Preliminary figures for 2023 has shown that there were about 1.75 million land-based overseas workers from the Philippines, about twice as much as the previous period. Overall, there were more land-based overseas workers compared to those with sea-based employment.
Total number of land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from 2011 to 2023
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Department of Migrant Workers (Philippines). (February 29, 2024). Total number of land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1459044/number-of-land-based-overseas-filipino-workers/
Department of Migrant Workers (Philippines). "Total number of land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000s)." Chart. February 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed February 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1459044/number-of-land-based-overseas-filipino-workers/
Department of Migrant Workers (Philippines). (2024). Total number of land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1459044/number-of-land-based-overseas-filipino-workers/
Department of Migrant Workers (Philippines). "Total Number of Land-based Overseas Filipino Workers (Ofws) from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1459044/number-of-land-based-overseas-filipino-workers/
Department of Migrant Workers (Philippines), Total number of land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1459044/number-of-land-based-overseas-filipino-workers/ (last visited February 18, 2025)
Total number of land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from 2011 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Department of Migrant Workers (Philippines), February 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1459044/number-of-land-based-overseas-filipino-workers/
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