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| Table 147 (Labor, Foreign Employ., Labor Importing Country) | |||||||
| Departures for Skilled Jobs by Major Labor Importing | |||||||
| Countries - Male | |||||||
| Lab147e | |||||||
| Country | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 7,903 | 8,260 | 6,657 | 11,285 | 13,545 | 11,994 | |
| UAE | 1,677 | 2,047 | 1,317 | 1,445 | 2,182 | 3,025 | |
| Bahrain | 436 | 387 | 239 | 429 | 412 | 461 | |
| Oman | 850 | 649 | 330 | 431 | 756 | 441 | |
| Kuwait | 2,849 | 2,776 | 2,256 | 2,399 | 2,979 | 3,035 | |
| Qatar | 3,804 | 3,667 | 3,683 | 4,545 | 3,031 | 3,714 | |
| Jordan | 18 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 30 | 164 | |
| Singapore | 122 | 111 | 45 | 65 | 35 | 45 | |
| Lebanon | 79 | 97 | 113 | 203 | 76 | 52 | |
| Cyprus | 89 | 64 | 55 | 106 | 94 | 79 | |
| Maldives | 750 | 806 | 747 | 813 | 902 | 665 | |
| Italy | 285 | 177 | 28 | 29 | 140 | 26 | |
| Hong Kong | 79 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
| Brunei | 35 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
| Algeria | 59 | 41 | - | - | 2 | 1 | |
| Greece | 32 | 23 | 15 | 69 | 22 | 49 | |
| Libya | 4 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 8 | |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| United State | 33 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 14 | |
| Mauritius | 83 | 94 | 70 | 46 | 52 | 42 | |
| Japan | 13 | 17 | 49 | 52 | - | 1 | |
| France | 17 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Canada | 7 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Vietnam | 1 | 13 | 71 | 16 | - | - | |
| Thailand | 9 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Malaysia | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 330 | |
| Seashells | - | 4 | 6 | 12 | - | 23 | |
| Tanzania | 43 | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | 12 | |
| Egypt | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saipan | - | - | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Others | 108 | 47 | 51 | 43 | 40 | 28 | |
| Total | 19,393 | 19,387 | 15,832 | 22,093 | 24,349 | 24,228 | |
| © 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. | |||||||