Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture was 96.1% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture in Sri Lanka, 2010–2016
Source: UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture in Sri Lanka is 96.1%, measured in 2016.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Sri Lanka ranks 8th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 91.1% | — |
| 2011 | 90.7% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 96.3% | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 97.0% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 96.4% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 96.1% | -0.3% |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 5 Mongolia 97.5% compare
- 6 El Salvador 96.9% compare
- 7 Egypt 96.6% compare
- 9 Guatemala 95.7% compare
- 10 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 95.6% compare
- 11 Palestine, State of 94.4% compare
More reference data data for Sri Lanka
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1608 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.316 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1784 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.539 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1604 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9713 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture in Sri Lanka?
- Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture in Sri Lanka was 96.1% in 2016, according to UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/.
- What is the highest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 97.0% in 2014.
- What is the lowest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.7% in 2011.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture?
- Sri Lanka ranks 8th out of 26 countries with data for 2016.
- Is informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - agriculture rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/, published as part of Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture, forestry and fishing - Male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This indicator presents the share of agriculture (male) employment which is classified as informal employment in the total economy. Data is taken from the United Nations Sustainable Goals, representing Indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex.