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Table 144 (Labor, Foreign Employ., Labor Importing Country)
Departures for Middle Level Jobs by Major Labor 
Importing Countries - Female
La144e
Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Saudi Arabia 35 46 52 30 40 65
UAE 29 23 28 48 68 68
Bahrain 11 8 4 10 20 10
Oman 136 33 46 52 73 41
Kuwait 17 19 8 21 24 15
Qatar 8 5 6 5 5 3
Jordan 5 4 13 4 1 76
Singapore 48 26 19 20 47 17
Lebanon 5 3 6 6 6 2
Cyprus 26 27 25 31 20 10
Maldives 39 40 18 46 66 104
Italy 8 4 - 4 7 2
Hong Kong 11 5 1 2 3 1
Brunei 4 1 1 1 - -
Malaysia 1 41 1 4 1 -
Greece 19 7 2 7 35 11
Seychelles 4 4 1 4 2 1
United States - 1 1 1 - -
United Kingdom 2 1 1 3 - 1
Botswana - - 1 1 - -
Pakistan 6 - 2 6 - -
Libya - - - 1 - -
Mauritius - - 10 - - -
Egypt - - - - 2 -
Japan - 7 - 1 - -
South Yemen - 1 - - - -
Vietnam 2 - - - - -
Other 5 3 3 3 2 2
Total 421 309 249 311 422 429
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Statistical Hand Book on Migration 2000 , Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
Revised:  2003(y)/10(m)/01(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
      Head, Department of Management Studies
      University of Peradeniya.