The figure that the Philippine Statistics Authority’s December 2023 Labor Force Survey released represents the 3.1% unemployment rate of the country in December 2023
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As of December 2023, the number of unemployed in the Philippines was 10 million, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority .The claim can be found in the Facebook post of former broadcaster Jay Sonza published on March 16. It garnered 801 reactions, 65 comments, and 20 shares as of writing.“Ulat naman ng Philippine Statistics Authority, halos 10Milyong Pilipino ang walang trabaho sa Pilipinas nito lamang Disyembre 2023.
As for underemployment, the same survey shows that the number of underemployed in the Philippines for December 2023 is around 6.01 million (as seen inas referring to employed persons who “express the desire to have additional hours of work in their present job, or an additional job, or to have a new job with longer working hours.”on July 13, 2021, that debunked a claim that Sonza made regarding PSA figures. Sonza claimed that PSA economic growth rates of the country from 2010 to 2016 were 3.
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