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| Table 141 (Labor, Foreign Employ., Labor Importing Country) | ||||||||
| Departures for Professional Jobs by Major Labor Importing | ||||||||
| Countries - Male | ||||||||
| Lab141e | ||||||||
| Country | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 233 | 163 | 148 | 251 | 372 | 278 | ||
| UAE | 147 | 72 | 42 | 95 | 243 | 200 | ||
| Bahrain | 36 | 21 | 34 | 29 | 60 | 48 | ||
| Oman | 69 | 43 | 18 | 45 | 86 | 78 | ||
| Kuwait | 40 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 46 | 28 | ||
| Qatar | 77 | 85 | 125 | 72 | 113 | 91 | ||
| Jordan | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 13 | ||
| Singapore | 23 | 17 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 18 | ||
| Lebanon | 6 | - | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Cyprus | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | ||
| Maldives | 72 | 67 | 57 | 65 | 106 | 74 | ||
| South Korea | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | 1 | ||
| Italy | 10 | 8 | - | - | 12 | - | ||
| Hong Kong | 12 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | ||
| Brunei | 19 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Algeria | 13 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Malaysia | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Greece | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Seychelles | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| United States | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Botswana | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Pakistan | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Kenya | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | ||
| Libya | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Other | 54 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 50 | 8 | ||
| Total | 837 | 556 | 534 | 655 | 1139 | 881 | ||
| © 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. | ||||||||