The first and main reason why a Filipino wanted to work abroad is because of money. They wanted their family to have a decent life or out of poverty. Working abroad will enable a Filipino to earn faster and more money compare to working here in the Philippines. Some OFW's are successful but others are not. On the other hand, this top 10 is based on the data given by the www.census.gov.ph, wherein there are about 2,220,000 million Overseas Filipino Workers worldwide. Here they are guys.TOP : 1
Country : Saudi Arabia
Percentage of OFWs : 20.6%
Total Number of OFWs : 457,320
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TOP : 2
Country : United Arab Emirates
Percentage of OFWs : 14.9%
Total Number of OFWs : 330,780
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TOP : 3
Country : European countries
Percentage of OFWs : 8.7%
Total Number of OFWs : 193,140
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TOP : 4
Country : North and South America countries
Percentage of OFWs : 7.6%
Total Number of OFWs : 168,720
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TOP : 5
Country : Singapore
Percentage of OFWs : 7.5%
Total Number of OFWs : 166,500
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TOP : 6
Country : Qatar
Percentage of OFWs : 6.5%
Total Number of OFWs : 144, 300
TOP : 7
Country : Hong Kong
Percentage of OFWs : 5.5%
Total Number of OFWs : 122,100
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TOP : 8
Country : Kuwait
Percentage of OFWs : 4.2%
Total Number of OFWs : 93,240
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TOP : 9
Country : Japan
Percentage of OFWs : 3.4%
Total Number of OFWs : 75,480
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TOP : 10
Country : Africa
Percentage of OFWs : 1.7%
Total Number of OFWs : 37,740
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Note : For the top 3,4 and 10, they are the overall tallies of countries for that 3 continents (America, Europe and Africa). That's the top 10 countries (continents) with the most numbers of Overseas Filipino Workers or OFWs.
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Please be noted that the top 10 that we are including here in our blog are all unofficial rankings unless otherwise noted. Most of the top ten lists are based on Google search results and collected mainly from different blogs and websites around the internet world.
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