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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.