TABLE 2.16 - Labor Force by Region and Highest Grade Completed, Philippines: 2012 - 2016 (In Thousands) REGION AND HIGHEST GRADE COMPLETED PHILIPPINES No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate 1 SPED Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher National Capital Region No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate 1 SPED Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher Cordillera Administrative Region No Grade Completed Elementary Undergraduate Graduate 1 SPED Undergraduate Graduate High School Undergraduate Graduate Post Secondary Undergraduate Graduate College Undergraduate Graduate and Higher 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 40,426 41,022 41,379 41,342 43,361 674 11,545 5,768 5,777 NA NA NA 16,270 5,274 10,996 1,813 544 1,269 10,124 3,826 6,298 625 11,409 5,659 5,751 NA NA NA 16,632 5,229 11,403 1,932 459 1,473 10,423 3,913 6,510 602 11,088 5,366 5,722 NA NA NA 17,006 5,192 11,814 2,061 325 1,736 10,622 3,842 6,781 586 10,896 5,376 5,520 NA NA NA 17,079 5,129 11,950 2,039 295 1,744 10,741 3,898 6,843 590 11,451 5,944 5,508 2 1 1 18,041 5,512 12,529 2,214 283 1,931 11,063 4,205 6,858 5,025 5,129 5,281 5,193 5,613 7 526 180 345 NA NA NA 2,161 446 1,715 292 89 203 2,039 748 1,291 5 508 176 331 NA NA NA 2,204 432 1,773 267 79 188 2,145 794 1,351 6 503 156 347 NA NA NA 2,266 454 1,812 325 38 287 2,181 754 1,427 8 496 172 325 NA NA NA 2,232 457 1,776 323 41 282 2,134 743 1,391 7 521 196 325 2,456 473 1,983 299 31 268 2,330 838 1,492 770 770 793 797 800 17 205 107 97 NA NA NA 286 99 186 23 7 16 239 92 147 15 206 112 94 NA NA NA 292 101 190 23 7 16 234 89 145 18 207 111 96 NA NA NA 297 103 194 24 5 19 248 91 156 14 212 115 97 NA NA NA 293 102 192 25 3 22 252 89 163 15 197 106 91 301 100 201 30 3 28 257 90 166 Notes: 1. Details may not add up to totals due to rounding. 2. Data for the year were averages of 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 while that of January exclude Region VIII. 4. Annualized data for 2015 from the Labor Force Survey (LFS) is the average of January, April, July and October survey rounds. The estimates for these rounds exclude data for Leyte Province only. 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 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 that were based on the 2010 CPH population projections. NA Not available. 1 Available starting July 2016. 2 - 67