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| Table 148 (Labor, Foreign Employ., Labor Importing Country) | |||||||
| Departures for Skilled Jobs by Major Labor Importing | |||||||
| Countries - Female | |||||||
| Lab148e | |||||||
| Country | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 377 | 434 | 697 | 1951 | 708 | 182 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 4,340 | 2,821 | 5,313 | 4,475 | 5,419 | 6,184 | |
| Bahrain | 370 | 330 | 360 | 610 | 785 | 1,626 | |
| Oman | 1,140 | 394 | 899 | 1,050 | 4,143 | 1,101 | |
| Kuwait | 368 | 456 | 399 | 650 | 588 | 519 | |
| Qatar | 84 | 54 | 65 | 144 | 290 | 60 | |
| Jordan | 62 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 220 | 1,161 | |
| Singapore | 393 | 122 | 187 | 33 | 5 | 22 | |
| Lebanon | 21 | 28 | 31 | 119 | 138 | 520 | |
| Cyprus | 14 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 29 | |
| Maldives | 466 | 133 | 574 | 378 | 438 | 640 | |
| Italy | 24 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 4 | |
| Brunei | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | - | |
| Greece | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | |
| United Kingdom | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| United State | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mauritius | 33 | 11 | 90 | 132 | 23 | 24 | |
| Japan | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| France | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Canada | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Vietnam | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | |
| Thailand | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Malaysia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Seashells | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Tanzania | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Egypt | - | - | 9 | 28 | 17 | 64 | |
| Others | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | - | 2 | |
| Total | 7,712 | 4,867 | 8,670 | 9,656 | 12,838 | 12,142 | |
| © 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. | |||||||