In 2020, nearly 5,000 cases of maltreatment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) had been reported, the majority of which came from the Middle East with 4,302 cases. About 560 thousand overseas workers were deployed from the Philippines in that year.
Number of reported cases of maltreatment against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in 2020, by region of employment
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Overview
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- Premium Statistic Remittances received as share of GDP Philippines 2013-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of overseas workers from the Philippines 2011-2023
- Premium Statistic Number of deployed overseas Filipino workers 2012-2023
- Premium Statistic Distribution of households with OFWs Philippines Q1 2019-Q4 2023
Demographics
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- Premium Statistic Age distribution of migrant workers from the Philippines 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of overseas workers from Philippines 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Share of overseas Filipino workers 2022, by region of origin
- Premium Statistic Share of overseas Filipino workers 2022, by place of work
Employment
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- Premium Statistic Number of overseas Filipino workers 2023, by type of employment
- Premium Statistic Number of overseas Filipino workers 2023, by area of employment
- Premium Statistic Number of land-based overseas workers from the Philippines 2011-2023
- Premium Statistic Number of sea-based overseas workers from the Philippines 2011-2023
- Premium Statistic Share of overseas Filipino workers 2022, by occupation
- Basic Statistic Profession of newly hired land-based overseas Filipino workers 2023
- Premium Statistic Number of seafarers deployed overseas Philippines 2016-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of deployed seafarers Philippines 2023, by skills
Remittance
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- Premium Statistic Value of personal remittances received in the Philippines 2013-2022
- Premium Statistic Overseas Filipino workers (OFW) cash remittances 2012-2023
- Premium Statistic Overseas Filipino workers' total cash remittances 2023, by region
- Premium Statistic Major sources of overseas Filipino remittances 2023, by country
- Premium Statistic Cash remittance sent by overseas workers from the Philippines 2022, by mode
- Premium Statistic Leading purposes of OFW remittances Philippines Q4 2023
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Philippine Daily Inquirer. (March 8, 2021). Number of reported cases of maltreatment against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in 2020, by region of employment [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271337/philippines-abuse-incidents-against-ofws-by-region-of-employment/
Philippine Daily Inquirer. "Number of reported cases of maltreatment against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in 2020, by region of employment." Chart. March 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271337/philippines-abuse-incidents-against-ofws-by-region-of-employment/
Philippine Daily Inquirer. (2021). Number of reported cases of maltreatment against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in 2020, by region of employment. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271337/philippines-abuse-incidents-against-ofws-by-region-of-employment/
Philippine Daily Inquirer. "Number of Reported Cases of Maltreatment against Overseas Filipino Workers (Ofws) in 2020, by Region of Employment." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271337/philippines-abuse-incidents-against-ofws-by-region-of-employment/
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Number of reported cases of maltreatment against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in 2020, by region of employment Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271337/philippines-abuse-incidents-against-ofws-by-region-of-employment/ (last visited May 02, 2024)
Number of reported cases of maltreatment against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in 2020, by region of employment [Graph], Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271337/philippines-abuse-incidents-against-ofws-by-region-of-employment/