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| Table 009 (Labor, General) | |||||||||||
| Foreign Employment (Supply Agency) (1986-1997) | |||||||||||
| Lab009e | |||||||||||
| Year | by Bureau | by Licensed Agents | by Self | Total | |||||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Total | |||
| 1986 | 405 | 242 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16,456 | ||
| 1987 | 146 | 622 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16,127 | ||
| 1988 | 341 | 818 | 7,968 | 9,301 | - | - | 8,309 | 10,119 | 18,428 | ||
| 1989 | 150 | 188 | 8,530 | 18,856 | - | - | 8,680 | 19,044 | 27,724 | ||
| 1990 | 134 | 323 | 15,243 | 26,925 | - | - | 15,377 | 27,248 | 42,625 | ||
| 1991 | 102 | 160 | 21,354 | 43,452 | - | - | 21,456 | 43,612 | 65,068 | ||
| 1992 | 256 | 18 | 15,237 | 29,141 | - | - | 15,493 | 29,159 | 44,652 | ||
| 1993 | 102 | 28 | 17,051 | 31,572 | - | - | 17,153 | 31,600 | 48,753 | ||
| 1994 | 184 | 96 | 16,187 | 43,700 | - | - | 16,371 | 43,796 | 60,167 | ||
| 1995 | 148 | 864 | 23,715 | 93,984 | 22,101 | 31,655 | 45,964 | 126,503 | 172,467 | ||
| 1996 | 1,354 | 635 | 24,836 | 88,619 | 16,018 | 31,110 | 42,208 | 120,364 | 162,572 | ||
| 1997 | 180 | 121 | 27,320 | 87,423 | 9,930 | 24,869 | 37,430 | 112,413 | 149,843 | ||
| © 2007, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) | |||||||||||
| Source: | |||||||||||
| Statistical Hand Book on Migration 1998 , Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment | |||||||||||
| Revised: 2007(y)/04(m)/20(d) | |||||||||||
| Chief Editor: | |||||||||||
| Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.) | |||||||||||
| Head, Department of Management Studies | |||||||||||
| University of Peradeniya. | |||||||||||