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Number of OFWs with Bank Accounts

Requested from PSA by R. Relator at 02:28 PM on Nov 05, 2021.
Purpose: Research and development
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2010 - 11/05/2021
Tracking no: #PSA-728170391018

Relator 02:28 PM, Nov 05, 2021 

Hi, I would like to request data/information on the number of OFWs per country and how many of them have a bank account here in the Philippines.

Nisperos 10:35 AM, Nov 22, 2021 

November 22, 2021

Dear Rochelle Relator,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Nov 05, 2021 02:28:23 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Number of OFWs with Bank Accounts.

Your FOI request is approved. 

We regret to inform you that we do not have specific data on this.

Our data related to this is limited to our published data on our OpenSTAT database:
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider:
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3I__G08/0093I3D8102.px/?rxid=81cec75c-d05b-4e76-bcc5-3fe51d16a416

On the other hand, our data on overseas workers are limited to the results of our Survey on Overseas Filipinos:
https://psa.gov.ph/content/survey-overseas-filipinos-sof
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-force/sof-index
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/survey/labor-and-employment/survey-overseas-filipinos

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Cesar Reynaldo V. Vinuya
Assistant National Statistician
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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