Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban was 0.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka, 1992–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of urban workers in the agricultural sector.
Analysis
In 2019, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka stood at 0.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.4% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.7% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1995.
Sri Lanka ranks 29th of 86 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.
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % of urban workers in the agricultural sector | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.3% | — |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -22.4% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | -18.2% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.6% | +262.1% |
| 1998 | 0.6% | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 0.7% | +24.3% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | -11.9% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | -24.9% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -13.8% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +36.6% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -38.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +67.1% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | -31.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +17.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +12.6% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +29.4% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 1.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wage employment in agriculture, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +262.1% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More reference data data for Sri Lanka
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1608 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.316 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1784 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.539 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1604 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9713 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka?
- Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka was 0.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1999.
- What is the lowest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1995.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban?
- Sri Lanka ranks 29th out of 86 countries with data for 2019.
- Is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban workers in the agricultural sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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