GLENBERT SABENORIO 11 STEM-E (LOYALTY)

Unemployment in the Philippines

Majority of the places in the Philippines today, unemployment- the state of being
unemployed- is at its peak and is widening. It is one of the most apparent problems
the country is facing that leads to poverty which affects millions of Filipinos. It is said
that the Philippines is a third-world country meaning majority of Filipinos are living
below the poverty line or even lower. With the worsening economic problem, several
reasons why unemployment is high in the Philippines are identified: rapid population
growth, lack of quality education, and environmental factors.

There are millions of people needed jobs and only few can provide one.
Overpopulation is one of the key factors in the growing unemployment in the
Philippines. The more probable cause of unemployment in the Philippines is the
unavailability of jobs provided. The growth of population directly encouraged the
unemployment by increasing the labor force. As a relative effect, the country showed
a high total dependency ratio rate of 61. 4% (Central Intelligence Agency, 2013)

Another cause of unemployment in the Philippines is lack of quality education.

When we look at the condition of students, ten of elementary school students are only
six of them attending high school, and only three of them are enrolled in college,
because of poverty or underdevelopment they had experienced. And because of
lack of education, it is really hard to find Jobs when an individual is not a graduate of
a particular skill or profession which leads to unemployment.

However, some areas of the Philippines solely rely on agricultural Jobs as their
means of employment. 2% of the labor force is in agriculture, according to the CIA
World Fact book. But, agriculture in the country is basically seasonal affair and
heavily affected by natural hazards like any other Southeast Asian nations. World
Bank has identified the Philippines as one of the most hazard-prone countries in the
world; the Philippines also sits along the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area prone to
typhoons, floods, drought, earthquakes and volcanic activity (The World Bank, 2013).
The aftermath of these calamities heavily affect the labor force of the country.
 In conclusion, it is very evident nowadays why many Filipinos go abroad, seek
greener pasture, find stable job, and get paid per hour of working, due to
unemployment in the country. The government should