2007-2011 OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT Statistics

A RENEWED COMMITMENT TO BETTER SERVE THE OFW

CONTENTS

TABLE 1 - Number of Workers with Contracts Processed by Type: 2007-2011 TABLE 2 - Number of Deployed Overseas Filipino Workers: 2007-2011 TABLE 3 - Number of Deployed Landbased Overseas Filipino Workers by Top Ten Destinations, New Hires and Rehires: 2007-2011 TABLE 4 - Number of Deployed Landbased Overseas Filipino Workers by Top Ten Destinations, New Hires: 2007-2011 TABLE 5 - Number of Deployed Landbased Overseas Filipino Workers by Top Ten Destinations, Rehires: 2007-2011 TABLE 6 - Number of Deployed Landbased Overseas Filipino Workers by Major Occupational Group, New Hires: 2007-2011 TABLE 7 - Number of Deployed Landbased Overseas Filipino Workers by Top Ten Occupational Categories, New Hires: 2007-2011 TABLE 8 - Number of Deployed Seafarers by Top Ten Flags of Registry: 2007-2011 TABLE 9 -Number of Deployed Seafarers by Top Ten Occupations: 2007-2011 TABLE 10 - Number of Deployed Seafarers by Top Ten Vessel Types: 2007-2011 TABLE 11 - Number of Deployed Seafarers by Category: 2007-2011

TABLE 1 - Number of Workers with Contracts Processed by Type: 2007-2011

TYPE 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Total 1,306,078 1,464,295 1,479,070 1,644,439 1,850,463

Landbased Workers 916,471 1,005,538 1,043,555 1,205,734 1,384,094

New Hires 383,373 394,977 362,878 424,977 517,311

Rehires 533,098 610,561 680,677 780,757 866,783

Seabased Workers 389,607 458,757 435,515 438,705 466,369

TABLE 2 - Number of Deployed Overseas Filipino Workers by Type: 2007-2011

TYPE 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Total

1,077,623

1,236,013

1,422,586

1,470,826 1,687,831

Landbased Workers

811,070

974,399

1,092,162

1,123,676 1,318,727

New Hires

313,260

376,973

349,715

341,966 437,720

Rehires

497,810

597,426

742,447

781,710 881,007

Seabased Workers

266,553

261,614

330,424

347,150 369,104

Note: Data on workers with special exit clearance and employment based immigration were included in the 2007 to 2009 deployment report.

TABLE 3 - Number of Deployed Landbased Overseas Filipino Workers by Top Ten Destinations, New Hires and Rehires: 2007-2011

DESTINATION 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

All Destinations - Total 811,070 974,399 1,092,162 1,123,676 1,318,727

1 Saudi Arabia 238,419 275,933 291,419 293,049 316,736

2 United Arab Emirates 120,657 193,810 196,815 201,214 235,775

3 Singapore 49,431 41,678 54,421 70,251 146,613

4 Hong Kong 59,169 78,345 100,142 101,340 129,575

5 Qatar 56,277 84,342 89,290 87,813 100,530

6 Kuwait 37,080 38,903 45,900 53,010 65,603

7 Taiwan 37,136 38,546 33,751 36,866 41,896

8 Italy 17,855 22,623 23,159 25,595 31,704

9 Bahrain 9,898 13,079 15,001 15,434 18,230

10 Malaysia 9,725 6,034 7,256 9,802 16,797

Others 175,423 181,106 235,008 229,302 215,268

TABLE 4 - Number of Deployed Landbased Overseas Filipino Workers by Top Ten Destinations, New Hires: 2007-2011

DESTINATION 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

All Destinations - Total 313,260 376,973 349,715 341,966 437,720

1 Saudi Arabia 97,496 122,258 126,661 119,379 112,648

2 United Arab Emirates 44,417 76,164 51,805 47,171 73,019

3 Qatar 30,868 45,209 40,713 37,209 45,070

4 Hong Kong 22,337 19,177 26,669 28,838 38,479

5 Kuwait 17,398 15,935 21,324 27,308 35,074

6 Taiwan 28,434 29,698 25,139 27,845 31,961

7 Singapore 3,879 4,488 3,916 6,544 18,068

8 Bahrain 4,282 5,094 6,038 5,353 7,481

9 Malaysia 1,863 1,075 1,250 2,794 6,972

10 Oman 2,624 3,667 2,859 2,823 5,487

Others 59,662 54,208 43,341 36,702 63,461

TABLE 5 - Number of Deployed Landbased Overseas Filipino Workers by Top Ten Destinations, Rehires: 2007-2011

DESTINATION 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

All Destinations - Total 497,810 597,426 742,447 781,710 881,007

1 Saudi Arabia 140,923 153,675 164,758 173,670 204,088

2 United Arab Emirates 76,240 117,646 145,010 154,043 162,756

3 Singapore 45,552 37,190 50,505 63,707 128,545

4 Hong Kong 36,832 59,168 73,473 72,502 91,096

5 Qatar 25,409 39,133 48,577 50,604 55,460

6 Kuwait 19,682 22,968 24,576 25,702 30,529

7 Italy 12,559 19,166 21,113 24,287 26,615

8 Brunei 12,142 5,338 5,875 6,216 11,566

9 Bahrain 5,616 7,985 8,963 10,081 10,749

10 Canada 3,768 6,065 9,033 10,859 10,517

Others 119,087 129,092 190,564 190,039 149,086

TABLE 6 - Number of Deployed Landbased Overseas Filipino Workers by Major Occupational Group, New Hires: 2007-2011

