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SECTION 2 | EMPLOYMENT
Labour Market Information Bulletin - Volume 1/2020

Table 2.2.3.4: Foreign Employment Placements for Selected Service Workers and Shop &
Market Workers

1st
Job Category 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 half of
2020
Housemaid - 86,700 81,343 119,052 96,934 62,516 50,355 41,139 21,427 38,027 35,759 889
General
House-boy 1,668 1,877 1,510 1,163 1,158 641 264 136 251 247 -
Waiter-General 611 598 665 379 492 563 708 210 272 331 15
Cook-General 577 344 290 275 137 200 109 54 213 144 -

Gardner 113 274 647 1,508 658 1,202 1 163 134 - -
Babysitter/ 326 223 - 420 410 264 114 51 116 208 21
Nanny
Steward-Hotel - 120 35 156 1 222 1 1 115 1 5
Office boy 75 102 194 374 613 130 146 203 67 87 -
Janitor 222 93 236 1,090 533 30 17 -
Chef 109 61 135 108 64 45 19 33 14 41 1
Janitress 4 61 31 17 2 - - - - - -
Baker 46 60 71 66 44 57 69 49 70 104 1

House Keeper 51 57 185 236 110 151 8 50 65 45 18
Room boy 115 57 106 54 77 62 32 29 5 18 -
Laundryman 91 37 54 64 20 13 21 7 8 2 -
Sales workers 508 29 93 31 6 18 41 7 1 2 3
Waitress 35 17 29 12 25 63 44 32 19 23 -
Ironer 27 10 8 2 82 50 13 15 5 1
Officer-Security 16 9 79 - 9 25 9 5 7 9 -

Source: Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
*Provisional
Through Registered Sources

Graph 2.2.3.4: Trends in Selected Service Workers and Shop & Market Workers Jobs

In the Service Workers category, the highest number of placements (889) was recorded for Housemaid in 1st half
2020

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