By Junex Doronio
MANILA — Only 36 out of 1,000 Filipinos are jobless and the trend of declining joblessness under the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is seemingly encouraging.
This was bared on Tuesday by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) which noted in its Labor Force Survey that the number of jobless Filipinos in the labor force declined further in November 2023.
“Ang unemployment rate ay naitala sa 3.6 percent, o tatlumpu’t anim sa kada isang libo, na indibidwal na nasa labor force ang walang trabaho o negosyo nitong Nobyembre 2023,” PSA chief and National Statistician Claire Dennis Mapa said at a press briefing.
Mapa said the number of unemployed individuals, ages 15 and above, went down to 1.83 million from 2.09 million in October 2023.
The PSA cited that year-on-year, the number of unemployed during the period was fewer by 350,000 compared to 2.18 million jobless persons in November last year.
Mapa further revealed that the unemployment rate stood at 3.6% as a percentage of the total 51.47 million people in the labor force who are actively seeking work.
(el Amigo/MNM)
