E. POPULATION:
1. Demographics
The Census of Population in 2020 the Province of Surigao del Norte
recorded a total population of 534, 636. This is higher by 10.2 percent increase
of population from the 2015 census or an equivalent of 2.07 annual growth rate
in five years which renders population density per square kilometer of 274. The
total population comprises 19.1 percent of the overall population of the Caraga
Region.
The data of the 2020 census population likewise shows Surigao del norte
posted a total number of households of 127,445 with an average household size
of 4.2 (2022 RSET CARAGA Region XIII).
2. Employment
 SDN Employment rate
2018 93-96%
2019 93-96%
2020 89-92%
 SDN Labor Force Participation rate
2018 was 56%
2019 was 56-60%
2020 was 56-60%
 SDN Unemployment rate
2018 5-8 %
2019 5-8 %
2020 9-12%
 SDN Underemplyment
2018 10-19 %
2019 10-19 %
2020 20-29 %
(source: PSA ANNUAL PROVINCIAL LABOR MARKET STATISTICS,
Released January 27, 2022)
3. Literacy Rate (No data)
4. Workforce
 Skilled workforce rate (No data)
Province of Surigao del Norte minimum wage is P350.00 per Wage
Order No. RXIII-17
The Province has nine (9) Higher Education Institutions. One (1) State
University and eight (8) private Higher Education Institutions.
In the school years of 2020-2021, 2021-2022 & 2022-2023, SDN had a
total number of 10,806 graduates combined together from the 9 Higher
Education Institutions in the province. Of this number 4,644 are males and 6,162
are females. The figure comprised the following graduates from different field of
discipline available in local HEI, like the following: Education Science &
Teacher Training,Engineering, Humanities, Natural Science, Mathematics,
IT-related, Medial and Allied, Architectural and Town Planning,
Agricultural, Fisheries & Forestry, Service Trade.
Education Science and Teacher Training has the most number of
graduates, this followed by Information Technology (IT), Engineering and
FAME courses. (CHED Statistical Bulletins 2020-2021, 2021-2022 & 20222023).
Availability of skilled workers are derived from the graduates of Technical
and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) from accredited Tesda
Technology Institute (TTI) in the Province. In the last 3 years (2020-2022) there
are 14, 108 highly trained graduates from TTI. Of this number there are 6,581
males and 7, 566 females.
The province is known to have these good resources of minerals,
agriculture, fisheries and tourism destinations. Hence, its role in the region is to
be the major Eco-tourism destinations, fishery producer and mineral-based
processing industrial center.
Available data shows a total of 3,584 graduates in the fields of Agriculture,
Forestry, Fisheries, Mining, and Eco-Tourism.