Global Presence of Filipino workers
Overseas Filipino Workers are estimated at 1.83 million
The number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) or Filipino workers who worked abroad during the period of April to September 2021 was estimated at 1.83 million. Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs) or those with existing work contracts, comprised of 96.4 percent or 1.76 million of the total OFWs during the same period. Other OFWs who worked abroad without working visa or work permits such as tourist, visitor, student, medical, and other types of non- immigrant visas but were employed and working full time in other countries from April to September 2021 accounted for 3.6 percent share. (Table 1 and Figure 1)
The number of OFWs increased by 3.0 percent or 53.57 thousand overseas workers from 2020 to 2021. In 2020, OFWs were registered at 1.77 million, of which 1.71 million were OCWs and about 64 thousand were other Filipino workers abroad without valid working visa and work permits. (Table 1 and Figure 1)
Source:
https://psa.gov.ph/
