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Sri Lanka - Agriculture Employment 1998

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Employment in agriculture · World Bank

38.41% +3.96% from 1997 Global rank: 123rd

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment was 38.41% in 1998, increased +3.96% from 34.45% in 1997. This was the 123rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Agriculture Employment by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	0.19%	-1.4%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.35%	-10.6%
3rd	Macao SAR, China	0.40%	0.0%
4th	Bahrain	1.77%	-4.2%
5th	Israel	1.86%	-4.4%
6th	United Kingdom	1.91%	-7.3%
7th	Brunei Darussalam	2.03%	-3.8%
8th	Malta	2.11%	-3.8%
9th	Djibouti	2.14%	0.5%
10th	Kuwait	2.22%	1.9%
11th	Belgium	2.24%	-15.8%
12th	United States	2.71%	-2.3%
13th	Puerto Rico (US)	2.73%	-12.9%
14th	Germany	2.78%	-5.5%
15th	Luxembourg	2.92%	24.7%
16th	Canada	2.99%	-0.5%
17th	Sweden	3.05%	-6.0%
18th	Virgin Islands (US)	3.13%	-2.9%
19th	Qatar	3.25%	-11.6%
20th	Guam	3.35%	-3.1%
21st	Netherlands	3.49%	-5.8%
22nd	Bahamas, The	3.53%	-8.0%
23rd	Denmark	3.71%	-0.8%
24th	Channel Islands	3.75%	-2.9%
25th	French Polynesia	3.76%	14.0%
26th	Barbados	3.91%	-16.3%
27th	France	4.18%	-4.9%
28th	Jordan	4.30%	-1.3%
29th	Norway	4.74%	-6.9%
30th	Cyprus	4.84%	-4.1%
31st	Switzerland	4.93%	2.3%
32nd	Czechia	5.17%	-5.1%
33rd	Australia	5.40%	-1.2%
34th	Lebanon	5.55%	-2.3%
35th	Japan	5.67%	-1.3%
36th	United Arab Emirates	5.73%	-0.6%
37th	Italy	5.77%	-2.0%
38th	Suriname	5.85%	7.5%
39th	Austria	6.01%	-5.8%
40th	New Caledonia	6.30%	-6.1%
41st	Saudi Arabia	6.73%	-2.7%
42nd	Oman	6.81%	-3.2%
43rd	Hungary	7.08%	-6.0%
44th	Finland	7.11%	-8.5%
45th	Spain	7.70%	-4.3%
46th	Portugal	7.76%	5.5%
47th	European Union	8.32%	-2.9%
48th	New Zealand	8.54%	-1.2%
49th	Iceland	8.65%	-4.8%
50th	South Africa	8.95%	-1.0%
51st	Ireland	9.10%	-16.6%
52nd	Estonia	9.30%	-4.0%
53rd	Montenegro	9.96%	-1.1%
54th	Slovak Republic	9.97%	-3.8%
55th	Trinidad and Tobago	10.92%	-13.4%
56th	Slovenia	11.08%	-0.5%
57th	Russian Federation	11.45%	-3.9%
58th	Korea	11.45%	11.9%
59th	Uruguay	11.46%	-3.2%
60th	Argentina	11.68%	-2.5%
61st	Chile	12.58%	-0.1%
62nd	West Bank and Gaza	12.88%	-3.5%
63rd	Bulgaria	13.74%	4.3%
64th	Brazil	13.89%	-4.5%
65th	Dominican Republic	14.04%	-15.5%
66th	Libya	14.09%	-0.4%
67th	Iraq	14.44%	-7.7%
68th	Botswana	15.50%	18.3%
69th	Malaysia	15.65%	9.4%
70th	Eswatini	15.80%	-0.5%
71st	Mauritius	15.89%	-4.6%
72nd	Costa Rica	16.71%	-2.4%
73rd	Greece	17.32%	-11.1%
74th	Croatia	17.35%	-2.4%
75th	Ukraine	18.23%	3.7%
76th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18.29%	-4.3%
77th	Latvia	19.03%	-11.8%
78th	Colombia	19.07%	1.0%
79th	Mexico	19.42%	-17.3%
80th	Lithuania	19.56%	-5.1%
81st	Panama	19.63%	-4.5%
82nd	Belarus	20.27%	-3.9%
83rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	20.87%	-0.7%
84th	Poland	20.88%	-3.1%
85th	Cabo Verde	21.19%	-3.9%
86th	Tunisia	21.28%	-1.8%
87th	Maldives	21.40%	-6.1%
88th	St. Lucia	21.55%	13.3%
89th	São Tomé and Principe	21.67%	-1.9%
90th	Algeria	21.95%	-1.7%
91st	Jamaica	22.31%	-0.9%
92nd	Cuba	22.52%	-1.8%
93rd	North Macedonia	23.83%	-0.6%
94th	Belize	25.02%	-16.4%
95th	El Salvador	25.15%	-2.4%
96th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.16%	-1.8%
97th	Honduras	25.35%	-7.6%
98th	Papua New Guinea	27.42%	1.0%
99th	Syrian Arab Republic	27.99%	0.5%
100th	Paraguay	28.83%	2.0%
101st	Ecuador	28.96%	3.8%
102nd	Angola	30.20%	-0.4%
