Unemployment rate: Philippines
2.235% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.235 |
| 2024 | 2.202 |
| 2023 | 2.2 |
| 2022 | 2.598 |
| 2021 | 3.398 |
| 2020 | 2.522 |
| 2019 | 2.237 |
| 2018 | 2.338 |
| 2017 | 2.552 |
| 2016 | 2.695 |
| 2015 | 3.068 |
| 2014 | 3.6 |
| 2013 | 3.497 |
| 2012 | 3.504 |
| 2011 | 3.592 |
| 2010 | 3.605 |
| 2009 | 3.858 |
| 2008 | 3.72 |
| 2007 | 3.434 |
| 2006 | 4.052 |
| 2005 | 3.795 |
| 2004 | 3.554 |
| 2003 | 3.527 |
| 2002 | 3.616 |
| 2001 | 3.698 |
| 2000 | 3.77 |
| 1999 | 3.751 |
| 1998 | 3.697 |
| 1997 | 3.592 |
| 1996 | 3.607 |
| 1995 | 3.68 |
| 1994 | 3.767 |
| 1993 | 3.869 |
| 1992 | 3.849 |
| 1991 | 3.727 |