Bangladesh should explore new labour market this year as manpower export to some important destinations like Malaysia and Oman saw a downward trend during the last couple of months of the last calendar year, according to Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA), economists and policy makers.
Manpower export of Bangladesh to different counties in the just concluded month of December posted 13.78 per cent negative growth compared to the previous month of November, according to the Statistics of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET).
Bangladesh exported a total of 95,197 workers to different countries during the month of December as against a total of 110,413 workers during month of November 2023.
Bangladesh exported a total of 1305, 453 workers to different countries in just concluded year 2023 posing some 15 per cent growth over the previous year 2023.
Bangladesh exported a total of 1,922 workers during the month of December as the country exported a total of 127,883 workers to the Gulf country.
Saudi Arabia was the top destination of Bangladeshi workers with 497,674 workers (over 38.12 of the market share), followed by Malaysia with 351,683 workers (26.94 per cent), Oman with 127,883 (9.80 per cent), UAE with 98,422 workers (7.54pc), Qatar with 56,418 (4.30), Singapore with 53,265 4.10), Kuwait with 36,548 workers (2.80%), Italy with 16,879 workers (1.29), the UK with 10,383 workers (0.80%), Jordan with 8,626workers (0.66 %), , Japan 9,67 (0.07 % ) and, according to BMET data.
Until August, 2023, for four consecutive months, Malaysia retained the top position in terms of recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in the overseas countries, according to the data of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET).
Malaysia recruited a total of 22,252 workers in December 2023, 22,382 workers in November, a total of 21,009 workers in October, 21,520 workers in September, 46,105 workers in August, a total of 40,329 workers in July, a total of 41,438 workers in June and a total of 35,190 workers in May.
According to the Malaysian government's new salary structure, a newly recruited worker will get at least 1,500 Malaysian Ringgit (equivalent to Tk37,000) per month.
Bangladesh exported a total of 1305, 453 workers to different countries in just concluded year 2023 posing some 15 per cent growth over the previous year 2023.
Bangladesh exported a total of 1135,873 workers in 2022 the highest number in one year, during the last 52 years and a total of 1,008,525 workers in 2017.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) President Mohammad Abul Bashar said that Bangladesh would explore new market in the New Year.
Bangladesh exported a total of 307,049 workers to the Southeast Asian country (27.92 per cent of total export) during the January–October period of the current calendar year, according to the Statistics of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET)
