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Table 115 (Labor, Foreign Employ. Place.)
Foreign Employment Placements by Agencies and Bureau - 1990
Lab115e
Country High Level Middle Level Skilled Unskilled House Maids Total
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Total %
Saudi Arabia 64 4 927 45 4,883 203 6,452 602 8,645 21,825 51.20
United Arab Emirates 11 1 167 62 421 2,136 135 526 4,607 8,066 18.92
Kuwait 2 0 31 0 284 34 141 187 3,642 4,321 10.14
Oman 11 0 105 61 237 1,163 65 97 1,288 3,027 7.10
Bahrain 7 1 39 12 117 155 52 57 1,389 1,829 4.29
Maldives 3 1 29 3 178 284 94 111 2 705 1.65
Singapore 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 27 657 691 1.62
Iraq 0 0 72 1 227 10 178 11 12 511 1.20
Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 4 417 429 1.01
Brunei 2 0 11 8 42 220 13 36 5 337 0.79
Mauritius 0 0 1 0 0 289 0 0 0 290 0.68
Qatar 0 0 21 0 52 0 45 9 38 165 0.39
Greece 1 0 2 1 12 3 2 0 111 132 0.31
Libya 1 0 9 0 103 1 0 0 0 114 0.27
United States 0 0 4 0 14 6 8 0 0 32 0.08
United Kingdom 0 0 15 0 12 0 0 0 0 27 0.06
Syria 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 24 0.06
Fiji 4 0 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 14 0.03
Zimbabwe 0 0 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.04
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 13 0.04
Malaysia 0 0 2 0 9 0 3 0 0 14 0.03
Zambia 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.03
Bangladesh 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.01
P.N.G. 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.01
Others 5 0 7 0 7 1 0 0 4 24 0.06
Total 114 7 1,476 198 6,599 4,544 7,191 1,674 20,823 42,626 100.00
© 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.