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Unemployment rate in Philippines

How hard is it to have a job there?

Philippines's unemployment rate is 2.23 % — #12 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

2.23%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Philippines over time

4.05 %3.13 %2.20 %4.05 % · 20062.20 % · 20232000: 3.77 %2001: 3.70 %2002: 3.62 %2003: 3.53 %2004: 3.55 %2005: 3.79 %2006: 4.05 %2007: 3.43 %2008: 3.72 %2009: 3.86 %2010: 3.60 %2011: 3.59 %2012: 3.50 %2013: 3.50 %2014: 3.60 %2015: 3.07 %2016: 2.69 %2017: 2.55 %2018: 2.34 %2019: 2.24 %2020: 2.52 %2021: 3.40 %2022: 2.60 %2023: 2.20 %2024: 2.20 %2025: 2.23 %2000201220252.23 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#12 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
90 %
112 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.03 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
1.82 pp
peak 4.05 % in 2006
Full series
▼ 1.54 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #8 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −3.02 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Philippines: ahead of 90 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentPhilippines 2.23 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Philippines is ahead of 90 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Philippines
10 United Arab Emirates2.17 %−0.06 pp
11 Kuwait2.18 %−0.05 pp
12 Philippines2.23 %—
13 Japan2.45 %+0.22 pp
14 Papua New Guinea2.57 %+0.34 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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