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

Sri Lanka: Wage workers, aged 15-64, urban was 0.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.7%
Change on year
up 4.7%
World rank
57th
of 94 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2006
All-time low
0.6%
in 1993
Years of data
23
1992–2019

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

00.20.40.60.81992200520191992: 0.594 % of urban employed population in working age1993: 0.571 % of urban employed population in working age1994: 0.588 % of urban employed population in working age1995: 0.588 % of urban employed population in working age1996: 0.736 % of urban employed population in working age1998: 0.709 % of urban employed population in working age1999: 0.715 % of urban employed population in working age2000: 0.711 % of urban employed population in working age2001: 0.726 % of urban employed population in working age2002: 0.697 % of urban employed population in working age2003: 0.664 % of urban employed population in working age2004: 0.652 % of urban employed population in working age2006: 0.737 % of urban employed population in working age2007: 0.672 % of urban employed population in working age2008: 0.676 % of urban employed population in working age2009: 0.737 % of urban employed population in working age2011: 0.676 % of urban employed population in working age2012: 0.664 % of urban employed population in working age2013: 0.648 % of urban employed population in working age2014: 0.694 % of urban employed population in working age2015: 0.651 % of urban employed population in working age2016: 0.698 % of urban employed population in working age2019: 0.731 % of urban employed population in working age

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

Analysis

In 2019, wage workers, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka stood at 0.7%.

The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.7% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1993.

That places Sri Lanka 57th out of 94 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) in Sri Lanka, 1992 to 2019.
Year % of urban employed population in working age Change
1992 0.6%
1993 0.6% -3.8%
1994 0.6% +3.0%
1995 0.6% +0.0%
1996 0.7% +25.2%
1998 0.7% -3.7%
1999 0.7% +0.8%
2000 0.7% -0.6%
2001 0.7% +2.1%
2002 0.7% -4.0%
2003 0.7% -4.7%
2004 0.7% -1.7%
2006 0.7% +13.0%
2007 0.7% -8.9%
2008 0.7% +0.7%
2009 0.7% +9.0%
2011 0.7% -8.2%
2012 0.7% -1.8%
2013 0.6% -2.4%
2014 0.7% +7.0%
2015 0.7% -6.2%
2016 0.7% +7.3%
2019 0.7% +4.7%

Averages by decade

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

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 54 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% compare
  2. 55 Mexico 0.7% compare
  3. 56 Argentina 0.7% compare
  4. 58 Jamaica 0.7% compare
  5. 59 Uruguay 0.7% compare
  6. 60 Belize 0.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, urban in Sri Lanka was 0.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2006.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, urban recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1993.
How does Sri Lanka rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, urban?
Sri Lanka ranks 57th out of 94 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age)
Unit
% of urban employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,312 data points, 1970–2021
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