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Sri Lanka - Agriculture Employment 2002

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Employment in agriculture · World Bank

37.50% −0.34% from 2001 Global rank: 121st

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment was 37.50% in 2002, decreased +0.34% from 37.84% in 2001. This was the 121st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2002▾

Agriculture Employment by Country - 2002
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	0.17%	-2.5%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.33%	29.3%
3rd	Macao SAR, China	0.40%	0.0%
4th	Bahrain	1.52%	-2.9%
5th	United Kingdom	1.54%	-0.5%
6th	Israel	1.60%	-0.7%
7th	Belgium	1.79%	29.7%
8th	Brunei Darussalam	1.80%	-2.3%
9th	Luxembourg	1.97%	28.8%
10th	Djibouti	2.06%	-1.5%
11th	United States	2.08%	-7.1%
12th	Canada	2.12%	-2.0%
13th	Malta	2.16%	-0.3%
14th	Puerto Rico (US)	2.18%	-3.0%
15th	Qatar	2.44%	6.5%
16th	Kuwait	2.47%	1.9%
17th	Germany	2.49%	-4.9%
18th	Sweden	2.52%	-4.4%
19th	Virgin Islands (US)	2.78%	-2.8%
20th	Netherlands	2.94%	-5.9%
21st	Guam	2.95%	-3.1%
22nd	Denmark	3.21%	-9.5%
23rd	Channel Islands	3.35%	-2.7%
24th	Barbados	3.54%	-3.0%
25th	Bahamas, The	3.71%	-11.7%
26th	French Polynesia	3.87%	-9.6%
27th	France	3.92%	1.5%
28th	Jordan	3.94%	-2.7%
29th	Norway	3.95%	-3.4%
30th	Switzerland	4.09%	-8.1%
31st	Czechia	4.26%	-4.5%
32nd	New Caledonia	4.73%	-7.4%
33rd	Australia	4.89%	-7.8%
34th	Italy	4.93%	-5.5%
35th	United Arab Emirates	4.98%	-6.9%
36th	Japan	4.99%	-4.5%
37th	Lebanon	5.18%	-2.3%
38th	Cyprus	5.25%	8.6%
39th	Austria	5.32%	-1.0%
40th	Finland	5.53%	-5.3%
41st	Hungary	5.91%	-1.1%
42nd	Spain	6.00%	-8.4%
43rd	Saudi Arabia	6.29%	-1.7%
44th	Estonia	6.60%	4.0%
45th	Portugal	6.92%	-4.8%
46th	European Union	6.96%	-6.9%
47th	Oman	7.00%	4.9%
48th	Ireland	7.03%	-1.0%
49th	Iceland	7.37%	-4.4%
50th	Slovak Republic	7.57%	0.5%
51st	Suriname	7.73%	6.1%
52nd	Slovenia	8.81%	-2.8%
53rd	New Zealand	8.82%	-3.4%
54th	Korea	9.23%	-6.8%
55th	Trinidad and Tobago	9.35%	-11.8%
56th	Montenegro	9.46%	-1.5%
57th	South Africa	9.47%	12.8%
58th	Bulgaria	10.71%	10.4%
59th	Russian Federation	11.11%	-5.9%
60th	Uruguay	11.26%	0.6%
61st	Argentina	11.61%	1.8%
62nd	Chile	11.77%	-0.7%
63rd	Botswana	12.00%	34.8%
64th	Mauritius	12.93%	-7.7%
65th	Iraq	13.06%	0.7%
66th	St. Lucia	13.26%	-18.5%
67th	Dominican Republic	13.74%	6.0%
68th	Libya	13.99%	1.4%
69th	Brazil	14.22%	0.6%
70th	Greece	14.47%	-5.1%
71st	Malaysia	14.93%	-1.4%
72nd	West Bank and Gaza	15.36%	23.2%
73rd	Croatia	15.55%	-2.8%
74th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	15.63%	-2.5%
75th	Eswatini	15.74%	-0.9%
76th	Latvia	16.23%	4.9%
77th	Costa Rica	16.84%	1.7%
78th	Mexico	17.29%	-1.6%
79th	Ukraine	17.45%	-2.3%
80th	Belarus	17.66%	-3.7%
81st	Maldives	18.25%	-3.1%
82nd	Lithuania	18.64%	6.1%
83rd	Cabo Verde	18.87%	-2.7%
84th	Colombia	19.19%	-3.7%
85th	Panama	19.19%	-3.8%
86th	Poland	19.30%	-1.0%
87th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	19.53%	-2.6%
88th	Tunisia	19.67%	-2.1%
89th	El Salvador	19.81%	-9.4%
90th	São Tomé and Principe	20.55%	-1.5%
91st	Jamaica	21.53%	-2.9%
92nd	Cuba	21.66%	0.0%
93rd	Algeria	21.75%	0.2%
94th	North Macedonia	22.85%	-1.3%
95th	Belize	23.27%	-5.3%
96th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23.39%	-1.7%
97th	Guyana	24.70%	-4.8%
98th	Romania	26.32%	-19.8%
99th	Namibia	27.96%	-1.2%
100th	Papua New Guinea	28.36%	0.7%
101st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	28.40%	-3.5%
