Overseas Employment Statistics

Year

Professional Worker

Skilled Worker

Semi-Skilled Worker

Un-Skilled  Worker

Total

BMET

BOESL

Recruiting Agent

Individual

Remittance

Million US

(Core TK.)

1976

568

1775

543

3201

6087

5279

0

284

524

23.71

35.85

1977

1766

6447

490

7022

15725

5729

0

1171

8825

82.79

125.16

1978

3455

8190

1050

10114

22809

6160

0

0994

14655

106.90

165.59

1979

3494

7005

1685

12311

24495

6957

0

2966

14572

172.06

266.95

1980

1983

12209

2343

13538

30073

5715

0

7773

16585

301.33

492.95

1981

3892

22432

2449

17014

55787

6074

0

33318

27495

304.88

620.74

1982

3898

20611

3272

34981

62762

4483

0

24939

33340

490.77

1176.84

1983

1822

18939

5098

33361

59220

730

0

26320

32170

627.51

1568.76

1984

2642

17183

5484

31450

56714

0

157

32460

24097

500.00

1265.49

1985

1568

28225

7823

39078

77694

0

1221

39397

37076

500.00

1419.61

1986

2210

26294

9264

30889

68658

0

1895

27859

38904

576.20

17552.85

1987

2223

23839

9619

38336

74017

0

340

33818

39859

747.60

2313.94

1988

2670

25286

10809

29356

68121

0

476

34117

33528

363.90

2423.59

1989

5325

38820

17659

39920

101724

0

707

36508

64509

757.84

2446.00

1990

6004

35613

20792

41405

103814

0

435

40258

63121

781.54

2691.63

1991

9024

46887

32605

58615

147131

0

140

64889

82102

769.30

2818.65

1992

11375

50689

20877

95083

188124

47

541

59746

127790

901.97

3513.26

1993

11112

71662

66168

95566

244508

503

559

1294779

113967

1009.09

3986.97

1994

8390

6141

46519

70377

186326

236

178

95361

90551

1153.54

4629.63

1995

6352

59907

32055

89229

187543

73

627

74921

333922

1201.52

4888.31

1996

3188

64301

34689

109536

211714

0

398

118670

90846

1355.34

5685.30

1997

3797

65211

193558

118511

381077

15

335

235793

144934

1525.03

6709.15

1998

9574

74718

51590

13785

267667

0

419

85300

181948

1599.24

7513.18

1999

8045

98449

44947

116741

268182

0

309

110669

157204

1796.64

8827.87

2000

10669

99606

26461

18950

222686

1

524

91475

130686

1954.95

10199.12

2001 (Jan-Oct) 4664 37891 27007 90845 160407   101 65221 95085 1138.48 6275.27
                    Jan - July Jan - July

Total

130710 1023229 684957 1454169 3293065 42002 9362 1463606 1776295 21142.11 83762.66

 

Note : 15000 Bangladeshi workers legalized in Malaysia during 1997.