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Sri Lanka - Agriculture Employment 1996

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Employment in agriculture · World Bank

32.10% −3.21% from 1995 Global rank: 107th

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment was 32.10% in 1996, decreased +3.21% from 35.31% in 1995. This was the 107th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1996▾

Agriculture Employment by Country - 1996
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	0.19%	-19.1%
2nd	Macao SAR, China	0.40%	0.2%
3rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.47%	-29.3%
4th	Bahrain	1.92%	-4.0%
5th	Israel	2.07%	-13.2%
6th	Djibouti	2.11%	2.8%
7th	Kuwait	2.13%	2.7%
8th	United Kingdom	2.17%	-5.1%
9th	Brunei Darussalam	2.19%	-3.2%
10th	Malta	2.27%	-3.2%
11th	Luxembourg	2.64%	-31.7%
12th	Belgium	2.74%	2.3%
13th	French Polynesia	2.86%	15.0%
14th	United States	2.88%	-1.4%
15th	Germany	2.93%	-7.4%
16th	Puerto Rico (US)	2.99%	-6.2%
17th	Canada	3.11%	-1.3%
18th	Sweden	3.26%	-6.9%
19th	Virgin Islands (US)	3.34%	-3.0%
20th	Guam	3.59%	-3.2%
21st	Netherlands	3.78%	-1.3%
22nd	Qatar	3.83%	-3.0%
23rd	Denmark	3.88%	-11.8%
24th	Channel Islands	3.98%	-2.8%
25th	Jordan	4.41%	-0.7%
26th	France	4.57%	-1.4%
27th	Switzerland	4.64%	-2.0%
28th	Barbados	4.81%	19.3%
29th	Bahamas, The	4.99%	15.1%
30th	Cyprus	5.22%	-3.1%
31st	Norway	5.38%	-1.4%
32nd	Australia	5.40%	1.4%
33rd	Lebanon	5.76%	-4.7%
34th	United Arab Emirates	5.81%	-0.2%
35th	Czechia	5.87%	-5.9%
36th	Japan	5.91%	-3.4%
37th	Italy	6.13%	-6.9%
38th	Suriname	6.15%	-15.6%
39th	Portugal	6.68%	7.1%
40th	Austria	6.89%	1.2%
41st	Saudi Arabia	7.06%	-2.0%
42nd	New Caledonia	7.22%	-1.2%
43rd	Oman	7.30%	-8.4%
44th	Finland	7.89%	1.7%
45th	Hungary	7.94%	2.4%
46th	Spain	8.36%	-7.0%
47th	European Union	8.75%	-3.4%
48th	South Africa	9.18%	-1.5%
49th	Slovenia	9.35%	-3.9%
50th	New Zealand	9.42%	-2.7%
51st	Iceland	9.98%	4.2%
52nd	Slovak Republic	10.09%	-3.2%
53rd	Montenegro	10.17%	-0.9%
54th	Estonia	10.25%	-4.5%
55th	Korea	10.58%	-5.4%
56th	Botswana	11.16%	-3.0%
57th	Ireland	11.24%	-6.4%
58th	Argentina	12.37%	-2.9%
59th	Uruguay	12.38%	-3.8%
60th	Bulgaria	12.49%	5.3%
61st	Trinidad and Tobago	12.66%	-9.2%
62nd	Chile	13.43%	-2.0%
63rd	West Bank and Gaza	13.98%	0.4%
64th	Libya	14.58%	-1.9%
65th	Brazil	14.71%	-6.4%
66th	Russian Federation	14.98%	-3.2%
67th	Eswatini	16.04%	-0.8%
68th	Malaysia	16.15%	-3.3%
69th	Iraq	16.35%	-3.5%
70th	Dominican Republic	16.51%	-2.0%
71st	Ukraine	17.17%	-1.5%
72nd	Mauritius	17.28%	-2.7%
73rd	Costa Rica	17.46%	-1.6%
74th	Latvia	17.48%	-3.3%
75th	Colombia	19.05%	0.0%
76th	Greece	19.75%	2.4%
77th	Croatia	19.78%	-3.2%
78th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.09%	-4.0%
79th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	21.10%	-1.8%
80th	Lithuania	21.45%	-2.6%
81st	Mexico	21.98%	-6.7%
82nd	Tunisia	22.01%	-0.5%
83rd	Belarus	22.05%	-2.1%
84th	Panama	22.14%	-3.0%
85th	Algeria	22.25%	-0.6%
86th	São Tomé and Principe	22.35%	-1.2%
87th	Cuba	22.95%	0.0%
88th	Cabo Verde	22.95%	-3.7%
89th	Poland	23.02%	-2.3%
90th	St. Lucia	23.62%	-4.3%
91st	Jamaica	23.94%	-2.2%
92nd	North Macedonia	24.07%	-0.3%
93rd	Maldives	24.26%	-5.3%
94th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.84%	0.3%
95th	Papua New Guinea	26.75%	-2.0%
96th	Ecuador	27.24%	4.7%
97th	El Salvador	27.46%	4.7%
98th	Syrian Arab Republic	28.11%	-1.0%
99th	Paraguay	28.35%	1.0%
100th	Honduras	28.61%	3.1%
101st	Belize	28.68%	5.6%
102nd	Romania	29.47%	-7.4%
