TOP TEN COUNTRIES  IN TERMS OF DEPLOYMENT OF OFWs
	1984 to 2002
	YEAR	KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA	HONGKONG	JAPAN	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	TAIWAN	KUWAIT	SINGAPORE	QATAR	BRUNEI	ITALY	TOTAL (includes other countries)
	1984	200,203	17,442	11,656	9,832	6	11,385	5,886	2,756	2,251	1,567	350,982
	1985	185,837	22,020	16,029	15,093	9	21,167	10,047	3,751	3,292	1,413	372,784
	1986	164,832	25,594	24,571	20,528	15	22,888	15,093	5,113	4,643	1,281	378,214
	1987	197,219	30,811	33,791	24,168	3	21,377	17,601	6,610	4,737	2,099	449,271
	1988	201,451	34,793	41,289	19,484	37	14,211	8,221	7,706	5,528	4,522	471,030
	1989	176,300	37,661	32,688	19,865	88	11,304	4,706	9,293	5,617	3,940	458,626
	1990	169,886	34,412	41,558	17,189	54	5,007	4,698	7,138	4,206	3,229	446,095
	1991	228,139	50,652	57,344	26,601	33	14,819	7,697	7,485	8,738	8,038	615,019
	1992	260,112	52,261	51,949	28,839	1,193	15,872	8,656	9,098	10,866	9,251	686,461
	1993	230,996	62,583	43,542	30,045	23,025	11,256	11,568	8,202	10,960	9,367	696,630
	1994	215,361	62,161	54,879	27,713	34,387	11,486	11,324	8,811	9,731	7,421	718,407
	1995	168,604	51,701	25,032	26,235	50,538	9,852	10,736	9,691	6,807	5,829	653,574
	1996	155,848	43,861	20,143	26,069	65,464	10,802	15,087	7,889	7,651	6,780	660,122
	1997	160,302	78,513	33,226	25,579	72,748	10,205	16,055	8,294	9,594	8,915	747,696
	1998	193,698	122,337	46,851	35,485	87,360	17,372	23,175	10,734	16,264	20,233	831,643
	1999	198,556	114,779	46,851	39,633	84,186	17,628	21,812	7,950	12,978	21,673	837,020
	2000	184,645	121,762	63,041	43,031	51,145	21,490	22,873	8,523	13,649	26,386	841,628
	2001	190,732	113,583	74,093	44,631	38,311	21,641	26,305	10,769	13,068	21,956	866,590
	2002	193,157	105,036	77,870	50,796	46,371	25,894	27,648	11,516	11,564	20,034	891,908
	Source: Philippine Overseas Employment Administration