Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total was 0.8% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.8%
Change on year
up 5.7%
World rank
47th
of 92 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2019
All-time low
0.7%
in 2013
Years of data
23
1992–2019

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Sri Lanka, 1992–2019

00.20.40.60.81992200520191992: 0.783 % of total workers in the industrial sector1993: 0.78 % of total workers in the industrial sector1994: 0.769 % of total workers in the industrial sector1995: 0.748 % of total workers in the industrial sector1996: 0.771 % of total workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.758 % of total workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.771 % of total workers in the industrial sector2000: 0.76 % of total workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.772 % of total workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.762 % of total workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.75 % of total workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.736 % of total workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.759 % of total workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.7 % of total workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.7 % of total workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.767 % of total workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.713 % of total workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.714 % of total workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.697 % of total workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.72 % of total workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.697 % of total workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.762 % of total workers in the industrial sector2019: 0.805 % of total workers in the industrial sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of total workers in the industrial sector.

Analysis

In 2019, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Sri Lanka stood at 0.8%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

The figure is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2013.

Sri Lanka ranks 47th of 92 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector) in Sri Lanka, 1992 to 2019.
Year % of total workers in the industrial sector Change
1992 0.8%
1993 0.8% -0.4%
1994 0.8% -1.4%
1995 0.7% -2.8%
1996 0.8% +3.2%
1998 0.8% -1.7%
1999 0.8% +1.8%
2000 0.8% -1.5%
2001 0.8% +1.7%
2002 0.8% -1.3%
2003 0.7% -1.6%
2004 0.7% -1.8%
2006 0.8% +3.2%
2007 0.7% -7.8%
2008 0.7% -0.0%
2009 0.8% +9.6%
2011 0.7% -7.0%
2012 0.7% +0.1%
2013 0.7% -2.4%
2014 0.7% +3.3%
2015 0.7% -3.2%
2016 0.8% +9.3%
2019 0.8% +5.7%

Averages by decade

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

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 44 South Africa 0.8% compare
  2. 45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8% compare
  3. 46 Italy 0.8% compare
  4. 48 Georgia 0.8% compare
  5. 49 Bangladesh 0.8% compare
  6. 50 Jordan 0.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Sri Lanka?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in Sri Lanka was 0.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2019.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2013.
How does Sri Lanka rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total?
Sri Lanka ranks 47th out of 92 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of total workers in the industrial sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,346 data points, 1970–2021
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