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Sri Lanka - Agriculture Employment 2005

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Employment in agriculture · World Bank

34.62% −1.39% from 2004 Global rank: 121st

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment was 34.62% in 2005, decreased +1.39% from 36.02% in 2004. This was the 121st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2005▾

Agriculture Employment by Country - 2005
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	0.16%	-2.8%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.30%	0.3%
3rd	Macao SAR, China	0.40%	0.1%
4th	Bahrain	1.35%	-4.0%
5th	United Kingdom	1.38%	-3.0%
6th	Israel	1.62%	-1.7%
7th	Brunei Darussalam	1.70%	-1.6%
8th	Luxembourg	1.74%	-11.5%
9th	United States	1.80%	-3.4%
10th	Djibouti	1.97%	-1.4%
11th	Belgium	2.04%	-8.1%
12th	Canada	2.12%	4.9%
13th	Malta	2.14%	-3.2%
14th	Sweden	2.28%	-8.2%
15th	Puerto Rico (US)	2.30%	-2.1%
16th	Germany	2.33%	-1.2%
17th	Virgin Islands (US)	2.54%	-3.2%
18th	Guam	2.68%	-3.1%
19th	Kuwait	2.70%	3.8%
20th	Barbados	2.76%	-29.2%
21st	Qatar	2.87%	4.3%
22nd	Channel Islands	3.12%	-2.3%
23rd	Denmark	3.18%	-2.7%
24th	Norway	3.30%	-7.9%
25th	Bahamas, The	3.49%	-21.2%
26th	French Polynesia	3.54%	2.8%
27th	France	3.58%	-2.6%
28th	Czechia	3.68%	-5.1%
29th	Netherlands	3.70%	11.7%
30th	New Caledonia	3.71%	-8.1%
31st	Switzerland	3.72%	-0.9%
32nd	United Arab Emirates	3.96%	-7.1%
33rd	Jordan	3.97%	-3.6%
34th	Australia	4.00%	-4.2%
35th	Italy	4.20%	1.5%
36th	Hungary	4.70%	-7.6%
37th	Cyprus	4.74%	-1.8%
38th	Japan	4.77%	-3.5%
39th	Lebanon	4.78%	-2.2%
40th	Finland	4.92%	-1.8%
41st	Estonia	5.19%	2.6%
42nd	Austria	5.27%	6.6%
43rd	Spain	5.30%	-3.4%
44th	Saudi Arabia	5.78%	-2.4%
45th	Slovak Republic	5.87%	-6.1%
46th	Ireland	5.89%	-7.5%
47th	South Africa	6.03%	-22.6%
48th	Trinidad and Tobago	6.04%	-5.9%
49th	European Union	6.23%	-2.4%
50th	Iceland	6.53%	3.3%
51st	Portugal	6.56%	-2.1%
52nd	New Zealand	7.16%	-5.4%
53rd	Korea	7.48%	-5.3%
54th	Oman	7.98%	4.1%
55th	Slovenia	8.28%	-6.9%
56th	Suriname	8.37%	-0.8%
57th	Montenegro	8.63%	-4.1%
58th	Bulgaria	8.94%	-16.8%
59th	Mauritius	9.47%	-3.1%
60th	Russian Federation	9.94%	1.4%
61st	Argentina	10.27%	-4.3%
62nd	Chile	10.95%	-3.8%
63rd	Greece	11.29%	-1.3%
64th	Latvia	12.05%	-9.4%
65th	Uruguay	12.15%	-5.6%
66th	Dominican Republic	12.32%	-4.0%
67th	Iraq	12.59%	-1.5%
68th	Libya	12.69%	-4.0%
69th	St. Lucia	12.81%	-15.9%
70th	Lithuania	14.27%	-12.4%
71st	Brazil	14.33%	-3.4%
72nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	14.45%	-2.1%
73rd	Malaysia	14.64%	0.6%
74th	Belarus	15.05%	-5.5%
