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Labor Force Participation Rate for Philippines, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
61.35%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · broadly flat since 1990
Labor participation for Philippines was 61.35% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 62.23% in 2011. The lowest was 54.75% in 2020 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.00% per year.
Philippines ranks 96 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 51%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 64.35%, so Philippines sits below it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
61.35%
First (1990)
61.36%
Change
-0.0%
Highest
62.23%
in 2011
Lowest
54.75%
in 2020
Average
60.92%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.00%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.35% |
| 2024 | 61.4% |
| 2023 | 61.42% |
| 2022 | 61.44% |
| 2021 | 56.47% |
| 2020 | 54.75% |
| 2019 | 59.44% |
| 2018 | 58.98% |
| 2017 | 59.14% |
| 2016 | 61.59% |
| 2015 | 61.41% |
| 2014 | 62.17% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.