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Table 150 (Labor, Foreign Employ., Labor Importing Country)
Departures for Unskilled Jobs by Major Labor Importing 
Countries - Female 
Lab150e
Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Saudi Arabia 1,067 858 1,362 3,944 3,500 2,118
United Arab Emirates 1,270 845 1,150 1,796 2,929 2,602
Bahrain 138 127 48 153 181 161
Oman 64 43 43 50 1,626 29
Kuwait 491 563 258 704 1,208 1,059
Qatar 68 65 209 1,421 1,350 309
Jordan 41 22 11 281 926 615
Singapore 145 129 162 148 134 156
Lebanon 72 67 73 708 1,016 1,982
Cyprus 34 102 44 54 51 38
Maldives 260 71 96 141 168 33
South Korea 104 288 277 234 199 197
Italy 132 59 18 17 272 12
Hong Kong 12 9 7 12 40 76
Brunei - 3 1 - - 1
Algeria 1 - - - - 1
Syria - 1 - 1 - -
Greece 1 4 - 4 3 1
Egypt 15 21 9 21 - -
Seychelles 1 2 - 55 1 3
United State - 2 1 - - -
United Kingdom - - 1 1 1 -
Kenya - 1 - - - -
Malaysia - - - - 3 1
Mauritius 1 - - - - -
France 2 1 - 1 - -
Canada 6 - - - - -
Others 3 6 3 5 14 2
Total 3,928 3,289 3,773 9,751 13,622 9,396
© 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.