Filipino Workers in Bahrain Send $86m Home

TDT | Manama

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Filipino workers in Bahrain sent $86.06 million home in the first four months of 2026, the smallest total among the six Gulf states, as money flows from the region to the Philippines rose to $1.97 billion.

The Gulf figure was up from $1.89bn in the same stretch of 2025, according to figures drawn from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Philippine central bank.

Saudi Arabia led the Gulf list, with $726.63m sent by Filipino workers in the first four months of the year. Bahrain came last among GCC states.

In the first quarter, Filipino workers in Bahrain sent $63.72m home. Across the GCC, first-quarter remittances rose by 4.19pc year on year and made up 95.8pc of all money sent by Filipino workers from the Middle East.

The UAE posted the fastest growth in the Gulf, at 4.82pc.

The six Gulf states accounted for 96.11pc of the $2.05bn sent from the Middle East in the first four months of 2026. They also made up 41.50pc of the $4.74bn sent from Asia over the same stretch.

Filipino workers around the world sent home $11.40bn, with the GCC making up 17.25pc of that sum.

Such transfers are a key source of hard currency for the Philippines, one of the world’s main labour-sending countries. The Gulf remains a major draw for Filipino workers, driven by building work, services and business growth across the region.