Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW)

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW)

Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is a term often used to refer to Filipino migrant workers, people with Filipino citizenship who reside in another country for a limited period of employment.[3] The number of these workers was roughly 1.77 million between April and September 2020. Of these, female workers comprised a larger portion, making up 59.6 percent, or 1.06 million. However, this number declined to 405.62 thousand between 2019 and 2020.[4]OFW money remittances to relatives in the Philippines are a major contributor to the Philippine economy, reaching a total of P1.9 trillion in 2022, which represented some 8.9% of the Philippines' Gross Domestic Product.

Regions with significant populations:
Saudi Arabia 494,000
United Arab Emirates291,000
Hong Kong165,000
Taiwan147,234
Kuwait136,000
Qatar123,000