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Table 119 (Labor, Foreign Employ. Place.)
Foreign Employment Placements by Agencies and Bureau - 1994
Lab119e
Country High Level Middle Level Skilled Unskilled House Maids Total
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Total %
Saudi Arabia 125 0 1,155 21 3,606 159 5,597 558 13,240 24,461 40.66
United Arab Emirates 15 5 346 82 407 2,929 218 740 4,382 9,124 15.16
Kuwait 6 2 108 6 618 202 134 283 13,963 15,322 25.47
Oman 3 0 63 16 81 1,017 2 12 1,168 2,362 3.93
Bahrain 9 0 80 29 116 515 60 35 850 1,694 2.82
Maldives 20 10 211 27 327 431 230 289 17 1,562 2.60
Singapore 0 0 14 1 4 3 0 4 349 375 0.62
Jordan 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 671 680 1.13
Brunei 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Qatar 31 0 178 1 1,365 61 448 20 435 2,539 4.22
Greece 3 0 0 0 8 0 12 0 4 27 0.04
Ireland 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
United States 1 0 17 0 27 0 6 0 0 51 0.08
Aruba*1 0 0 2 0 12 0 6 0 0 20 0.03
Cyprus 0 0 0 4 5 3 6 11 232 261 0.43
South Korea 0 0 0 0 480 31 67 61 0 639 1.06
Yugoslavia 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.01
Kenya  3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.01
Botswana 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
North Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.01
Lebanon 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 4 787 798 1.33
Algeria 9 0 1 0 29 0 13 0 0 52 0.09
Nigeria 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
Malaysia 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.01
Thailand 10 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 19 0.03
Pakistan 2 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 10 0.02
Mauritius 0 0 0 7 15 100 0 1 0 123 0.20
Others 3 0 8 4 2 0 0 0 2 19 0.03
Total 248 18 2,196 198 7,126 5,456 6,801 2,019 36,105 60,167 100.00
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Statistical Hand Book on Migration 1998 , Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
Key:
*1; Aruba is an island nation in Caribbean.
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.