103rd	Angola	30.51%	-0.4%
104th	Tonga	31.15%	-0.4%
105th	Peru	31.35%	-0.1%
106th	Solomon Islands	31.90%	-0.3%
107th	Sri Lanka	32.10%	-9.1%
108th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	32.18%	-7.7%
109th	Guyana	32.30%	-4.6%
110th	Gambia, The	32.64%	-0.8%
111th	Fiji	33.87%	-1.6%
112th	Nicaragua	34.84%	0.7%
113th	Nepal	35.16%	-2.6%
114th	Guatemala	35.44%	-0.2%
115th	Kyrgyz Republic	35.78%	0.0%
116th	Lesotho	35.92%	-2.2%
117th	Samoa	37.45%	-2.4%
118th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	37.64%	-1.7%
119th	Namibia	38.31%	-6.6%
120th	Serbia	38.37%	-0.3%
121st	Kazakhstan	38.40%	-0.9%
122nd	Uzbekistan	39.16%	-0.6%
123rd	Pakistan	40.09%	0.0%
124th	Philippines	40.41%	-5.7%
125th	Gabon	40.55%	-2.3%
126th	Turkmenistan	41.07%	-1.6%
127th	Türkiye	42.16%	-1.0%
128th	Moldova	42.83%	1.7%
129th	Indonesia	43.11%	-2.0%
130th	Congo, Republic of	43.23%	-1.5%
131st	Azerbaijan	44.38%	1.5%
132nd	Thailand	45.39%	-4.4%
133rd	Albania	45.77%	7.2%
134th	Benin	45.84%	-0.1%
135th	Mauritania	46.17%	-1.2%
136th	Zimbabwe	46.98%	-1.5%
137th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	47.28%	-2.1%
138th	Armenia	48.40%	0.0%
139th	Georgia	48.42%	-1.3%
140th	Côte d'Ivoire	48.88%	-0.8%
141st	Sudan	49.38%	-0.1%
142nd	China	50.50%	-3.3%
143rd	Morocco	50.67%	3.2%
144th	Senegal	50.77%	-0.1%
145th	Mongolia	52.10%	0.9%
146th	Haiti	52.46%	-1.2%
147th	Nigeria	53.58%	-0.4%
148th	Vanuatu	55.29%	-0.2%
149th	Eritrea	55.38%	-1.7%
150th	Togo	55.40%	-1.0%
151st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	55.50%	0.8%
152nd	Timor-Leste	56.75%	-1.0%
153rd	Comoros	57.85%	0.4%
154th	Tajikistan	58.77%	2.2%
155th	Mali	59.67%	-0.5%
156th	Yemen, Republic of	60.66%	1.0%
157th	Kenya	60.78%	-0.5%
158th	Liberia	60.83%	-2.8%
159th	Uganda	60.90%	-0.8%
160th	India	61.51%	-0.7%
161st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	63.94%	-0.8%
162nd	Afghanistan	64.46%	-0.6%
163rd	Myanmar	65.16%	-2.4%
164th	Cameroon	65.28%	-0.4%
165th	Bhutan	65.59%	-0.6%
166th	South Sudan	65.65%	-0.3%
167th	Central African Republic	65.69%	1.5%
168th	Sierra Leone	66.15%	-0.2%
169th	Bangladesh	66.99%	-1.5%
170th	Ghana	67.76%	-1.3%
171st	Guinea-Bissau	67.97%	-0.9%
172nd	Equatorial Guinea	68.74%	-0.9%
173rd	Viet Nam	68.82%	-1.5%
174th	Malawi	71.63%	-0.6%
175th	Guinea	72.30%	-0.2%
176th	Tanzania	73.93%	-0.2%
177th	Zambia	74.66%	-0.3%
178th	Niger	75.72%	0.3%
179th	Cambodia	77.31%	-0.3%
180th	Madagascar	78.82%	0.1%
181st	Burkina Faso	79.81%	-1.6%
182nd	Rwanda	80.86%	0.5%
183rd	Chad	82.32%	-0.4%
184th	Mozambique	83.93%	-0.3%
185th	Lao PDR	88.85%	-0.5%
186th	Burundi	92.37%	0.4%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's agriculture employment in 1996?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment in 1996 was 32.10%. This ranked 107th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's agriculture employment change in 1996?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment decreased by 9.1% in 1996 compared to 1995.

Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 1996?▾

Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 1996 at 92.37%.

What is the agriculture employment of Sri Lanka in 1996?▾

The agriculture employment of Sri Lanka in 1996 was 32.10%. This ranked 107th globally.

How does 1996 compare to 1995 for Sri Lanka's agriculture employment?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment went from 35.31% in 1995 to 32.10% in 1996, a 9.1% decrease.

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