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| Table 011A (Labor,
General) |
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| Foreign Employment
(Migrant)(Skill) (2000-2008) |
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| Lab011ae |
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Year
Category |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008(a) |
| 1.Total Migration for Employment (a+b) |
180,188 |
183,888 |
203,710 |
208,803 |
213,703 |
231,290 |
201,948 |
218,456 |
252,021 |
| a.Male (Number) |
57,793 |
59,751 |
70,726 |
74,089 |
79,929 |
93,896 |
90,170 |
103,482 |
128,821 |
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( % ) |
32.1 |
32.5 |
34.7 |
35.5 |
37.4 |
40.6 |
44.7 |
47.4 |
51.1 |
| b.Female (Number) |
122,395 |
124,137 |
132,984 |
134,714 |
133,774 |
137,394 |
111,778 |
114,974 |
123,200 |
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( % ) |
67.9 |
67.5 |
65.3 |
64.5 |
62.6 |
59.4 |
55.3 |
52.6 |
48.9 |
| 2.Migrant
travellers (Number / day) |
499 |
504 |
558 |
575 |
588 |
634 |
553 |
595 |
690 |
| 3.Migration (Number/ all departures) (%) |
34.8 |
37.2 |
37.2 |
35.0 |
31.4 |
31.3 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| 4.Migrant Employment by skills (%) |
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| Professional |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
| Middle level |
2.4 |
2.0 |
2.2 |
3.6 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
1.8 |
3.6 |
| Clerical
& related |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
3.9 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
| Skilled Labour |
20.0 |
20.0 |
22.3 |
22.7 |
21.4 |
20.2 |
22.3 |
24.4 |
26.0 |
| Unskilled
Labour |
19.6 |
18.1 |
17.9 |
21.1 |
20.1 |
18.1 |
20.2 |
23.9 |
24.0 |
| Housemaids |
54.5 |
56.0 |
53.2 |
48.6 |
51.5 |
54.1 |
49.4 |
46.9 |
43.1 |
| 5.Estimated stock of foreign
employment (person) |
853,000 |
932,500 |
970,000 |
1,003,600 |
1,008,776 |
1,221,763 |
1,446,133 |
1,442,455 |
1,792,368 |
| 6.Foreign employment / total labour force (%) |
12.5 |
13.8 |
13.6 |
13.2 |
13.2 |
16.7 |
19.0 |
21.9 |
23.7 |
| 7.Foreign employment / total employed (%) |
13.5 |
15.0 |
14.9 |
14.3 |
14.5 |
17.2 |
20.4 |
23.3 |
25.0 |
| 8.Migrant remittances from (Rs.
Mn.) |
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| a.Middle-East |
55,252 |
62,680 |
75,579 |
77,579 |
87,871 |
111,179 |
128,282 |
160,502 |
189,039 |
| b.Other |
32,455 |
37,746 |
47,604 |
58,859 |
70,419 |
84,076 |
96,381 |
116,226 |
127,079 |
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a1.Middle-East /
Middle-East + Other (%) |
63.0 |
62.4 |
61.4 |
56.9 |
55.5 |
56.9 |
57.1 |
58.0 |
59.8 |
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a2.Middle-East / Export Earnings
(%) |
20.9 |
23.3 |
27.4 |
27.5 |
27.1 |
31 |
32.6 |
35.7 |
35.9 |
| © ２０11， KRI
(Kusaka Research Institute) |
Revised: 2011(y)/04(m)/25(d) |
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| Source: |
Chief Editor: |
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| Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc.,
Ph.D.) |
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| Key: |
Former
Head, Department of Management Studies |
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| (a) Provisional |
University of Peradeniya. |
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