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Table 117 (Labor, Foreign Employ. Place.)
Foreign Employment Placements by Agencies and Bureau - 1992
Lab117e
Country High Level Middle Level Skilled Unskilled House Maids Total
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Total %
Saudi Arabia 124 0 1,291 18 4,567 51 5,279 596 9,372 21,298 47.70
United Arab Emirates 22 8 258 292 322 2,436 108 786 4,108 8,340 18.68
Kuwait 14 0 104 2 687 36 290 150 4,758 6,041 13.53
Oman 15 0 75 61 128 1,285 34 80 1,395 3,073 6.88
Bahrain 17 1 37 15 65 508 77 293 755 1,768 3.96
Maldives 27 1 109 5 358 210 231 144 1 1,086 2.43
Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 416 421 0.94
Jordan 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 1,021 1,027 2.30
Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00
Qatar 19 0 115 0 618 1 240 18 85 1,096 2.45
Greece 4 0 1 24 9 0 0 0 82 120 0.27
Libya 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 9 0.02
United States 0 0 20 0 36 0 63 0 0 119 0.27
Fiji 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.01
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 25 72 103 0.23
Malaysia 3 0 5 2 10 0 45 0 0 65 0.15
Zambia 2 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.03
Bangladesh 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.01
P.N.G. 8 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 14 0.03
Morocco 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.01
North Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.01
Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 17 0.04
Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
Nigeria 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Iran 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Hong Kong 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0.01
Others 4 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 2 15 0.03
Total 261 10 2,044 431 6,818 4,529 6,369 2,096 22,093 44,651 100.00
© 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.