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Table 121 (Labor, Foreign Employ. Place.)
Departure For Foreign Employment through Agencies and Bureau  - 1995
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Country High Level Middle Level Skilled Unskilled House Maids Total
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Total %
Saudi Arabia 111 2 1,260 84 6,384 400 5,427 732 35,545 49,945 43.26
Kuwait 2 2 45 14 1,364 361 1,046 376 28,308 31,518 27.30
United Arab Emirates 24 4 477 108 1,253 2,638 429 696 8,483 14,112 12.22
Lebanon 0 0 0 1 0 3 17 10 2,648 2,679 2.32
Qatar 69 2 453 10 2,566 37 2,595 49 714 6,495 5.63
Oman 7 0 48 51 347 328 41 23 1,212 2,057 1.78
Jordan 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 3 2,008 2,022 1.75
Bahrain 9 2 25 8 185 288 63 107 1,405 2,092 1.81
Singapore 9 3 27 35 68 3 37 107 805 1,094 0.95
Maldives 38 2 229 36 478 97 281 54 26 1,241 1.07
South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,233 204 0 1,437 1.24
Cyprus 0 0 6 9 5 4 8 44 121 197 0.17
Mauritius 0 0 11 0 92 11 8 0 0 122 0.11
Japan 0 0 69 7 10 0 0 0 0 86 0.07
Algeria 4 0 12 0 40 0 15 0 1 72 0.06
Hong Kong 0 0 1 5 14 30 10 2 0 62 0.05
Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 36 0.03
Brunei 0 0 9 0 8 0 14 1 0 32 0.03
Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 0 25 0.03
South Yemen 0 0 3 2 6 0 8 3 0 22 0.02
Seychelles 1 0 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 22 0.02
North Yemen 0 0 5 1 6 0 2 0 0 14 0.01
United States 1 0 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 14 0.01
Pakistan 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 0.01
Thailand 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 0.00
Greece 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0.00
P.N.G. 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0.00
China 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
Malaysia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
Fiji 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Botswana 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Indonesia 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0.00
Australia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.00
Libya 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Mozambique 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00
Sudan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Iran 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Others 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Total 285 18 2,711 379 12,845 4,206 11,244 2,432 81,323 115,443 100.00
© 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.