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Table 098 (Labor, Foreign Employ.)
Migration for Foreign Employment  by Manpower Level (1975-1985)
Lab098e
Year High Level Middle level Skilled Unskilled Others
1975 586 288 - - 165
1976 15 75 222 214 -
1977 51 343 3,208 2,031 -
1978 200 609 3,613 3,552 108
1979 1,657 2,374 6,110 12,803 2,931
1980 2,517 4,116 11,964 17,681 24,418
1981 1,991 3,420 11,187 31,936 8,913
1982 263 3,038 5,526 13,472 151
1983 255 1,970 2,783 12,743 114
1984 192 1,326 2,944 10,308 63
1985 121 1,061 1,913 9,204 75
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Statistical Hand Book on Migration 1998 , 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.