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| Table 143 (Labor, Foreign Employ., Labor Importing Country) | |||||||
| Departures for Middle Level Jobs by Major Labor Importing | |||||||
| Countries - Male | |||||||
| Lab143e | |||||||
| Country | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 634 | 658 | 653 | 1,153 | 1,218 | 1,276 | |
| UAE | 331 | 204 | 212 | 371 | 493 | 612 | |
| Bahrain | 57 | 49 | 35 | 69 | 68 | 68 | |
| Oman | 376 | 98 | 113 | 188 | 250 | 212 | |
| Kuwait | 66 | 42 | 17 | 131 | 113 | 92 | |
| Qatar | 210 | 251 | 219 | 342 | 293 | 263 | |
| Jordan | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |
| Singapore | 54 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 21 | 12 | |
| Lebanon | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | |
| Cyprus | 5 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | |
| Maldives | 169 | 139 | 55 | 148 | 171 | 196 | |
| Italy | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 4 | |
| Hong Kong | 12 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Brunei | 31 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 485 | |
| Greece | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| Seychelles | 17 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 2 | |
| United States | 6 | - | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Botswana | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Pakistan | 10 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 4 | |
| Kenya | - | 1 | - | - | 14 | - | |
| Algeria | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Libya | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mauritius | 1 | 9 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Egypt | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | |
| Japan | 1 | 69 | - | 1 | - | 5 | |
| South Yemen | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | - | |
| Other | 53 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 25 | 6 | |
| Total | 2,073 | 1,635 | 1,386 | 2,512 | 2,733 | 3,305 | |
| © 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. | |||||||