84.6 68.0 85.2 85.4 85.1 NA NA NA 75.2 63.8 81.9 87.7 81.4 89.0 71.0 58.7 84.5 68.7 85.2 85.5 84.8 22.1 11.6 66.6 75.5 61.2 84.9 87.8 82.9 88.7 71.5 59.7 85.4 WOMEN 50.0 49.9 50.7 50.1 49.3 No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate 39.4 51.1 50.3 51.7 38.9 50.4 49.6 51.0 38.4 51.7 50.8 52.4 37.5 50.2 49.5 50.8 36.1 48.3 47.4 49.1 SPED 1 Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher NA NA NA 44.4 36.8 48.7 59.9 55.0 62.0 57.1 38.2 73.0 NA NA NA 44.1 35.7 48.8 61.5 56.4 63.0 57.2 38.3 73.2 NA NA NA 45.3 37.2 49.5 61.7 56.4 62.7 56.9 37.4 72.9 NA NA NA 44.5 35.3 49.4 62.1 54.7 63.3 57.0 37.2 73.6 12.4 5.2 54.0 44.1 33.1 50.6 63.0 55.7 64.0 56.7 37.4 73.6 BOTH SEXES No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate SPED 1 Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher MEN Note: Labor force participation rate is the ratio of the total labor force to the total household population 15 years old and over multiplied by 100. NA Not available. 1 Available starting July 2016. Source of basic data: Philippine Statistics Authority, Labor Force Survey, Public Use Files. 2 - 51