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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.