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| Table 151 (Labor, Foreign Employ., Labor Importing Country) | |||||||
| Departures for Housemaid Jobs by Major Labor | |||||||
| Importing Countries | |||||||
| Lab151e | |||||||
| Country | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 40,019 | 37,875 | 28,894 | 24,806 | 26,861 | 32,610 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 14,299 | 14,272 | 13,764 | 10,954 | 13,333 | 13,029 | |
| Bahrain | 2,732 | 2,382 | 2,210 | 5,267 | 3,450 | 3,117 | |
| Oman | 3,580 | 3,102 | 2,476 | 2,056 | 2,530 | 2,477 | |
| Kuwait | 32,628 | 35,124 | 33,617 | 23,258 | 25,914 | 26,226 | |
| Qatar | 1,304 | 1,242 | 1,407 | 967 | 949 | 2,375 | |
| Jordan | 4,508 | 3,733 | 3,544 | 3,387 | 5,706 | 5,000 | |
| Lebanon | 8,953 | 8,902 | 11,004 | 11,573 | 5,176 | 10,167 | |
| Cyprus | 1,048 | 837 | 595 | 1,034 | 1,349 | 1,785 | |
| Maldives | 266 | 132 | 71 | 146 | 157 | 133 | |
| Greece | 22 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 77 | 35 | |
| Singapore | 3,044 | 1,998 | 1,557 | 1,445 | 1,610 | 1,240 | |
| Italy | 1,001 | 508 | 68 | 99 | 209 | 38 | |
| Hong Kong | 208 | 128 | 139 | 196 | 269 | 267 | |
| United State | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
| United Kingdom | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | |
| Parkistan | 31 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 12 | |
| Algeria | 6 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Libya | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | |
| Syria | 40 | 39 | 12 | 27 | 18 | 17 | |
| Egypt | 15 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 13 | |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| Canada | 11 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2 | - | 16 | 23 | 36 | |
| Others | 87 | 131 | 31 | 47 | 43 | 49 | |
| Total | 113,860 | 110,479 | 99,429 | 85,349 | 87,710 | 98,636 | |
| © 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. | |||||||