| Table 4.1: Year-Wise Overseas Recruitment by Type of Agency | |||||
| Year | Recruiting Media | ||||
| BMET | BOESL | Recruiting Agent | Individual | Total | |
| 1976 | 5279 | 0 | 284 | 524 | 6087 |
| 1977 | 5729 | 0 | 1171 | 8825 | 15725 |
| 1978 | 6160 | 0 | 1994 | 14655 | 22809 |
| 1979 | 6957 | 0 | 2966 | 14572 | 24495 |
| 1980 | 5715 | 0 | 7773 | 16585 | 30073 |
| 1981 | 6074 | 0 | 22218 | 27495 | 55787 |
| 1982 | 4483 | 0 | 24939 | 33340 | 62762 |
| 1983 | 730 | 0 | 26320 | 32170 | 59220 |
| 1984 | 0 | 157 | 32460 | 24097 | 56714 |
| 1985 | 0 | 1221 | 39397 | 37076 | 77694 |
| 1986 | 0 | 1895 | 27859 | 38904 | 68658 |
| 1987 | 0 | 340 | 33818 | 39859 | 74017 |
| 1988 | 0 | 476 | 34117 | 33528 | 68121 |
| 1989 | 0 | 707 | 36508 | 64509 | 101724 |
| 1990 | 0 | 435 | 40258 | 63121 | 103814 |
| 1991 | 0 | 140 | 64889 | 82102 | 147131 |
| 1992 | 47 | 541 | 59746 | 127790 | 188124 |
| 1993 | 503 | 559 | 129479 | 113967 | 244508 |
| 1994 | 236 | 178 | 95361 | 90551 | 186326 |
| 1995 | 73 | 627 | 74921 | 111922 | 187543 |
| 1996 | 0 | 398 | 118670 | 92646 | 211714 |
| 1997 | 15 | 335 | 85793 | 144934 | 231077 |
| 1998 | 0 | 419 | 85300 | 181948 | 267667 |
| 1999 | 0 | 309 | 110669 | 157204 | 268182 |
| 2000 | 1 | 524 | 91475 | 130686 | 222686 |
| 2001 | 149 | 76669 | 112147 | 188965 | |
| 2002 | 0 | 226 | 84401 | 140629 | 225256 |
| 2003 | 0 | 456 | 82507 | 171227 | 254190 |
| 2004 | 0 | 306 | 85458 | 187194 | 272958 |
| 2005 | 645 | 81608 | 170449 | 252702 | |
| Total | 42002 | 11043 | 1659028 | 2464656 | 4176729 |