Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural was 0.7% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.7%
Change on year
up 5.9%
World rank
47th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 1993
All-time low
0.7%
in 2013
Years of data
23
1992–2019

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Sri Lanka, 1992–2019

00.20.40.60.81992200520191992: 0.771 % of rural workers in the service sector1993: 0.774 % of rural workers in the service sector1994: 0.734 % of rural workers in the service sector1995: 0.766 % of rural workers in the service sector1996: 0.747 % of rural workers in the service sector1998: 0.714 % of rural workers in the service sector1999: 0.72 % of rural workers in the service sector2000: 0.708 % of rural workers in the service sector2001: 0.708 % of rural workers in the service sector2002: 0.715 % of rural workers in the service sector2003: 0.72 % of rural workers in the service sector2004: 0.715 % of rural workers in the service sector2006: 0.726 % of rural workers in the service sector2007: 0.675 % of rural workers in the service sector2008: 0.68 % of rural workers in the service sector2009: 0.724 % of rural workers in the service sector2011: 0.665 % of rural workers in the service sector2012: 0.667 % of rural workers in the service sector2013: 0.655 % of rural workers in the service sector2014: 0.664 % of rural workers in the service sector2015: 0.659 % of rural workers in the service sector2016: 0.686 % of rural workers in the service sector2019: 0.727 % of rural workers in the service sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural workers in the service sector.

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 0.7% for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in 2019.

That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.8% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2013.

That places Sri Lanka 47th out of 84 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the service sector) in Sri Lanka, 1992 to 2019.
Year % of rural workers in the service sector Change
1992 0.8%
1993 0.8% +0.5%
1994 0.7% -5.2%
1995 0.8% +4.3%
1996 0.7% -2.5%
1998 0.7% -4.3%
1999 0.7% +0.8%
2000 0.7% -1.7%
2001 0.7% +0.0%
2002 0.7% +0.9%
2003 0.7% +0.8%
2004 0.7% -0.8%
2006 0.7% +1.5%
2007 0.7% -6.9%
2008 0.7% +0.6%
2009 0.7% +6.5%
2011 0.7% -8.1%
2012 0.7% +0.2%
2013 0.7% -1.7%
2014 0.7% +1.4%
2015 0.7% -0.9%
2016 0.7% +4.2%
2019 0.7% +5.9%

Averages by decade

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

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Sri Lanka?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in Sri Lanka was 0.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1993.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2013.
How does Sri Lanka rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural?
Sri Lanka ranks 47th out of 84 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 services, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the service sector)
Unit
% of rural workers in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
84 places, 1,136 data points, 1970–2021
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