AEC

Quick Facts

Population 15 years old and over (April 2020)	3,968,000
Population Growth Rate (2016-2017)	1.9%
Land Area (sq.km)	17,632.51
Average Household Size 2015	4.8
GRDP per capita 2018 (current)	Php 56,800
GRDP 2018 (current prices)	Php374,317,685.00
Poverty Incidence 2018 (population)	26.8%
Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (2018)	Php 24,404
Labor Force Participation Rate (April 2020)	55.2%
Employment Rate (April 2020)	84.3%
Underemployment Rate (April 2020)	27.4%
Unemployment Rate (April 2020)	15.7%

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

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The Philippine-American Educational Foundation (PAEF) is accepting institutional applications to host specialists to the Fulbright Specialist Program. The Fulbright Specialist Program sends United States faculty and professionals to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning, and related subjects at academic institutions in the Philippines for a period of 2 to 6 weeks. The program allows Filipino universities, cultural centers, non-governmental organizations and other institutions in the Philippines to develop collaborative projects which will host a leading U.S. academic or professional at their institution to work on diverse, short-term collaborative projects focused on education and training. For more information, kindly visit the link: https://www.worldlearning.org/…/fulbright-specialist-progr…/. You may directly contact the PAEF at telephone no. (02) 819-0919 or via e-mail at fulbright@fulbright.org.ph.