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Table 092 (Labor, Foreign Employ.)
Departures for Foreign Employment by Age Group & Sex
Lab092e
Age Group 1999 2000
Male  Female Total Female Male  Total
19 & Below 60 172 232 37 73 110
20 - 24 5,250 13,223 18,473 8,509 18,405 26,914
25 - 29 13,076 21,336 34,412 13,451 21,673 35,124
30 - 34  13,181 23,163 36,344 11,480 23,057 34,537
35 - 39 10,815 24,476 35,291 8,689 24,377 33,066
40 - 44 8,620 19,115 27,735 6,712 18,659 25,371
45 - 49 5,395 8,422 13,817 3,877 7,772 11,649
50 & Above 4,615 2,654 7,269 3,131 3,093 6,224
Not Indicated 2,492 3,049 5,541 3,839 4,536 8,375
Total 63,504 115,610 179,114 59,725 121,645 181,370
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Statistical Hand Book on Migration 2000 , Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
Revised:  2003(y)/10(m)/01(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
      Head, Department of Management Studies
      University of Peradeniya.