Countries of Origin
Country of Origin
No. of cases registered
(Jan-May 2021)
No. of cases registered
(2020)
India
620
146
Indonesia
200
44
Nepal
116
372
Bangladesh
115
67
Philippines
62
73
Among cases documented from origin countries, India accounted for the largest proportion of cases at
620. Indonesia has the largest number of registered cases of wage theft at 200 cases for the period of
January – May 2021.
From India, the maximum number of wage theft cases were registered in UAE, accounting for 51.9% of
its total caseload. This is followed by Kuwait (27.1%) and KSA (20.6%).
From Bangladesh and Philippines, the highest number of cases were registered in KSA at 54.7% and 46%
respectively.
A majority of Nepal’s cases were registered in GCC countries with Bahrain accounting for 43 of the 117
cases, followed by Qatar at 28 cases and KSA at 20 cases. 14 cases were registered in Malaysia as well.
Apart from KSA, the Philippines reported cases from UAE (11) and Kuwait (8). Other countries included
Hong Kong, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar and Singapore – majority of these cases were of domestic
workers.
With the improvement in data collection on
the platform, Indonesia now displays a
majority of cases from Malaysia (80),
followed by Philippines (60), China (29) and
KSA (16). Indonesia further reported cases
of wage theft from South Korea (6),
Singapore (4), Iraq, Japan, Poland, Sri Lanka
and Taiwan.
INDONESIA
9%
16%
43%
32%
Malaysia
Philippines
China
KSA
10