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	Table 091 (Labor, Foreign Employ.)
	Departures for Foreign Employment by Sex
	Lab091e
Year	Male		Female		Total
	Number	%	Number	%
1986	10,618	67	5,191	33	15,809
1987	10,647	66	5,480	34	16,127
1988	8,309	45	10,119	55	18,428
1989	8,680	35	16,044	65	24,724
1990	15,377	36	27,248	64	42,625
1991	21,423	33	43,560	67	64,983
1992	15,493	35	29,159	65	44,652
1993	17,153	35	31,600	65	48,753
1994	16,377	27	43,791	73	60,168
1995	46,021	27	126,468	73	172,489
1996	43,112	27	119,464	73	162,576
1997	37,552	25	112,731	75	150,283
1998	53,867	34	105,949	66	159,816
1999	63,504	35	115,610	65	179,114
2000	59,725	33	121,645	67	181,370
© ２００４， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Statistical Hand Book on Migration 2000 , 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.