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	Table 093 (Labor, Foreign Employ.)
	Departures for Foreign Employment by District
	Lab093e
District	1995		1996		1997		1998		1999		2000
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Amparai	6,211	3.60	5,915	3.64	5,794	3.85	6,487	4.06	7,224	4.15	7,890	4.35
Anuradhapura	9,118	5.29	9,255	5.69	8,401	5.59	8,447	5.28	8,337	4.65	10,873	5.99
Badulla	4,373	2.53	4,178	2.57	4,198	2.79	4,261	2.67	4,639	2.60	5,381	2.97
Batticaloa	5,330	3.10	5,135	3.16	4,231	2.81	5,037	3.15	6,306	3.52	6,675	3.69
Colombo	29,211	16.93	27,923	17.17	23,922	15.92	27,009	16.90	29,423	16.43	26,933	14.85	`
Galle	9,758	5.66	9,592	5.90	9,104	6.06	9,402	5.89	9,050	5.05	9,776	5.39
Gampaha	15,731	9.12	15,602	9.60	15,246	10.14	16,369	10.24	17,970	10.03	17,073	9.41
Hambanthota	3,041	1.76	2,925	1.80	3,186	2.12	2,953	1.85	2,893	1.62	3,277	1.81
Jaffna	669	0.39	487	0.29	671	0.45	735	0.46	825	0.46	1,003	0.55
Kalutara	8,882	5.15	9,452	5.81	9,171	6.10	9,177	5.74	9,765	5.45	9,820	5.41
Kandy	12,180	7.06	12,101	7.44	11,710	7.79	12,265	7.67	13,639	7.62	13,735	7.57
Kegalle	7,293	4.23	7,816	4.81	7,833	5.21	8,523	5.33	8,633	4.82	9,739	5.37
Kurunegala	16,724	9.69	15,706	9.67	16,754	11.15	15,839	9.91	14,982	8.36	17,215	9.50
Mannar	191	0.11	160	0.09	125	0.09	160	0.10	258	0.14	285	0.16
Matale	5,160	2.99	4,550	2.79	4,021	2.68	3,748	2.34	4,093	2.28	4,584	2.53
Matara	5,587	3.24	4,654	2.86	4,150	2.76	4,211	2.63	4,237	2.36	4,573	2.52
Monaragala	1,481	0.86	1,687	1.04	824	0.55	818	0.51	967	0.54	1,092	0.60
Mullativu	86	0.05	62	0.04	30	0.02	33	0.02	65	0.04	79	0.04
Nuwaraeliya	2,571	1.49	2,570	1.58	2,139	1.42	2,147	1.34	2,281	1.27	2,585	1.42
Polonnaruwa	4,297	2.49	3,235	1.99	3,184	2.12	3,265	2.05	3,329	1.86	4,090	2.25
Puttalam	7,548	4.38	7,597	4.68	8,261	5.50	7,890	4.94	8,213	4.58	8,870	4.90
Ratnapura	4,059	2.35	4,175	2.57	3,746	2.50	4,094	2.56	4,424	2.47	5,068	2.80
Trincomalee	3,636	2.11	3,012	1.86	1,852	1.23	1,986	1.24	3,012	1.68	3,467	1.91
Vavuniya	380	0.22	339	0.21	260	0.17	342	0.22	491	0.28	535	0.29
Not Indicated	8,973	5.20	4,448	2.74	1,470	0.98	4,618	2.90	13,858	7.74	6,752	3.72
Total	172,490	100	162,576	100	150,283	100	159,816	100	178,914	100	181,370	100
© 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.