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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. | |||||||