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Table 120 (Labor, Foreign Employ. Place.)
Foreign Employment Placements by Agencies and Bureau - 1995
Lab120e
Country High Level Middle Level Skilled Unskilled House Maids Total
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Total %
Saudi Arabia 86 3 939 34 5,498 335 5,281 943 37,242 50,361 42.70
Kuwait 9 3 53 4 1,339 317 783 352 26,298 29,158 24.72
United Arab Emirates 35 5 429 144 679 4,091 505 1,152 8,628 15,668 13.28
Qatar 54 1 432 19 2,977 78 2,143 62 834 6,600 5.60
Lebanon 2 0 1 0 5 6 9 21 3,294 3,338 2.83
Oman 5 0 175 95 160 1,051 25 34 1,377 2,922 2.48
Jordan 0 0 3 2 7 59 1 32 2,768 2,872 2.44
Bahrain 6 0 32 17 220 349 75 132 1,762 2,593 2.20
Maldives 29 2 266 34 265 403 469 230 47 1,745 1.48
Singapore 7 1 47 34 67 383 63 117 958 1,677 1.42
Cyprus 0 0 4 10 8 2 9 10 249 292 0.25
South Korea 0 0 0 0 25 4 47 47 0 123 0.10
Hong Kong 0 0 7 17 66 0 23 1 3 117 0.10
Algeria 13 0 16 0 59 0 18 1 5 112 0.09
Mauritius 0 0 0 0 75 30 0 1 0 106 0.09
Tanzania 0 1 9 0 42 4 0 0 1 57 0.05
United States 0 0 9 0 16 2 4 0 2 33 0.03
Pakistan 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 20 28 0.02
Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 1 18 0.03
Greece 1 1 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 16 0.01
Sudan 1 0 2 0 6 0 4 0 0 13 0.01
Africa (Not stated elsewhere) 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0.01
South Africa 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 10 0.01
Seychelles 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0.01
Thailand 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 9 0.01
Europe (All Countries) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 0.01
Bangladesh 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00
North Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 0.00
Botswana 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
Fiji 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
Myanmar 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.00
Others 4 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 9 21 0.02
Total 260 18 2,462 418 11,536 7,116 9,467 3,150 83,512 117,939 100.00
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Statistical Hand Book on Migration 1998 , Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
Revised:  2003(y)/12(m)/17(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
      Head, Department of Management Studies
      University of Peradeniya.