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Overseas Filipino Workers

Overseas Filipinos
Mga Pilipino sa Ibayong-dagat
Total population

10.2 million
(including descendants of Filipinos and persons of partial Filipino ancestry)

figures are for various years, per individual supporting sources cited.
Regions with significant populations
 United States 3,898,739
 Saudi Arabia 1,020,000
 United Arab Emirates 679,819
 Canada 662,600
 Malaysia 325,089
 Japan 209,373
 Qatar 195,558
 Australia 171,233
 Kuwait 139,802
 Hong Kong 130,810
 Italy 128,060
 Spain 115,362
 United Kingdom 112,000
 Taiwan 108,520
 South Korea 63,464
 New Zealand 40,347
 Israel 31,000
 Papua New Guinea 25,000
 Germany 20,589
 Netherlands 16,719
 Thailand 14,830
 Macau 14,544
 Sweden 13,000
 Ireland 12,791
 Austria 12,474
 Norway 12,262
 China 12,254
  Switzerland 10,000'
 Kazakhstan 7,000
 Palau 7,000
Languages
Languages of the Philippines, English
Religion
Predominantly Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism & Iglesia ni Cristo)  · Islam  · Non-religious
Related ethnic groups
Filipinos


10.2 million
(including descendants of Filipinos and persons of partial Filipino ancestry)


An Overseas Filipino (Filipino: Pilipino sa Ibayong-dagat) is a person of Filipino origin who lives outside of the Philippines. This term applies to Filipinos who are abroad indefinitely as citizens or as permanent residents of a different country and to those Filipino citizens abroad for a limited, definite period, such as on a work contract or as students.

In 2013, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) estimated that approximately 10.2 million people of Filipino descent lived or worked abroad.

In 2012, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of the Philippines, expects official remittances coursed through banks and agents to grow 5% over 2011 to US$21 billion, but official remittances are only a fraction of all remittances. Remittances by unofficial, including illegal, channels are estimated by the Asian Bankers Association to be 30 to 40% higher than the official BSP figure. In 2011, remittances were US$20.117 billion.

In 2012, approximately 80% of the remittances came from only 7 countries—United States and Canada, the United Kingdom, UAE and Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Japan.

Employment conditions abroad are relevant to the individual worker and their families as well as for the sending country and its economic growth and well being. Poor working conditions for Filipinos hired abroad include long hours, low wages and few chances to visit family. Women often face disadvantages in their employment conditions as they tend to work in the elder/child care and domestic. These occupations are considered low skilled and require little education and training, thereby regularly facing poor working conditions. Women facing just working conditions are more likely to provide their children with adequate nutrition, better education and sufficient health. There is a strong correlation between women's rights and the overall well being of children. It is therefore a central question to promote women's rights in order to promote children's capabilities.


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