Caribbean Labour Statistics
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Number of work permits issued by sex and nationality, Bahamas
Both sexes Male Female
Country of origin 1998   Country of origin 1998   Country of origin 1998
African Countries 19   African Countries 15   African Countries 4
All Other Countries 79   All Other Countries 71   All Other Countries 8
Asian Countries 71   Asian Countries 53   Asian Countries 18
Canada 545   Canada 479   Canada 66
Caribbean Countries 3,919   Caribbean Countries 2,943   Caribbean Countries 976
European Countries 218   European Countries 183   European Countries 35
South & Central America 499   South & Central America 464   South & Central America 35
United Kingdom 257   United Kingdom 208   United Kingdom 49
United States 744   United States 653   United States 91
Total 6,351   Total 5,069   Total 1,282
Source: Department of Immigration; Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Training

Both sexes Male Female
Country of Origin 1993 1992 1991   Country of origin 1993 1992 1991   Country of origin 1993 1992 1991
United States 883 497 1,088   United States 666 321 741   United States 217 176 347
Canada 324 240 333   Canada 202 162 180   Canada 122 78 153
United Kingdom 325 247 652   United Kingdom 225 185 501   United Kingdom 100 62 151
European Countries 396 185 417   European countries 284 146 309   European Countries 112 39 108
South & Central America 118 135 275   South & Central America 83 114 154   South & Central America 35 21 121
Africa 60 80 227   Africa 44 47 150   Africa 16 33 77
Asia 170 110 274   Asia 139 75 127   Asia 31 35 147
South Pacific countries 46 128 263   South Pacific countries 19 77 155   South Pacific countries 27 51 108
Haiti 2,306 2,692 2,500   Haiti 1,745 1,898 1,929   Haiti 561 794 571
Jamaica 631 1,382 1,180   Jamaica 159 386 461   Jamaica 472 996 719
Trinidad & Tobago 42 56 398   Trinidad & Tobago 26 51 245   Trinidad & Tobago 16 5 153
All Other Caribbean Countries* 105 127 521   All Other Caribbean Countries* 67 84 332   All Other Caribbean Countries* 38 43 189
Total 8,128 0 0   Total 3,659 3,546 5,284   Total 2,844 0 0


* Includes: Cuba, Turks and Caicos, Grenada, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Curacao, St. Vincent, Belize, St. Lucia, Cayman Islands, Guyana and Barbados.

Source: Department of Statistics, Bahamas, several years.

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