Number of employed employees, by industry: Public Administration in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Number of employed employees, by industry: Public Administration was 2,335 in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
2,335
Change on year
down 1.8%
World rank
10th
of 30 countries
All-time high
2,672
in 2004
All-time low
1,463
in 2011
Years of data
13
2002–2016

Number of employed employees, by industry: Public Administration in Sri Lanka, 2002–2016

01.0k2.0k3.0k2002200920162002: 1.8k2003: 2.0k2004: 2.7k2006: 1.6k2007: 1.7k2008: 1.9k2009: 2.5k2011: 1.5k2012: 1.6k2013: 2.2k2014: 2.4k2015: 2.4k2016: 2.3k

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2016, number of employed employees, by industry: public administration in Sri Lanka stood at 2,335.

That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and up 48.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of employed employees, by industry: public administration in Sri Lanka peaked at 2,672 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1,463, in 2011.

Sri Lanka ranks 10th of 30 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Number of employed employees, by industry: Public Administration in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Number of employed employees, by industry: Public Administration in Sri Lanka, 2002 to 2016.
Year Value Change
2002 1,844
2003 1,994 +8.1%
2004 2,672 +34.0%
2006 1,571 -41.2%
2007 1,652 +5.2%
2008 1,867 +13.0%
2009 2,478 +32.7%
2011 1,463 -41.0%
2012 1,594 +9.0%
2013 2,175 +36.4%
2014 2,360 +8.5%
2015 2,379 +0.8%
2016 2,335 -1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 2,011 1,571 2,672 7
2010s 2,051 1,463 2,379 6

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 7 Morocco 3,916 compare
  2. 8 Uruguay 2,638 compare
  3. 9 Ecuador 2,416 compare
  4. 11 Argentina 1,622 compare
  5. 12 Ethiopia 1,603 compare
  6. 13 El Salvador 1,396 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of employed employees, by industry: public administration in Sri Lanka?
Number of employed employees, by industry: public administration in Sri Lanka was 2,335 in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest number of employed employees, by industry: public administration recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 2,672 in 2004.
What is the lowest number of employed employees, by industry: public administration recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 1,463 in 2011.
How does Sri Lanka rank for number of employed employees, by industry: public administration?
Sri Lanka ranks 10th out of 30 countries with data for 2016.
Is number of employed employees, by industry: public administration rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 48.6%. 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 Number of employed employees, by industry: Public Administration. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Number of employed employees, by industry: Public Administration
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 331 data points, 2000–2021
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