MAJOR OCCUPATIONAL GROUP 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Total

313,260 376,973 349,715

341,966

437,720

Professional, Technical and Related Workers 43,225 49,649 47,886 41,835 61,598

Administrative and Managerial Workers 1,139 1,516 1,290 1,439 4,950

Clerical Workers 13,662 18,101 15,403 10,706 14,115

Sales Workers 7,942 11,525 8,348 7,242 8,932

Service Workers 107,135 123,332 138,222 154,535 201,512

Agricultural Workers 952 1,354 1,349 1,122 1,757

Production Workers 121,715 132,295 117,609 120,647 141,215

Others 17,490 39,201 19,608 4,440 3,641

TABLE 7 - Number of Deployed Landbased Overseas Filipino Workers by Top Ten Occupational Categories, New Hires: 2007-2011

OCCUPATIONAL CATEGORY 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

All Occupational Categories - Total 313,260 376,973 349,715

341,966

437,720

1 Household Service Workers 47,878 50,082 71,557

96,583

142,689

2 Nurses Professional 9,178 11,495 13,014

12,082

17,236

3 Waiters, Bartenders and Related Workers 9,276 13,911 11,977

8,789

12,238

4 Caregivers and Caretakers 14,399 10,109 9,228

9,293

10,101

5 Wiremen and Electrical Workers 6,980 8,893 9,752

8,606

9,826

6 Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 9,187 9,664 7,722

8,407

9,177

7 Welders and Flame-Cutters 6,140 6,777 5,910

5,059

8,026

8 Laborers/Helpers General 7,317 9,711 8,099

7,833

7,010

9 Charworkers , Cleaners and Related Workers 6,300 11,620 10,056

12,133

6,847

10 Cooks and Related Workers 5,124 5,791 5,028

4,399

5,287

Others 191,481 238,920 197,372

168,782

209,283

TABLE 8 - Number of Deployed Seafarers by Top Ten Flags of Registry: 2007-2011

FLAG OF REGISTRY 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

All Flags of Registry - Total

266,553

261,614

330,424

347,150

369,104

1 Panama

51,619

53,912

67,361

66,523

72,614

2 Bahamas

29,681

29,177

36,054

41,814

42,363

3 Liberia

21,966

21,632

29,796

32,561

39,260

4 Marshall Island

9,772

11,859

18,068

21,824

24,235

5 Singapore

10,308

12,130

15,674

16,417

17,401

6 Malta

7,513

11,025

14,786

16,971

17,116

7 Bermuda 5,599 5,605 7,620 9,562 12,830

8 Italy 6,220 5,726 8,486 11,927 12,822

9 Cyprus 7,052 7,446 9,425 9,236 10,678

10 Netherlands 7,017 7,796 9,281 9,602 10,198

Others 109,806 95,306 113,873 110,713 109,587

TABLE 9 - Number of Deployed Seafarers by Top Ten Occupations: 2007-2011

OCCUPATION 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

All Occupations - Total

266,553 261,614 330,424

347,150

369,104

1 Able Seaman

31,818

34,563

45,338

47,864

53,239

2 Oiler

19,491

20,941

27,483

28,523

31,424

3 Ordinary Seaman

17,355

18,715

23,737

24,794

27,999

4 Chief Cook

7,778

9,022

12,651

13,252

14,827

5 Second Mate

7,873

8,694

12,119

12,876

14,189

6 Bosun

7,737

8,603

11,555

12,039

13,621

7 Third Engineer Officer

7,056

7,995

11,307

11,695

12,701

8 Messman

7,810

8,320

10,536

11,238

12,531

9 Third Mate

6,559

7,349

9,857

10,025

11,152

10 Second Engineer Officer

6,369

6,878

9,557

9,948

10,674

Others

146,707 130,534 156,284 164,896 166,747

TABLE 10 - Deployment of Seafarers by Top Ten Vessel Types: 2007-2011

VESSEL TYPE 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

All Vessel Types - Total

266,553 261,614 330,424

347,150

369,104

1 Bulk Carrier 42,357 46,732 62,229 67,247 79,381

2 Passenger 47,782 44,866 61,705 69,298 65,510

3 Container 31,983 36,614 44,276 44,691 47,851

4 Tanker 25,011 24,056 30,459 28,065 29,385

5 Oil/Product Tanker 14,462 15,702 22,366 23,319 26,018

6 Chemical Tanker 7,902 10,891 17,179 19,617 21,475

7 General Cargo 10,754 11,763 14,695 14,740 18,660

8 Pure Car Carrier 5,743 6,398 7,918 9,091 11,555

9 Tugboat 6,610 7,205 10,347 10,396 8,823

10 Gas Tanker 3,471 4,235 6,187 7,197 7,695

Others 70,478 53,152 53,063 53,489 52,751

TABLE 11 - Deployment of Seafarers by Category: 2007-2011

CATEGORY 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Total

266,553 261,614 330,424

347,150

369,104

Officer 51,353 57,773 78,893 81,761 90,506

Rating 139,740 98,720 92,027 124,765 140,681

Non-marine 35,807 87,621 158,808 133,082 136,971

Others 39,653 17,500 696 7,542 946