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COUNTRY	DESCRIPTION
Bahrain	44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) (1998 est.)
Bangladesh	extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (1998)
Belize	shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (1997 est.)
Bhutan	massive lack of skilled labor
Brunei	temporary residents make up 41% of labor force (1991) (1999 est.)
Burkina Faso	a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (1999)
Cuba	state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (1999) (2000 est.)
Haiti	shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2001) (1995)
Iran	shortage of skilled labor (1998)
Jordan	in addition, at least 300,000 workers are employed abroad (2001)
Kuwait	68% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.) (1998 est.)
Lebanon	in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (1999 est.) (2001 est.)
Nepal	severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.)
Pakistan	extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2000)
Panama	shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2000 est.)
Saint Helena	1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)
Saudi Arabia	35% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)
Sierra Leone	only about 65,000 wage earners (1985) (1981 est.)
Tunisia	shortage of skilled labor
Turkey	about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (1999)
United Arab Emirates	73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 2002 est.) (2000 est.)

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