Youth unemployment rate in the Philippines in 2023

Published by
Aaron O'Neill,
Nov 4, 2024
The youth unemployment rate in the Philippines increased by 0.1 percentage points (+1.48 percent) in 2023. In total, the youth unemployment rate amounted to 6.85 percent in 2023.
The youth unemployment rate of a country or region refers to the share of the total workforce aged 15 to 24 that is currently without work, but actively searching for employment. It does not include economically inactive persons such as full-time students or the long-term unemployed.

Find more key insights for the youth unemployment rate in countries like Cambodia and Timor-Leste.

Philippines: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023

CharacteristicYouth unemployment rate
2023 6.85%
2022 6.74%
2021 8.49%
2020 7.05%
2019 6.78%
2018 6.69%
2017 7.49%
2016 7.76%
2015 8.67%
2014 9.67%
2013 9.38%
2012 9.61%
2011 9.75%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Youth unemployment rate9.35%9.35%9.53%9.53%10.33%10.33%9.01%9.01%10.16%10.16%10.46%10.46%10.04%10.04%9.75%9.75%9.61%9.61%9.38%9.38%9.67%9.67%8.67%8.67%7.76%7.76%7.49%7.49%6.69%6.69%6.78%6.78%7.05%7.05%8.49%8.49%6.74%6.74%6.85%6.85%20042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
6.5%7%7.5%8%8.5%9%9.5%10%10.5%11%

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Release date

October 2024

Region

Philippines

Survey time period

2004 to 2023

Age group

15-24 years

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.

According to the source, the data are ILO estimates.

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