TABLE 1 Number of Overseas Filipino Workers , by Typ

by Major Occupation and Region, P

Number of Overseas Fil

2019
Sex/Age Group/Industry/ Hours Worked
90% Confidence Interval
Standard
Estimate CV
Error
Lower Limit

Total OFW 2,177.08 55.50 2.55 2,085.80

Type of OF
OCWs 2,108.14 54.23 2.57 2,018.93
Other OFW c/ 68.94 9.39 13.62 53.49

Sex
Male 970.62 40.29 4.15 904.34
Female 1,206.47 37.51 3.11 1,144.77

Age Group
15 - 24 137.78 13.60 9.87 115.41
25 - 29 442.70 25.10 5.67 401.41
30 - 34 486.45 24.74 5.09 445.75
35 - 39 410.11 21.93 5.35 374.04
40 - 44 309.15 22.32 7.22 272.43
45 and over 390.89 22.67 5.80 353.60

Total
Managers 23.77 5.48 23.1 a/ 14.76
Professionals 184.88 18.21 9.85 154.92
Technicians and associate professionals 192.94 20.03 10.38 159.99
Clerical support workers 75.94 10.95 14.42 57.93
Service and sales workers 383.00 26.02 6.79 340.20
Skilled agricultural forestry and fishery worker 17.93 4.27 23.8 a/ 10.91
Craft and related trade workers 180.32 17.99 9.98 150.73
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 268.44 21.07 7.85 233.78
Elementary occupations 849.87 31.41 3.70 798.20

Region
National Capital Region (NCR) 216.44 11.13 5.14 198.13
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) 38.62 3.35 8.67 33.11
Region I (Ilocos Region) 187.50 14.31 7.63 163.96
Region II (Cagayan Valley) 132.70 13.00 9.80 111.31
Region III (Central Luzon) 298.33 19.79 6.63 265.78
Region IV-A (CALABARZON) 474.06 37.38 7.89 412.57
 MIMAROPA Region 29.53 2.71 9.18 25.07
Region V (Bicol Region) 83.51 9.22 11.04 68.34
Region VI (Western Visayas) 190.14 19.66 10.34 157.80
Region VII (Central Visayas) 108.03 10.52 9.74 90.72
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) 42.63 6.03 14.14 32.71
Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) 31.53 2.65 8.40 27.17
Region X (Northern Mindanao) 57.05 4.07 7.13 50.35
Region XI (Davao Region) 78.34 6.54 8.35 67.58
Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) 119.17 7.71 6.47 106.49
Region XIII (Caraga) 37.99 2.82 7.42 33.35
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region 51.50 4.42 8.58 44.23
in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)

Note: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding

a/ Caution in utilizing the estimate for these industries must be observed due to its very small sample size
b/ The 2019 and 2020 estimates were based on the 2015-based Population Projections
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2019 and 2020 Survey on Overseas Filipinos
Filipino Workers , by Type of Overseas Filipino Worker, Sex, Age group
ccupation and Region, Philippines: 2019 and 2020

Number of Overseas Filipino Workers (in '000)

2020
Increment/
Decrement
% Confidence Interval 90% Confidence Interval
Standard
Estimate CV
Error
Upper Limit Lower Limit Upper Limit

2,268.40 1,771.46 41.37 2.34 1,839.51 1,703.41 (405.62)

2,197.35 1,707.66 48.21 2.82 1,786.97 1,628.35 (400.48)

84.39 63.81 10.67 16.72 81.36 46.26 (5.13)

1,036.90 716.16 28.85 4.03 763.62 668.70 (254.46)

1,268.17 1,055.30 33.33 3.16 1,110.13 1,000.47 (151.17)

160.15 67.55 8.45 12.51 81.45 53.65 (70.23)

483.99 336.08 19.55 5.82 368.24 303.92 (106.62)
527.15 397.65 20.42 5.14 431.24 364.06 (88.80)
446.18 363.13 20.02 5.51 396.06 330.20 (46.98)
345.87 269.13 16.21 6.02 295.80 242.46 (40.02)
428.18 337.92 19.38 5.74 369.80 306.04 (52.97)

32.78 26.06 5.66 21.72 35.37 16.75 2.29

214.84 145.24 14.75 10.16 169.50 120.98 (39.64)
225.89 118.66 10.77 9.08 136.38 100.94 (74.28)
93.95 68.03 10.39 15.27 85.12 50.94 (7.91)
425.80 254.65 18.32 7.19 284.79 224.51 (128.35)
24.95 6.38 1.98 31.03 9.64 3.12 (11.55)
209.91 121.01 12.53 10.35 141.62 100.40 (59.31)
303.10 203.88 15.70 7.70 229.71 178.05 (64.56)
901.54 827.54 29.90 3.61 876.73 778.35 (22.33)

234.75 149.29 8.54 5.72 163.34 135.24 (67.15)

44.13 37.91 2.65 6.99 42.27 33.55 (0.71)
211.04 147.21 12.65 8.59 168.02 126.40 (40.29)
154.08 122.27 11.40 9.32 141.02 103.52 (10.43)
330.88 208.59 16.56 7.94 235.83 181.35 (89.74)
535.55 328.38 22.00 6.70 364.57 292.19 (145.68)
33.99 29.05 2.30 7.92 32.83 25.27 (0.48)
98.68 85.09 6.85 8.05 96.36 73.82 1.58
222.48 163.81 14.29 8.72 187.32 140.30 (26.33)
125.34 92.82 10.13 10.91 109.48 76.16 (15.21)
52.55 40.16 3.18 7.92 45.39 34.93 (2.47)
35.89 39.16 3.02 7.71 44.13 34.19 7.63
63.75 63.63 4.54 7.13 71.10 56.16 6.58
89.10 79.05 6.64 8.40 89.97 68.13 0.71
131.85 112.12 8.97 8.00 126.88 97.36 (7.05)
42.63 33.72 3.61 10.71 39.66 27.78 (4.27)
58.77 39.19 6.90 17.61 50.54 27.84 (12.31)
 Percentage
Distribution

2019 2020

1,046.5 872.3

100.0 100.0
96.8 96.4
3.2 3.6

100.0 100.0
44.6 40.4
55.4 59.6

100.0 100.0
6.3 3.8
20.3 19.0
22.3 22.4
18.8 20.5
14.2 15.2
18.0 19.1

100.0 100.0
1.1 1.5
8.5 8.2
8.9 6.7
3.5 3.8
17.6 14.4
0.8 0.4
8.3 6.8
12.3 11.5
39.0 46.7

100.0 100.0
9.9 8.4
1.8 2.1
8.6 8.3
6.1 6.9
13.7 11.8
21.8 18.5
1.4 1.6
3.8 4.8
8.7 9.2
5.0 5.2
2.0 2.3
1.4 2.2
2.6 3.6
3.6 4.5
5.5 6.3
1.7 1.9
2.4 2.2