TABLE 10 Distribution of Overseas Filipino Workers Whose Families Reported Savings from Cash Remittances

Received by Percentage of Cash Remittance Set Aside for Savings: 2018

Distribution of OFWs Whose Families

Distribution of Reported Savings from Cash
Distribution of
OFWs Whose Remittances Received by Percent of
OFWs by
Families Cash Remittance Set Aside for Savings
Whether With
Reported
Cash Remittance Sent Savings or
Savings from
Without Savings
Cash
from Cash Less 25% to 50% or
Remittances Total
Remittance than 25% 49% more
Received

In %
Philippines

OFWs Who Sent Cash Remittance

Number in thousands 2,039
Percent 100.0
OFWs with Savings from Cash Remittance Sent % 44.8
OFWs without Savings from Cash Remittance Sent% 55.2

OFWs with Savings from Cash Remittance Sent 100.0 100.0 66.0 22.8 11.2
Cash Remittance Sent
Less than P20,000 0.1 100.0 72.8 14.5 12.7
P20,000 - P39,999 13.1 100.0 62.7 26.6 10.8
P40,000 - P99,999 43.4 100.0 69.6 17.7 12.7
P100,000 and over 38.5 100.0 62.1 28.3 9.6

Notes: Details may not add up to totals due to rounding.

The estimates cover overseas Filipinos who sent cash remittances during six months prior to survey, and whose families were able to set aside for savings.
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority, 2018 Survey on Overseas Filipinos