TABLE 2 Number and Percentage Distribution of Overseas Filipino Workers by Type and Region:
2006 and 2007
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2007 | 2006
Region Total OCWs Other | Total OCWs Other
OFWs OFWs | OFWs OFWs
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Philippines 1,747 1,614 133 1,515 1,384 131
(In thousands)
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
National Capital Region 16.0 16.3 11.9 16.4 16.6 13.4
Cordillera Administrative Region 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.6
I - Ilocos Region 7.7 8.0 4.2 7.6 8.2 1.3
II - Cagayan Valley 5.9 6.2 1.7 5.3 5.6 1.7
III - Central Luzon 14.3 14.4 13.1 14.5 14.9 10.8
IVA - CALABARZON 17.7 17.2 23.3 16.8 15.8 26.7
IVB - MIMAROPA 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.2
V - Bicol Region 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.5 2.6 1.8
VI - Western Visayas 8.5 8.6 7.2 9.5 10.0 4.5
VII - Central Visayas 5.1 5.3 2.5 5.5 5.4 6.0
VIII - Eastern Visayas 2.1 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.3 1.1
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula 2.0 1.9 3.0 2.2 2.1 3.2
X - Northern Mindanao 3.1 3.2 2.5 2.8 3.0 1.0
XI - Davao Region 2.6 2.7 1.1 3.1 3.0 3.8
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN 4.2 4.6 - 4.0 4.2 1.8
XIII - Caraga 1.0 0.9 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.7
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 3.1 1.8 19.5 3.1 1.6 18.3
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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 period.
Source: National Statistics Office, 2006 and 2007 Survey on Overseas Filipinos
Page last updated: July 30, 2008
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