Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban was 0.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka, 1992–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of urban employed population in working age.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.0% for non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2019.
That places Sri Lanka 72nd out of 94 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % of urban employed population in working age | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.0% | — |
| 1993 | 0.0% | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | +28.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | +28.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | +10.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -17.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | -11.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +23.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +20.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -60.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +104.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -45.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +68.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +104.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka?
- Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka was 0.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2019.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban?
- Sri Lanka ranks 72nd out of 94 countries with data for 2019.
- Is non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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