Table 2.  Number and Percentage Distribution of Overseas Filipino Workers
          by Region of Origin and Place of Work Abroad, Philippines:  2004 and 2005
          (In Thousands)

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 Selected Characteristics                                  |    2005    |   2004
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 Philippines                                                   1,327       1,180

 Region                                                        100.0       100.0
  National Capital Region                                       18.4        17.2
  Cordillera Administrative Region                               2.1         2.3
  I - Ilocos                                                     8.5         8.0
  II - Cagayan Valley                                            4.7         5.2
  III - Central Luzon                                           12.8        14.0
  IVA - CALABARZON                                              17.1        18.5
  IVB - MIMAROPA                                                 1.4         1.3
  V - Bicol                                                      2.6         3.0
  VI - Western Visayas                                           8.7         9.0
  VII - Central Visayas                                          5.1         4.5
  VIII - Eastern Visayas                                         2.2         2.3
  IX - Zamboanga Peninsula                                       1.9         2.1
  X - Northern Mindanao                                          2.8         2.7
  XI - Davao                                                     3.5         3.5
  XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                                             3.7         2.8
  XIII - Caraga                                                  1.5         1.0
  Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao                           3.0         2.8

 Place of Work                                                 100.0       100.0
  Africa                                                         1.7         1.3
  Asia                                                          76.6        76.4
   East Asia                                                    26.1        28.5
    Hongkong                                                     8.0         9.2
    Japan                                                        8.5         9.8
    Taiwan                                                       6.6         6.4
    Other Countries in East Asia (ex. China, South Korea)        2.9         3.1

   Southeast and South Central Asia                              9.8         9.3
    Malaysia                                                     2.5         2.7
    Singapore                                                    5.3         4.2
    Other Countries in SE & SC Asia (ex. Brunei)                 2.0         2.3

   Western Asia                                                 40.7        38.6
    Kuwait                                                       4.2         4.2
    Qatar                                                        2.6         2.2
    Saudi Arabia                                                21.2        21.9
    United Arab Emirates                                         7.8         5.7
    Other Countries in Western Asia (ex. Bahrain, Israel,        4.9         4.7
    Lebanon, Jordan)

  Australia                                                      2.4         1.9
  Europe                                                         9.7        10.6
  North and South America                                        9.3         9.1
  Other Countries                                                0.1         0.4
  Country Not Reported                                           0.3         0.2

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Note:    Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.
         The estimates cover overseas Filipinos whose departure occurred within the last five years
         and who are working or had worked abroad during the past six months (April to September)
         of the survey period.

Source:  Income and Employment Statistics Division, Survey on Overseas Filipinos
         Household Statistics Department
         Philippines National Statistics Office
         Manila, Philippines

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