Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female was 0.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.6%
Change on year
up 22.1%
World rank
52nd
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2019
All-time low
0.4%
in 1998
Years of data
23
1992–2019

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Sri Lanka, 1992–2019

00.20.40.61992200520191992: 0.438 % of female employed population in working age1993: 0.456 % of female employed population in working age1994: 0.438 % of female employed population in working age1995: 0.476 % of female employed population in working age1996: 0.455 % of female employed population in working age1998: 0.412 % of female employed population in working age1999: 0.438 % of female employed population in working age2000: 0.436 % of female employed population in working age2001: 0.475 % of female employed population in working age2002: 0.456 % of female employed population in working age2003: 0.453 % of female employed population in working age2004: 0.455 % of female employed population in working age2006: 0.504 % of female employed population in working age2007: 0.433 % of female employed population in working age2008: 0.43 % of female employed population in working age2009: 0.508 % of female employed population in working age2011: 0.428 % of female employed population in working age2012: 0.463 % of female employed population in working age2013: 0.45 % of female employed population in working age2014: 0.475 % of female employed population in working age2015: 0.461 % of female employed population in working age2016: 0.517 % of female employed population in working age2019: 0.631 % of female employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of female employed population in working age.

Analysis

In 2019, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Sri Lanka stood at 0.6%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

The figure is up 22.1% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1998.

That places Sri Lanka 52nd out of 106 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) in Sri Lanka, 1992 to 2019.
Year % of female employed population in working age Change
1992 0.4%
1993 0.5% +4.0%
1994 0.4% -3.8%
1995 0.5% +8.6%
1996 0.5% -4.4%
1998 0.4% -9.4%
1999 0.4% +6.2%
2000 0.4% -0.5%
2001 0.5% +9.0%
2002 0.5% -3.9%
2003 0.5% -0.7%
2004 0.5% +0.4%
2006 0.5% +10.7%
2007 0.4% -14.1%
2008 0.4% -0.7%
2009 0.5% +18.1%
2011 0.4% -15.6%
2012 0.5% +8.1%
2013 0.4% -2.8%
2014 0.5% +5.6%
2015 0.5% -2.8%
2016 0.5% +12.1%
2019 0.6% +22.1%

Sri Lanka compared with similar countries

  • Sri Lanka's 0.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 7
2000s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 9
2010s 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 7

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 49 Jamaica 0.7% compare
  2. 50 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% compare
  3. 51 Egypt 0.6% compare
  4. 53 Panama 0.6% compare
  5. 54 Armenia 0.6% compare
  6. 55 Philippines 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Sri Lanka?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Sri Lanka was 0.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2019.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1998.
How does Sri Lanka rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female?
Sri Lanka ranks 52nd out of 106 countries with data for 2019.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. 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 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age)
Unit
% of female employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
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