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People employed during each president's tenure

Every president since 1991, ranked by how people employed changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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1PFP Bongbong Marcos 30 Jun 2022 – now +13.8% Q1 2022 → Q3 2026+2.9%/yr
2LP Benigno Aquino III 30 Jun 2010 – 30 Jun 2016 +13.0% Q1 2010 → Q1 2016+2.1%/yr
3 Rodrigo Duterte 30 Jun 2016 – 30 Jun 2022 +6.3% Q1 2016 → Q1 2022+1.0%/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. million people employed · Philippine Statistics Authority (OpenSTAT), Labour Force Survey, the January, April, July and October rounds (the survey has run every month since 2021), persons 15 and over, from April 2005, employed persons (overseas workers not included) · Philippines data · as of Oct 2026.

Sources: Philippine Statistics Authority (OpenSTAT: national and provincial product accounts, Labour Force Survey, consumer prices, censuses), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Residential Property Price Index), GISCO, World Bank (population; Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; mayors checked against the city lists and the election results. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. CreditsPrivacy