Table 03

Male Departures for Foreign Employment by Manpower Levels 1994 ‐ 2007* Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007* *Provisional

Professional Level No. % 244 837 556 534 655 1,175 897 1,125 1,297 1,410 1,722 1,324 1,824 1,543

Middle Level No. % 1.49 1.82 1.29 1.42 1.22 1.84 1.5 1.88 1.84 1.89 2.13 1.41 2.02 1.5

787 2,074 1,635 1,386 2,512 2,738 3,354 3,205 3,924 5,281 5,388 7,150 5,880 3,319

Clerical & Related No. % 4.81 4.51 3.79 3.69 4.66 4.3 5.61 5.36 5.56 7.09 6.68 7.61 6.52 3.23

1,408 4,088 2,894 3,008 4,054 5,270 4,828 4,631 5,604 5,342 5,830 6,988 7,011 3,854

Skilled No. 8.6 8.88 6.71 8.01 7.53 8.27 8.07 7.74 7.95 7.17 7.22 7.44 7.78 3.76

7,133 19,431 19,387 15,832 22,093 24,425 24,344 25,262 30,567 31,638 33,947 39,882 38,737 43,613

Semi Skilled No. %

% 43.55 42.22 44.97 42.16 41.01 38.33 40.71 42.24 43.34 42.46 42.07 42.47 42.96 42.5

         ‐             ‐             ‐             ‐             ‐             ‐             ‐             ‐             ‐             ‐             ‐             ‐             ‐    3,194

Unskilled No.        ‐           ‐           ‐           ‐           ‐           ‐           ‐           ‐           ‐           ‐           ‐           ‐           ‐    3.11

6,805 19,591 18,640 16,792 24,553 30,112 26,370 25,584 29,130 30,837 33,812 38,552 36,718 47,106

Source : Information Technology Division‐SLBFE

Total

% 41.55 42.57 43.24 44.72 45.58 47.26 44.1 42.78 41.31 41.39 41.9 41.06 40.72 45.9

16,377 46,021 43,112 37,552 53,867 63,720 59,793 59,807 70,522 74,508 80,699 93,896 90,170 102,629