Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural was 0.7% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.7%
Change on year
up 11.8%
World rank
40th
of 91 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2019
All-time low
0.5%
in 2011
Years of data
23
1992–2019

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

00.20.40.61992200520191992: 0.636 % of rural employed population in working age1993: 0.643 % of rural employed population in working age1994: 0.64 % of rural employed population in working age1995: 0.627 % of rural employed population in working age1996: 0.605 % of rural employed population in working age1998: 0.553 % of rural employed population in working age1999: 0.572 % of rural employed population in working age2000: 0.558 % of rural employed population in working age2001: 0.579 % of rural employed population in working age2002: 0.577 % of rural employed population in working age2003: 0.58 % of rural employed population in working age2004: 0.599 % of rural employed population in working age2006: 0.632 % of rural employed population in working age2007: 0.567 % of rural employed population in working age2008: 0.566 % of rural employed population in working age2009: 0.625 % of rural employed population in working age2011: 0.547 % of rural employed population in working age2012: 0.561 % of rural employed population in working age2013: 0.56 % of rural employed population in working age2014: 0.56 % of rural employed population in working age2015: 0.565 % of rural employed population in working age2016: 0.616 % of rural employed population in working age2019: 0.688 % of rural employed population in working age

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Sri Lanka is 0.7%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of up 11.8% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2011.

Sri Lanka ranks 40th of 91 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) in Sri Lanka, 1992 to 2019.
Year % of rural employed population in working age Change
1992 0.6%
1993 0.6% +1.2%
1994 0.6% -0.4%
1995 0.6% -2.0%
1996 0.6% -3.7%
1998 0.6% -8.6%
1999 0.6% +3.5%
2000 0.6% -2.5%
2001 0.6% +3.9%
2002 0.6% -0.4%
2003 0.6% +0.6%
2004 0.6% +3.2%
2006 0.6% +5.6%
2007 0.6% -10.3%
2008 0.6% -0.3%
2009 0.6% +10.5%
2011 0.5% -12.4%
2012 0.6% +2.5%
2013 0.6% -0.1%
2014 0.6% -0.1%
2015 0.6% +0.9%
2016 0.6% +8.9%
2019 0.7% +11.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 7
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 9
2010s 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 7

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Sri Lanka?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Sri Lanka was 0.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2019.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2011.
How does Sri Lanka rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, rural?
Sri Lanka ranks 40th out of 91 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age)
Unit
% of rural employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
91 places, 1,284 data points, 1970–2021
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