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Philippines: Employment in industry

19.96percent · 2025+16.9% since 2015

Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4). Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Philippines from 1991 to 2025.

19912025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202519.964
202419.498
202318.944
202218.444
202118.864
202018.713
201919.537
201819.474
201718.664
201617.838
201517.079
201416.779
201316.371
201216.036
201116.106
201016.383
200916.018
200816.674
200716.821
200616.555
200516.474
200416.476
200316.236
200216.226
200116.487
200016.905
199916.976
199817.083
199717.468
199617.385
199516.228
199416.379
199316.097
199216.506
199116.612

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Employment in industry. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-employment-in-industry (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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