Table 5.2 :  EXPATRIATE EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY AND NATIONALITY, 2008
Nationality	Total	Agriculture and Forestry	Fishing	Manufacturing	Electricity, Gas & Water	Construction	Education	Wholesale & Retail Trade	Hotels & Restaurants	Tourism	Transport, Storage and Communication	Financing, insurance, business and real estate	Community, social and personal services
All Nationalities	80,839	581	1,838	2,477	130	34,640	2,615	4,144	2,039	13,057	1,821	7,065	10,432
Asia	79,061	581	1,834	2,476	130	34,584	2,573	4,139	2,035	11,848	1,698	6,910	10,253
Bangladesh	38,952	357	753	1,373	80	21,182	46	2,132	1,121	4,065	606	2,762	4,475
India	23,032	153	302	579	10	7,666	2,289	1,289	645	2,817	529	2,564	4,189
Philippines	966	0	8	9	6	377	15	30	8	359	31	77	46
Sri Lanka	9,575	33	408	431	30	2,150	189	507	222	2,838	410	1,203	1,154
Other Countries	6,536	38	363	84	4	3,209	34	181	39	1,769	122	304	389
Africa	197	0	2	0	0	23	32	0	0	105	6	5	24
Egypt	44	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	13	0	0	0
Other Countries	153	0	2	0	0	23	1	0	0	92	6	5	24
Table 5.2  ( continued )
Nationality	Total	Agriculture and Forestry	Fishing	Manufacturing	Electricity, Gas & Water	Construction	Education	Wholesale & Retail Trade	Hotels & Restaurants	Tourism	Transport, Storage and Communication	Financing, insurance, business and real estate	Community, social and personal services
Europe		0	0	1	0	29	7	5	4	973	19	133	100
Germany	240	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	216	3	17	1
Italy	365	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	279	1	43	36
United Kingdom	158	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	91	7	26	27
Other Countries	508	0	0	0	0	20	4	2	4	387	8	47	36
America	186	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	60	87	10	24
Canada	103	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	18	75	2	6
U.S.A	64	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	26	12	8	15
Other Countries	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	3
Oceania	124	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	71	11	7	31
Australia	101	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	62	8	5	23
New Zealand	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	2	2	6
Other Countries	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
Source: Ministry of Human Resources, Youth and Sports