Philippine Statistics Authority(PSA)

January 2, 2024 Dear Carlo Erba Esteban, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 27, 2023 04:43:57 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Labor force in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Your FOI request is approved. Our apologies for the delayed response. In reference to your data request, our data on this are limited to the following: 1. The number of healthcare professionals in the Philippines/ The number of Pharmacists in the Philippines Labor Force Survey (LFS) https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey/press-release https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey/special-release https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22LFS%20-%20Labor%20Force%20Survey%22 Employment Rate in October 2023 was Estimated at 95.8 Percent https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/labor-force-survey/press-release/node/1684061704 Gender Statistics on Labor and Employment https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=se,phr:%22GSLE%20-%20%20Gender%20Statistics%20on%20Labor%20and%20Employment%22 Labor Force Survey (LFS) https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3K__E2/?tablelist=true&rxid=227f6805-9732-41b6-981c-ac178832d6db 3. The number of workers employed in the Pharmaceutical Industry (including non-Pharmacists) Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/business-and-industry/index 2021 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) - Human Health and Social Work Activities Section: Final Results https://psa.gov.ph/content/2021-annual-survey-philippine-business-and-industry-aspbi-human-health-and-social-work Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/census/business-and-industry/index 2018 Census of Philippine Business and Industry: Human Health and Social Work Activities https://psa.gov.ph/content/2018-census-philippine-business-and-industry-human-health-and-social-work-activities More than 1.08 million Establishments Operated in 2021 which Generated Total Employment of 8.57 million (2021 Updating of the List of Establishments Preliminary Results) https://psa.gov.ph/content/more-108-million-establishments-operated-2021-which-generated-total-employment-857-million You may also refer to our regional data through this link - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YJEZqBIeoW3N38eg3MlHkNX_tc3IXcrm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105740966474332267520&rtpof=true&sd=true Philippine Statistical Yearbook https://psa.gov.ph/philippine-statistical-yearbook 2022 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY) https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/%28ons-cleared%29_psy2022_manuscript_June29_ONSF%20%281%29-signed.pdf Chapter 10: Education and Manpower Development Table 10.20 Number of Schools, Examinees, and Distribution of Passers by Sex in Various Licensure Examination: 2020 and 2021 https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/10_2022.xlsx Chapter 11: Labor and Employment Table 11.8 Employed Persons by Major Industry Group and Major Occupation Group, Philippines: 2017 to 2021 https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/psy/11_2022.xlsx You may refer to https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psoc for 2012 Philippine Standard Occupational Classification (PSOC) and to https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psic for 2019 Updates to the 2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification. For more specific data on this, you may coordinate with the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC): https://www.prc.gov.ph/. We would love to hear your Feedback so we can improve our services. Kindly fill out the PSA Customer feedback form from this link: https://tinyurl.com/OnlineCSSForm. Thank you. Respectfully, Rene C. Mendoza (Assistant National Statistician) Officer-in-Charge Information Technology and Dissemination Service