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Table 011 (Labor, General)
Foreign Employment(Migrant)(Skill) (1995-2000) 
Lab011e
                                         Year                Item 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
The ratio ( Sri Lankans traveller : migrants) 3 : 1 3 : 1 3.4 : 1 3 : 1 3 : 1 3 : 1
Migrants (average number /day) 446 445 410 438 491 497
Migrants (male)  (%) 27% 27% 25% 34% 35% 33%
Migrants (female)  (%)  73% 73% 75% 66% 65% 67%
The ratio of migrants (male : female)  1 : 2.8 1 : 2.8 1 : 3 1 : 2 1 : 1.8 1 : 2
Migrants through registered sources (%) 68.8% 71.0% 76.6% 70.4% 67.1% 70.0%
Migrants through direct sources (%) 31.2% 29.0% 23.4% 29.6% 32.9% 30.0%
Skill composition of migrants  (%)            
Professional 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.7% 0.5%
Middle Level 1.4% 1.2% 1.1% 1.9% 1.8% 2.4%
Clerical & Related 2.7% 2.0% 2.4% 3.1% 3.5% 3.2%
Skilled 15.8% 15.0% 16.4% 19.9% 20.9% 20.1%
Unskilled excluding House Maid 13.6% 13.4% 13.6% 21.3% 24.2% 19.3%
House Maids 66.0% 68.0% 66.1% 53.4% 48.9% 54.4%
Major receivers of Sri Lankan migrant (%)            
Saudi Arabia 34.9% 35.2% 32.0% 37.2% 35.4% 33.7%
Kuwait 22.2% 25.2% 25.3% 18.0% 18.6% 18.4%
United Arab Emirates 15.5% 13.8% 15.9% 13.7% 16.8% 18.0%
© 2011 KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised:  2011(y)/04(m)/25(d)
Source:  Chief Editor:
Statistical Hand Book on Migration 2000,  Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment       Former Head, Department of Management Studies
      University of Peradeniya.