00:00The Philippines' unemployment rate rises to 6% in July 2026 as 3.14 million Filipinos
00:07are left without work. This is the highest in more than four years. The rate is higher than
00:12the 4.9% recorded in June 2026 and the 5.3% in July 2025. The last time unemployment
00:19was this
00:20high was in June 2022 when the rate was also 6%. In terms of actual people without jobs,
00:26July's 3.14 million was the highest since December 2021 when the figure reached around 3.28 million.
00:33National statistician Dennis Mapa says the increase was driven in large part by more Filipinos,
00:38particularly young people, joining the labor market but finding too few jobs available.
