Filipinos in Saudi Arabia
Filipinos in Saudi Arabia are migrants or descendants of the Philippines who live in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is currently the largest employer of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), and has the largest Filipino population in the Middle East. Filipinos make up the fourth-largest group of foreigners in Saudi Arabia, and are the second-largest source of remittances to the Philippines.
Philippines Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (right) speaking to a group of Filipino workers stationed in Saudi Arabia in 2016 | |
Total population | |
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938,490 | |
Languages | |
Filipino, English, Arabic | |
Religion | |
Islam, Roman Catholicism and other Christian denominations | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Filipino people, Overseas Filipinos |
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