COLOMBO, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Over 300,000 Sri Lankans have gone abroad for employment by Dec. 13, the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) announced on Friday.
Among the 300,162 people, 177,804 are male workers and 122,358 female workers, the agency said.
Kuwait was the leading destination for Sri Lankan workers, with 73,995 individuals seeking employment there, followed by the United Arab Emirates, which received 49,499 workers.
The agency estimated that by the end of 2024, the number of Sri Lankans going abroad for employment will exceed 311,000. In 2022, 310,948 individuals left Sri Lanka for overseas employment.
Workers' remittances are one of Sri Lanka's top foreign revenue earners and by the end of November 2024, they have remitted about 6 billion U.S. dollars, according to official data. Enditem
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