Philippines: Unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education)

Key figures

Since 2003 it is down 0.83 percentage points from 2.72% in 2003. The World Bank has no value for 9 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.48 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.18 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Philippines in the 2023 ranking

• Armenia — 2nd of 7: 10.27%
• Sri Lanka — 3rd of 7: 3.16%
• Indonesia — 4th of 7: 2.05%
• Jamaica — 6th of 7: 1.39%
• Cambodia — 7th of 7: 0.26%

What this measures

The percentage of the labor force with a basic level of education who are unemployed. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 12 values

Unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education) in nearby economies

• Australia — 8.44% (2024)
• Cambodia — 0.26% (2023)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 3.03% (2024)
• Indonesia — 2.05% (2023)
• Korea, Rep. — 3.37% (2025)
• Malaysia — 3.59% (2022)
• Mongolia — 5.75% (2024)
• New Zealand — 6.75% (2020)

More social protection & labor data for Philippines

• Net migration — -149,315 (2025)
• Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 2.36% (2024)
• Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate) — 2.61% (2024)
• Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate) — 2.18% (2024)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 1,032 (2025)
• Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 807 (2025)
• Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 49.4% (2024)
• Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate)

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Questions people ask

What is Philippines's unemployment with basic education (% of total labor force with basic education)?

1.89% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2003?

It is down 0.83 percentage points from 2.72% in 2003. The highest value was 6.35% in 2012 and the lowest 1.28% in 2017.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: March 30, 2026.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.UEM.BASC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: March 30, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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