Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 was 0.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.8%
Change on year
up 13.1%
World rank
27th
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2019
All-time low
0.5%
in 1992
Years of data
23
1992–2019

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 in Sri Lanka, 1992–2019

00.20.40.60.81992200520191992: 0.534 % of employed population aged 15-241993: 0.549 % of employed population aged 15-241994: 0.576 % of employed population aged 15-241995: 0.611 % of employed population aged 15-241996: 0.584 % of employed population aged 15-241998: 0.551 % of employed population aged 15-241999: 0.557 % of employed population aged 15-242000: 0.578 % of employed population aged 15-242001: 0.637 % of employed population aged 15-242002: 0.602 % of employed population aged 15-242003: 0.596 % of employed population aged 15-242004: 0.595 % of employed population aged 15-242006: 0.68 % of employed population aged 15-242007: 0.629 % of employed population aged 15-242008: 0.615 % of employed population aged 15-242009: 0.682 % of employed population aged 15-242011: 0.614 % of employed population aged 15-242012: 0.65 % of employed population aged 15-242013: 0.654 % of employed population aged 15-242014: 0.715 % of employed population aged 15-242015: 0.696 % of employed population aged 15-242016: 0.741 % of employed population aged 15-242019: 0.838 % of employed population aged 15-24

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of employed population aged 15-24.

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 0.8% for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 in 2019. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.1% on the previous year and up 22.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1992.

Sri Lanka ranks 27th of 106 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 (% of employed population aged 15-24) in Sri Lanka, 1992 to 2019.
Year % of employed population aged 15-24 Change
1992 0.5%
1993 0.5% +2.7%
1994 0.6% +4.9%
1995 0.6% +6.2%
1996 0.6% -4.5%
1998 0.6% -5.6%
1999 0.6% +1.1%
2000 0.6% +3.7%
2001 0.6% +10.3%
2002 0.6% -5.6%
2003 0.6% -0.9%
2004 0.6% -0.2%
2006 0.7% +14.2%
2007 0.6% -7.4%
2008 0.6% -2.3%
2009 0.7% +10.9%
2011 0.6% -10.0%
2012 0.6% +5.8%
2013 0.7% +0.6%
2014 0.7% +9.3%
2015 0.7% -2.7%
2016 0.7% +6.5%
2019 0.8% +13.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 7
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 9
2010s 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 7

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 24 Jordan 0.9% compare
  2. 25 Czechia 0.9% compare
  3. 26 Lithuania 0.8% compare
  4. 28 Italy 0.8% compare
  5. 29 Montenegro 0.8% compare
  6. 30 Denmark 0.8% compare

See the full ranking of 106 places →

More reference data data for Sri Lanka

All data for Sri Lanka →

Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 in Sri Lanka?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 in Sri Lanka was 0.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2019.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1992.
How does Sri Lanka rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24?
Sri Lanka ranks 27th out of 106 countries with data for 2019.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.9%. 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 Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 (% of employed population aged 15-24). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 in Sri Lanka. Statizoid. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/non-agricultural-wage-employment-aged-15-24-percent-of-employed-population-aged-15-24/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/non-agricultural-wage-employment-aged-15-24-percent-of-employed-population-aged-15-24/sri-lanka/">Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 in Sri Lanka</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24 (% of employed population aged 15-24)
Unit
% of employed population aged 15-24
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed