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	Table 096 (Labor, Foreign Employ.)
	Departures for Foreign Employment by Country
	Lab096e
Country	1995		1996		1997		1998		1999		2000
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Saudi Arabia	60,167	34.88	57,254	35.22	48,171	32.06	59,397	37.15	60,368	35.38	61,141	33.71
United Arab Emirates	24,955	14.48	22,395	13.79	23,944	15.95	21,883	13.67	30,047	16.78	32,712	18.04
Bahrain	4,202	2.44	3,636	2.24	3,329	2.21	7,116	4.43	5,634	3.14	6,476	3.57
Oman	7,320	4.24	4,845	2.98	4,278	2.85	4,294	2.68	10,452	5.84	4,945	2.73
Kuwait	38,401	22.26	41,023	25.23	37,969	25.26	28,834	18.03	33,505	18.70	33,419	18.43
Qatar	8,726	5.06	9,174	5.64	9,364	6.23	12,576	7.85	11,523	6.43	12,088	6.66
Jordan	4,698	2.72	3,845	2.36	3,674	2.44	3,832	2.39	6,982	3.90	7,289	4.02
Singapore	4,015	2.33	2,596	1.60	2,200	1.46	1,837	1.13	2,027	1.13	1,603	0.88
Lebanon	9,546	5.53	9,622	5.92	11,793	7.85	13,646	8.52	6,841	3.82	13,132	7.24
Greece	121	0.07	86	0.05	61	0.04	150	0.09	169	0.10	139	0.08
United States	94	0.05	29	0.02	11	-	46	0.01	26	0.01	39	0.02
Cyprus	1,497	0.88	1,346	0.83	915	0.60	1,607	1.00	1,965	1.10	2,333	1.29
Maldives	3,734	2.16	2,267	1.39	2,344	1.56	2,798	1.72	3,432	1.92	3,047	1.68
Algeria	113	0.06	76	0.05	1	-	4	-	10	-	6	-
Mauritius	121	0.07	124	0.07	197	0.13	180	0.10	77	0.04	71	0.04
Libya	12	-	17	0.01	9	-	40	0.02	31	0.01	16	-
Italy	3,053	1.78	1,454	0.89	225	0.15	279	0.46	1,732	0.97	183	0.10
Malaysia	26	0.01	58	0.04	30	0.02	45	0.03	45	0.02	1,168	0.64
South Korea	223	0.13	1,766	1.09	1,069	0.72	441	0.26	510	0.29	855	0.47
Hong Kong	409	0.24	216	0.13	169	0.11	242	0.14	344	0.20	372	0.21
Brunei	124	0.07	117	0.07	29	0.02	43	0.02	11	-	19	0.01
Seychelles	41	0.02	41	0.02	34	0.02	96	0.05	44	0.02	37	0.02
Others	891	0.52	589	0.36	467	0.32	430	0.25	339	0.20	289	0.16
Total	172,489	100.00	162,576	100.00	150,283	100.00	159,816	100.00	176,114	100.00	181,379	100.00
© 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.