103rd	Guyana	30.20%	-2.5%
104th	Romania	30.38%	3.7%
105th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	30.68%	-4.9%
106th	Tonga	30.92%	-0.7%
107th	Fiji	31.18%	-12.3%
108th	Peru	31.19%	1.1%
109th	Gambia, The	32.21%	-0.8%
110th	Solomon Islands	32.29%	-0.4%
111th	Namibia	33.15%	-6.6%
112th	Guatemala	35.11%	-0.5%
113th	Nicaragua	35.73%	0.5%
114th	Nepal	35.79%	0.9%
115th	Lesotho	36.08%	0.9%
116th	Samoa	37.03%	-1.5%
117th	Philippines	37.31%	-4.4%
118th	Kyrgyz Republic	37.72%	1.9%
119th	Kazakhstan	37.81%	-0.5%
120th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	37.90%	-2.6%
121st	Serbia	37.92%	-0.7%
122nd	Uzbekistan	38.22%	-1.9%
123rd	Sri Lanka	38.41%	11.5%
124th	Gabon	38.99%	-1.6%
125th	Türkiye	39.52%	-1.6%
126th	Pakistan	40.59%	8.6%
127th	Turkmenistan	40.95%	-1.7%
128th	Azerbaijan	42.91%	-2.2%
129th	Congo, Republic of	43.07%	-0.7%
130th	Morocco	44.97%	-1.3%
131st	Indonesia	45.06%	5.8%
132nd	Albania	45.51%	2.6%
133rd	Benin	45.51%	-0.1%
134th	Moldova	45.68%	9.9%
135th	Mauritania	46.06%	-0.8%
136th	Zimbabwe	46.66%	-0.4%
137th	Thailand	46.87%	2.6%
138th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	47.14%	-1.3%
139th	Georgia	47.63%	-0.6%
140th	Sudan	48.05%	-1.1%
141st	Côte d'Ivoire	48.06%	-0.5%
142nd	Armenia	48.27%	-0.2%
143rd	China	49.80%	-0.2%
144th	Senegal	50.04%	-1.0%
145th	Haiti	51.84%	-0.5%
146th	Nigeria	53.04%	-0.6%
147th	Liberia	53.25%	-4.3%
148th	Togo	54.32%	0.2%
149th	Eritrea	54.42%	0.5%
150th	Vanuatu	54.85%	-0.2%
151st	Mongolia	55.13%	1.5%
152nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	56.49%	0.3%
153rd	Timor-Leste	56.96%	0.6%
154th	Comoros	57.52%	-0.1%
155th	Mali	59.21%	-0.5%
156th	Tajikistan	59.37%	0.2%
157th	Kenya	60.51%	-0.4%
158th	Uganda	60.62%	-0.2%
159th	India	60.65%	-0.8%
160th	Yemen, Republic of	61.57%	0.7%
161st	Myanmar	62.76%	-0.9%
162nd	Viet Nam	63.64%	-1.0%
163rd	Afghanistan	63.87%	-0.3%
164th	Cameroon	64.70%	-0.5%
165th	Bhutan	64.96%	-0.5%
166th	South Sudan	65.03%	-0.4%
167th	Central African Republic	65.28%	-0.3%
168th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	65.62%	0.6%
169th	Ghana	65.73%	-1.4%
170th	Equatorial Guinea	65.87%	-1.2%
171st	Sierra Leone	66.86%	-0.1%
172nd	Bangladesh	67.52%	0.3%
173rd	Guinea-Bissau	68.46%	1.9%
174th	Malawi	71.11%	-0.2%
175th	Guinea	71.72%	-0.4%
176th	Tanzania	73.70%	-0.2%
177th	Zambia	74.99%	0.5%
178th	Niger	75.51%	-0.4%
179th	Cambodia	77.54%	8.0%
180th	Burkina Faso	77.76%	-1.3%
181st	Madagascar	78.76%	0.0%
182nd	Rwanda	80.45%	-0.6%
183rd	Chad	81.51%	-0.5%
184th	Mozambique	83.01%	-0.6%
185th	Lao PDR	87.95%	-0.7%
186th	Burundi	92.21%	-0.2%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's agriculture employment in 1998?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment in 1998 was 38.41%. This ranked 123rd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's agriculture employment change in 1998?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment increased by 11.5% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 1998?▾

Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 1998 at 92.21%.

What is the agriculture employment of Sri Lanka in 1998?▾

The agriculture employment of Sri Lanka in 1998 was 38.41%. This ranked 123rd globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Sri Lanka's agriculture employment?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment went from 34.45% in 1997 to 38.41% in 1998, a 11.5% increase.

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