Posted on » Thursday, March 15, 2012
FOREIGN workers registered with the LMRA have reached 371,183, according to the latest figures. They include 8,205 (5,942 men and 2,263 women) in the government sector, the majority of who are aged between 35 and 39. Another 351,314 are employed in the private sector (329,165 men and 22,149 women) – with the majority in the 25-29 age group.

The remaining 11,664 are registered in the Non-Government/Non-Commercial sector in the database.

Indians form the largest working community registered with the LMRA Expat Management System with 192,500, followed by Bangladeshis, 71,915, and Pakistanis, 32,443.

Other sizeable populations include 21,661 Filipinos, 16,294 Nepalis, 6,470 Egyptians and 5,254 Sri Lankans.