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Table 096B (Labor, Foreign Employ.)
Departures for Foreign Employment (Country)  (2000 - 2008)
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Year                         Country	2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		Year                                              Country
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Middle Eastern Countries																		Middle Eastern Countries
Bahrain	6,467	3.57	3,740	2.03	4,525	2.22	3,713	1.78	3,799	1.78	3,743	1.62	4,400	2.18	5,103	2.35	4,668	1.86	Bahrain
Jordan	7,289	4.02	8,028	4.36	6,533	3.21	7,076	3.39	8,899	4.17	8,276	3.58	8,136	4.03	8,386	3.86	10,487	4.16	Jordan
Kuwait	33,419	18.43	35,093	19.08	41,832	20.54	38,258	18.32	36,533	17.12	36,371	15.63	34,692	17.18	40,883	18.81	47,168	18.72	Kuwait
Lebanon	13,132	7.24	15,430	8.40	12,692	6.23	13,175	6.31	17,818	8.35	16,402	7.10	6,889	3.41	6,890	3.17	4,996	1.98	Lebanon
Oman	4,945	2.73	3,669	2.00	3,577	1.76	4,084	1.96	3,407	1.60	3,562	1.52	4,273	2.12	3,871	1.78	4,748	1.88	Oman
Qatar	12,088	6.66	14,046	7.64	20,741	10.18	23,699	11.35	29,849	13.98	35,953	15.56	31,458	15.58	38,728	17.82	39,543	15.69	Qatar
Saudi Arabia	61,141	33.71	66,644	36.24	71,495	35.10	75,830	36.32	70,891	33.21	76,210	32.95	61,424	30.42	60,222	27.71	67,804	26.90	Saudi Arabia
UAE	32,712	18.04	28,284	15.40	32,879	16.14	32,173	15.41	32,702	15.32	36,371	15.72	33,797	16.74	38,755	17.83	51,763	20.54	UAE
South East Asian Countries																		South East Asian Countries
Brunei	19	0.01	-	-	-	-	10	0.00	5	0.00	4	0.00	5	0.00	15	0.01	11	0.00	Brunei
Hong Kong	372	0.20	382	0.21	270	0.13	224	0.11	162	0.08	137	0.07	256	0.13	314	0.14	298	0.12	Hong Kong
Malaysia	1,168	0.64	336	0.20	380	0.19	238	0.11	241	0.11	1,167	0.51	3,584	1.77	1,035	0.48	1,300	0.52	Malaysia
Singapore	1,603	0.88	1,507	0.82	1,270	0.62	1,059	0.51	978	0.46	1,018	0.44	954	0.47	940	0.43	1,077	0.43	Singapore
S. Korea	855	0.47	353	0.20	522	0.26	2,036	0.98	1,304	0.61	4,849	2.10	3,653	1.81	2,676	1.23	6,992	2.77	S. Korea
European Countries																			European Countries
Cyprus	2,333	1.29	3,090	1.68	3,902	1.52	3,029	1.45	3,123	1.46	2,227	0.96	2,346	1.16	3,001	1.38	2,822	1.12	Cyprus
Greece	139	0.08	151	0.10	141	0.07	54	0.03	85	0.04	25	0.01	18	0.01	62	0.03	125	0.05	Greece
Italy	183	0.10	28	0.10	7	0.00	6	0.00	16	0.01	64	0.03	7	0.00	24	0.01	17	0.01	Italy
Other Countries																			Other Countries
Maldives	3,047	1.68	2,392	1.30	2,895	1.42	3,174	1.51	2,454	1.15	2,719	1.18	3,468	1.72	3,700	1.70	4,245	1.68	Maldives
Mauritius	71	0.04	104	0.06	159	0.08	185	0.09	353	0.17	1,057	0.46	891	0.44	944	0.43	359	0.14	Mauritius
Seychelles	37	0.02	24	0.01	100	0.05	128	0.06	161	0.08	596	0.26	378	0.19	326	0.15	890	0.35	Seychelles
United States	39	0.01	28	0.01	7	0.00	3	0.00	5	0.00	-	-	4	0.00	1	0.00	12	0.00	United States
Other	311	0.21	559	0.25	593	0.35	649	0.31	668	0.30	654	0.28	1,316	0.65	1,430	0.07	2,681	1.06	Other
Total	167,614	92.44	172,120	93.61	193,462	94.64	198,014	94.83	200,755	94.10	230,963	100.00	201,948	100.00	217,306	100.00	252,021	100.00	Total
© ２００９， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Revised:  2009(y)/10(m)/10(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Former Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya.