Overseas Filipino Worker
OFWs in Brunei | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2.3 million (2019) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Saudi Arabia | 494,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | 291,000 |
| Hong Kong | 165,000 |
| Taiwan | 147,234 |
| Kuwait | 136,000 |
| Qatar | 123,000 |
| Languages | |
| Filipino (national), English (co-official) Philippine languages, Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (majority), Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Filipinos (Overseas Filipinos) | |
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. 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.
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.