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Table 134 (Labor, Foreign Employ. Place.)
Departure For Foreign Employment Through All Sources  - 1996 ,
Lab134e
Country High Level Middle Level Skilled Unskilled House Maids Total
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Total %
Saudi Arabia 163 6 1,763 118 8,259 435 7,777 858 30,876 50,255 32.30
Kuwait 10 4 174 90 2,776 456 1,825 563 35,125 41,023 26.37
United Arab Emirates 72 12 843 176 2,048 2,821 1,307 844 14,270 22,393 14.39
Lebanon 0 2 35 11 97 28 480 67 8,903 9,623 6.19
Qatar 85 3 629 14 3,667 53 3,415 65 1,242 9,173 5.90
Oman 43 0 204 70 648 394 341 43 3,100 4,843 3.11
Jordan 0 0 4 9 18 9 50 22 3,733 3,845 2.47
Bahrain 21 3 119 20 387 330 247 127 2,381 3,635 2.34
Singapore 17 3 41 55 103 11 120 129 2,117 2,596 1.67
Maldives 67 6 404 72 806 133 576 71 132 2,267 1.46
South Korea 2 0 1 0 172 21 1,268 267 35 1,766 1.14
Italy 8 0 59 11 177 20 612 59 508 1,454 0.93
Cyprus 1 1 24 61 64 15 242 104 834 1,346 0.87
Hong Kong 0 0 2 5 16 31 25 9 128 216 0.14
Mauritius 0 0 11 0 94 11 8 0 0 124 0.08
Brunei 7 0 30 1 33 1 30 3 12 117 0.08
Japan 1 0 69 8 17 0 15 0 2 112 0.07
Greece 2 0 7 10 23 3 24 4 13 86 0.06
Algeria 4 0 12 1 41 0 16 0 2 76 0.05
Syria 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 1 39 59 0.04
Malaysia 5 0 4 41 5 0 1 0 2 58 0.04
Egypt 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 21 19 48 0.03
Seychelles 3 0 18 4 4 0 10 2 0 41 0.03
South Yemen 2 0 4 2 13 0 9 3 7 40 0.03
Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 36 0.02
United States 3 0 6 1 10 0 3 2 4 29 0.02
Pakistan 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 16 26 0.02
North Yemen 1 0 5 1 7 0 3 0 6 23 0.01
United Kingdom 3 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 10 23 0.01
Vietnam 2 0 3 0 13 0 5 0 0 23 0.01
Libya 1 0 3 0 7 0 4 0 2 17 0.01
Botswana 7 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 16 0.01
Australia 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 7 15 0.01
France 1 0 5 0 4 0 0 1 3 14 0.01
New Zealand 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.01
Tanzania 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 0 1 10 0.01
Thailand 1 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 10 0.01
Canada 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 10 0.01
Fiji 3 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 0.01
Others 16 2 18 2 23 0 17 3 21 102 0.07
Total 556 43 4,529 786 19,550 4,777 18,469 3,269 103,593 155,572 100.00
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Statistical Hand Book on Migration 1998 , 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.