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OFW DEPLOYMENT
JANUARY - NOVEMBER 2006
 

Deployment by World Region (NewHires)

World Region

Count

% share

Middle East

194,034

68.08%

Asia

71,825

25.20%

Americas

7,532

2.64%

Europe

6,539

2.29%

Africa

2,444

0.86%

Oceania

1,884

0.66%

Trust Territories

756

0.27%

Grand Total

285,014

100.00%

TOP 10 COUNTRIES DESTINATION (NewHires)

Country Count % share
SAUDI ARABIA           83,778 29.39%
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES           35,493 12.45%
TAIWAN           28,735 10.08%
QATAR           25,952 9.11%
KUWAIT           24,537 8.61%
HONG KONG           18,684 6.56%
KOREA SOUTH           10,047 3.53%
LEBANON             7,719 2.71%
JAPAN             6,798 2.39%
BAHRAIN             4,876 1.71%

MALE-FEMALE RATIO (New Hires)

Gender Count % share
Female 168,903 59.26%
Male 116,111 40.74%
Grand Total 285,014 100.00%

DEPLOYED NEW HIRES PER MAJOR  SKILL

Major Skill Group Count % share
SERVICE WORKERS         136,341 47.84%
PRODUCTION AND RELATED WORKERS TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT OPERATORS AND LABORERS           97,488 34.20%
PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL AND RELATED WORKERS           33,819 11.87%
CLERICAL AND RELATED WORKERS             7,315 2.57%
SALES WORKERS             5,070 1.78%
UNCLASSIFIED MAJOR SKILL GROUP             3,434 1.20%
AGRICULTURAL ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND FORESTRY WORKERS FISHERMEN AND HUNTERS                 784 0.28%
ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGERIAL WORKERS                 763 0.27%
Grand Total         285,014 100.00%

OFW Remittances (Jan-Sep 2006)  
(in million US dollars)l

  2006 2005
Total 9,112,137 7,964,722
Seabased 1,419,705 1,233,719
Landbased 7,692,432 6,731,003

*Source:DER-BSP


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Last Update :: December 06, 2006


 
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