Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency was 0.8569 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
0.8569
Change on year
up 8.7%
World rank
12th
of 67 countries
All-time high
0.8569
in 2015
All-time low
0.5088
in 1992
Years of data
19
1992–2015

Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Sri Lanka, 1992–2015

00.20.40.60.81992200320151992: 0.5091993: 0.5421994: 0.561995: 0.5781996: 0.6091998: 0.6081999: 0.6252000: 0.6312001: 0.592002: 0.6062003: 0.6332004: 0.6052007: 0.6292008: 0.6132011: 0.7082012: 0.7262013: 0.7512014: 0.7892015: 0.857

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Sri Lanka is 0.8569, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.

The figure is up 8.7% on the previous year and up 41.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.8569 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.5088, in 1992.

That places Sri Lanka 12th out of 67 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, above primary education in Sri Lanka, 1992 to 2015.
Year Value Change
1992 0.5088
1993 0.542 +6.5%
1994 0.5598 +3.3%
1995 0.5776 +3.2%
1996 0.6086 +5.4%
1998 0.6081 -0.1%
1999 0.6255 +2.9%
2000 0.6312 +0.9%
2001 0.5898 -6.6%
2002 0.6056 +2.7%
2003 0.633 +4.5%
2004 0.6052 -4.4%
2007 0.6286 +3.9%
2008 0.6135 -2.4%
2011 0.7082 +15.4%
2012 0.7262 +2.5%
2013 0.7507 +3.4%
2014 0.7887 +5.1%
2015 0.8569 +8.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.5758 0.5088 0.6255 7
2000s 0.6153 0.5898 0.633 7
2010s 0.7661 0.7082 0.8569 5

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 9 Jamaica 2.5 compare
  2. 10 Rwanda 2.49 compare
  3. 11 Pakistan 0.9497 compare
  4. 13 Mongolia 0.8319 compare
  5. 14 Uruguay 0.8275 compare
  6. 15 Thailand 0.7205 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Sri Lanka?
Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Sri Lanka was 0.8569 in 2015, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.8569 in 2015.
What is the lowest median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5088 in 1992.
How does Sri Lanka rank for median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency?
Sri Lanka ranks 12th out of 67 countries with data for 2015.
Is median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 41.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, above primary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
67 places, 912 data points, 1981–2021
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