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

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

Latest (2019)
0.6%
Change on year
up 8.3%
World rank
49th
of 107 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2019
All-time low
0.5%
in 1998
Years of data
23
1992–2019

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

00.20.40.61992200520191992: 0.457 % of total employed population in working age1993: 0.467 % of total employed population in working age1994: 0.471 % of total employed population in working age1995: 0.485 % of total employed population in working age1996: 0.478 % of total employed population in working age1998: 0.451 % of total employed population in working age1999: 0.477 % of total employed population in working age2000: 0.471 % of total employed population in working age2001: 0.501 % of total employed population in working age2002: 0.484 % of total employed population in working age2003: 0.484 % of total employed population in working age2004: 0.481 % of total employed population in working age2006: 0.536 % of total employed population in working age2007: 0.482 % of total employed population in working age2008: 0.473 % of total employed population in working age2009: 0.53 % of total employed population in working age2011: 0.465 % of total employed population in working age2012: 0.48 % of total employed population in working age2013: 0.479 % of total employed population in working age2014: 0.5 % of total employed population in working age2015: 0.489 % of total employed population in working age2016: 0.548 % of total employed population in working age2019: 0.594 % of total employed population in working age

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

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 0.6% for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, total in 2019. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of up 8.3% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, total in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1998.

Sri Lanka ranks 49th of 107 countries on this measure, 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, total in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) in Sri Lanka, 1992 to 2019.
Year % of total employed population in working age Change
1992 0.5%
1993 0.5% +2.1%
1994 0.5% +1.0%
1995 0.5% +3.0%
1996 0.5% -1.5%
1998 0.5% -5.5%
1999 0.5% +5.7%
2000 0.5% -1.2%
2001 0.5% +6.4%
2002 0.5% -3.4%
2003 0.5% +0.0%
2004 0.5% -0.7%
2006 0.5% +11.6%
2007 0.5% -10.1%
2008 0.5% -1.9%
2009 0.5% +12.1%
2011 0.5% -12.1%
2012 0.5% +3.2%
2013 0.5% -0.2%
2014 0.5% +4.4%
2015 0.5% -2.3%
2016 0.5% +12.1%
2019 0.6% +8.3%

Averages by decade

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

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  4. 50 Armenia 0.6% compare
  5. 51 Philippines 0.6% compare
  6. 52 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, total in Sri Lanka?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, total in Sri Lanka was 0.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, total recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2019.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, total recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1998.
How does Sri Lanka rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, total?
Sri Lanka ranks 49th out of 107 countries with data for 2019.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. 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, total (% of total employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,597 data points, 1970–2021
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