TABLE 2 Number and Percentage Distribution of Overseas Filipino Workers
by Region of Origin and Place of Work Abroad, Philippines: 2006 and 2007
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Selected Characteristics | 2007 | 2006
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Philippines (in thousands) 1,747 1,515
Region 100.0 100.0
National Capital Region 16.0 16.4
Cordillera Administrative Region 2.1 2.2
I - Ilocos 7.7 7.6
II - Cagayan Valley 5.9 5.3
III - Central Luzon 14.3 14.5
IVA - CALABARZON 17.7 16.8
IVB - MIMAROPA 1.7 1.3
V - Bicol 3.0 2.5
VI - Western Visayas 8.5 9.5
VII - Central Visayas 5.1 5.5
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2.1 2.2
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 2.0 2.2
X - Northern Mindanao 3.1 2.8
XI - Davao 2.6 3.1
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 4.2 4.0
XIII - Caraga 1.0 1.1
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 3.1 3.1
Place of Work 100.0 100.0
Africa 1.2 1.7
Asia 78.1 78.3
East Asia 20.9 22.6
Hong Kong 6.7 7.0
Japan 5.6 6.0
Taiwan 5.5 6.1
Other countries in East Asia 3.1 3.5
(ex. China, South Korea)
Southeast and South Central Asia 10.3 9.9
Malaysia 2.5 2.8
Singapore 6.0 5.0
Other countries in Southeast and
South Central Asia (ex. Brunei) 1.7 2.1
Western Asia 46.8 45.8
Kuwait 4.4 4.8
Qatar 4.5 3.7
Saudi Arabia 19.8 21.8
United Arab Emirates 12.1 9.2
Other countries in Western Asia (ex. Bahrain, Israel,
Lebanon, Jordan) 6.0 6.3
Australia 1.9 1.2
Europe 9.2 9.5
North and South America 9.3 9.2
Other countries 0.3 -
Country not reported 0.1 0.2
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Notes: 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 year.
Source: 2006 and 2007 Survey on Overseas Filipinos
Income and Employment Statistics Division
Household Statistics Department
Philippines National Statistics Office
Manila, Philippines
Page last updated: May 24, 2008
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