Filipinos make up 17.1 percent of Kuwait's domestic workers, third behind Indians and Sri Lankans, PACI figures show

PACI statistics reported by Kuwait Times and Times Kuwait show 151,369 Filipino domestic workers in Kuwait, 17.1 percent of the 883,308 total, placing Filipinos third behind Indians and Sri Lankans.

Filipinos are the third-largest group of domestic workers in Kuwait, numbering 151,369 workers or 17.1 percent of the total, according to statistics from the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) reported by Kuwait Times on 16 October and Times Kuwait on 17 October.

Four nationalities, Indian, Sri Lankan, Filipino and Bangladeshi, account for about 86.1 percent of Kuwait's domestic workforce, with 760,744 out of a total of 883,308 workers.

Times Kuwait noted that Indian nationals alone account for nearly four out of every 10 workers in the sector, while the Sri Lankan and Filipino communities hold similar shares, separated by a relatively narrow margin.

Remittances from Kuwait

The figures come as remittances from Filipino workers in Kuwait continue to rise. Times Kuwait reported in September that Filipino workers in Kuwait sent $342.13 million in remittances during the first seven months of 2026, a 3.39 percent increase from the $330.90 million transferred during the same period last year, according to data from the Central Bank of the Philippines.

Kuwait ranked fourth among the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries by the value of remittances sent by Filipino workers, behind Saudi Arabia with $1.28 billion, the UAE with $911.13 million and Qatar with $601.29 million. Across the GCC, Filipino workers sent approximately $3.5 billion to the Philippines during the first seven months of 2026.

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