102nd	Tonga	28.91%	-2.2%
103rd	Syrian Arab Republic	28.99%	-6.8%
104th	Honduras	29.37%	6.4%
105th	Fiji	29.51%	-1.4%
106th	Angola	30.55%	-0.6%
107th	Peru	30.84%	-1.7%
108th	Ecuador	31.20%	0.2%
109th	Gambia, The	31.73%	1.3%
110th	Türkiye	33.50%	-7.3%
111th	Paraguay	33.83%	2.0%
112th	Samoa	34.34%	-1.0%
113th	Nepal	34.96%	0.1%
114th	Uzbekistan	35.26%	-2.1%
115th	Philippines	35.35%	-0.6%
116th	Kazakhstan	35.48%	-0.1%
117th	Lesotho	35.60%	-0.7%
118th	Nicaragua	35.68%	-2.4%
119th	Serbia	36.25%	-1.5%
120th	Guatemala	37.02%	-0.4%
121st	Sri Lanka	37.50%	-0.9%
122nd	Kyrgyz Republic	38.02%	-9.8%
123rd	Turkmenistan	38.24%	-0.8%
124th	Gabon	39.37%	0.0%
125th	Solomon Islands	39.42%	6.5%
126th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	39.69%	-5.0%
127th	Azerbaijan	40.19%	0.6%
128th	Congo, Republic of	41.23%	-1.2%
129th	Pakistan	41.45%	-0.5%
130th	Thailand	42.27%	-1.3%
131st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	43.75%	-2.3%
132nd	Morocco	44.13%	-1.1%
133rd	Indonesia	44.45%	1.4%
134th	Benin	44.52%	-0.3%
135th	Mauritania	45.52%	-1.0%
136th	Albania	45.65%	-1.5%
137th	Yemen, Republic of	45.68%	-9.3%
138th	Sudan	46.44%	-0.2%
139th	Senegal	47.12%	-2.7%
140th	Armenia	47.16%	-1.2%
141st	Côte d'Ivoire	48.38%	0.5%
142nd	Liberia	48.67%	-0.2%
143rd	Moldova	49.64%	-2.7%
144th	China	50.00%	0.0%
145th	Haiti	50.73%	-0.6%
146th	Mongolia	50.79%	-5.7%
147th	Nigeria	51.52%	-0.7%
148th	Georgia	52.78%	2.0%
149th	Eritrea	53.45%	-0.8%
150th	Togo	54.12%	-0.5%
151st	Timor-Leste	54.19%	1.7%
152nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	55.12%	-0.4%
153rd	Zimbabwe	55.27%	6.7%
154th	Vanuatu	55.33%	1.0%
155th	Comoros	56.11%	-0.3%
156th	Tajikistan	57.71%	-1.5%
157th	India	58.21%	-1.2%
158th	Myanmar	58.88%	-1.7%
159th	Mali	58.98%	0.4%
160th	Bangladesh	59.42%	-6.7%
161st	Uganda	59.54%	-0.9%
162nd	Kenya	59.65%	-0.4%
163rd	Equatorial Guinea	60.71%	-1.6%
164th	Viet Nam	60.99%	-3.1%
165th	Afghanistan	62.59%	-3.0%
166th	Ghana	63.09%	-0.8%
167th	Cameroon	63.34%	-0.6%
168th	Bhutan	63.49%	-0.7%
169th	South Sudan	64.36%	-0.3%
170th	Central African Republic	65.28%	-0.2%
171st	Guinea-Bissau	67.14%	0.0%
172nd	Sierra Leone	67.17%	-2.1%
173rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	67.40%	-0.6%
174th	Cambodia	67.78%	-1.7%
175th	Guinea	70.38%	-0.7%
176th	Malawi	71.85%	0.0%
177th	Tanzania	72.70%	-0.5%
178th	Burkina Faso	73.66%	-1.4%
179th	Niger	75.83%	-0.1%
180th	Rwanda	76.73%	-1.9%
181st	Zambia	76.92%	0.5%
182nd	Chad	79.77%	-0.6%
183rd	Mozambique	80.90%	-0.7%
184th	Madagascar	81.29%	3.2%
185th	Lao PDR	85.69%	-0.7%
186th	Burundi	91.24%	-0.4%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's agriculture employment in 2002?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment in 2002 was 37.50%. This ranked 121st globally.

How did Sri Lanka's agriculture employment change in 2002?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment decreased by 0.9% in 2002 compared to 2001.

Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 2002?▾

Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 2002 at 91.24%.

What is the agriculture employment of Sri Lanka in 2002?▾

The agriculture employment of Sri Lanka in 2002 was 37.50%. This ranked 121st globally.

How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Sri Lanka's agriculture employment?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment went from 37.84% in 2001 to 37.50% in 2002, a 0.9% decrease.

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