SAUDI IS STILL TOP OFW DESTINATION
Saudi Arabia is still the top destination for Filipino workers in 2008. There were 275, 933 workers both new hires and rehires, who were deployed to the Kingdom last year.
Saudi Arabia is followed by UAE, which also registered the highest increase in 2008, compared with the previous year.
Total deployments for 2008 was 974, 399, up 20.1% from 2007.
TOP DESTINATIONS OF FILIPINO WORKERS
2008 AND 2009
(LANDBASED WORKERS)
| TOP TEN DESTINATION OF OFWs |
OFW Deployment |
% Share to Total |
2008 |
2007 |
% Change |
2008 |
2007 |
| 1. Saudi Arabia |
275, 933 |
238, 419 |
15.7% |
28.3% |
29.4% |
| 2. United Arab Emirates |
193, 810 |
120, 657 |
60.6% |
19.9 |
14.9% |
| 3. Qatar |
84, 342 |
56, 277 |
49.9% |
8.7% |
6.9% |
| 4. Hong Kong |
78, 345 |
56, 169 |
32.4% |
8.0% |
7.3% |
| 5. Singapore |
41, 678 |
49, 431 |
-15.7% |
4.3% |
6.1% |
| 6. Kuwait |
38, 903 |
37, 080 |
4.9% |
4.0% |
4.6% |
| 7. Taiwan |
38, 546 |
37, 136 |
3.8% |
4.0% |
4.6% |
| 8. Italy |
22, 623 |
17, 855 |
26.7% |
2.3% |
2.2% |
| 9. Canada |
17, 399 |
12, 380 |
40.5% |
1.8% |
1.5% |
| 10.Bahrain |
13, 079 |
9, 898 |
32.1% |
1.3% |
1.2% |
Other Destinations |
169, 741 |
172, 768 |
-1.8% |
17.4% |
21.3% |
| TOTAL |
974, 399 |
811, 070 |
20.1% |
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