SRI LANKA: FACTS AND FIGURES

 

Table 3.1: The Skill Composition of the Labour Outflows (1996 – 2002*)

 

Year

Provisional Level

Middle Level

Clerical & Related

Skilled

Unskilled

Housemaid

Total

1996

599

1,944

3,371

24,254

21,929

110,479

162,576

1997

573

1635

3,579

24,502

20,565

99,429

150,283

1998

695

2,823

4,896

31,749

34,304

85,349

159,816

1999

1,253

3,161

6,210

37,277

43,603

88,066

179,735

2000

935

3,781

5,825

36,475

35,759

99,413

182,188

2001

1,218

3,776

6,015

36,818

33,385

102,850

184,007

2002*

1,459

4,555

7,239

45,468

36,475

108,514

203,710

*Provisional

 

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