75th	West Bank and Gaza	15.08%	-7.8%
76th	Eswatini	15.11%	-0.8%
77th	Mexico	15.26%	-1.9%
78th	Ukraine	15.79%	-2.7%
79th	Costa Rica	16.13%	2.3%
80th	Cabo Verde	17.17%	-3.2%
81st	Maldives	17.20%	0.3%
82nd	Croatia	17.30%	2.0%
83rd	Panama	17.41%	-2.0%
84th	Poland	18.17%	-3.4%
85th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	18.39%	-1.8%
86th	Tunisia	18.65%	-2.4%
87th	São Tomé and Principe	18.85%	-5.0%
88th	Colombia	19.40%	2.2%
89th	Jamaica	19.43%	-1.8%
90th	North Macedonia	19.50%	13.1%
91st	Belize	19.55%	-5.9%
92nd	Algeria	19.65%	-7.9%
93rd	El Salvador	20.09%	4.6%
94th	Botswana	20.17%	11.9%
95th	Cuba	20.25%	-4.3%
96th	Romania	21.49%	-1.1%
97th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.20%	-1.9%
98th	Syrian Arab Republic	22.50%	-8.8%
99th	Türkiye	24.40%	-12.1%
100th	Guyana	24.45%	1.2%
101st	Honduras	25.43%	-1.3%
102nd	Namibia	27.49%	1.6%
103rd	Papua New Guinea	27.63%	-1.4%
104th	Kyrgyz Republic	27.77%	-1.3%
105th	Fiji	28.25%	-1.4%
106th	Peru	29.22%	-2.4%
107th	Tonga	30.10%	0.7%
108th	Gambia, The	31.38%	1.2%
109th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	31.86%	-2.8%
110th	Ecuador	31.99%	-0.2%
111th	Paraguay	32.02%	-2.2%
112th	Uzbekistan	32.39%	-3.0%
113th	Kazakhstan	32.41%	-3.3%
114th	Nicaragua	32.99%	-4.3%
115th	Angola	33.10%	7.2%
116th	Nepal	33.18%	-1.7%
117th	Samoa	33.24%	-2.2%
118th	Philippines	33.77%	-1.5%
119th	Serbia	34.38%	-2.1%
120th	Lesotho	34.44%	-1.6%
121st	Sri Lanka	34.62%	-3.9%
122nd	Yemen, Republic of	34.83%	-4.1%
123rd	Guatemala	35.24%	-3.8%
124th	Turkmenistan	35.85%	-3.2%
125th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	36.15%	10.5%
126th	Gabon	38.41%	-1.2%
127th	Solomon Islands	39.26%	-1.7%
128th	Azerbaijan	39.32%	-0.6%
129th	Congo, Republic of	39.97%	-1.6%
130th	Thailand	40.42%	-1.1%
131st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	41.09%	-2.1%
132nd	Senegal	41.64%	-4.0%
133rd	Armenia	42.15%	-4.2%
134th	Pakistan	42.45%	0.0%
135th	Mauritania	42.55%	-2.8%
136th	Indonesia	44.11%	1.6%
137th	Benin	44.36%	0.2%
138th	Sudan	44.63%	-1.0%
139th	China	44.80%	-4.5%
140th	Morocco	45.16%	-0.8%
141st	Albania	46.34%	0.2%
142nd	Côte d'Ivoire	48.04%	-0.5%
143rd	Moldova	49.12%	-0.7%
144th	Nigeria	49.15%	-1.4%
145th	Mongolia	49.54%	-2.8%
146th	Haiti	50.06%	-0.4%
147th	Liberia	50.94%	-1.0%
148th	Bangladesh	51.36%	-3.4%
149th	Georgia	53.46%	0.6%
150th	Viet Nam	53.70%	-5.5%
151st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	54.03%	-0.9%
152nd	Comoros	54.16%	-2.7%
153rd	Timor-Leste	54.19%	-0.8%
154th	Vanuatu	54.24%	-0.8%
155th	Togo	54.34%	1.5%
156th	India	55.02%	-1.7%
157th	Tajikistan	55.23%	-0.8%
158th	Myanmar	55.25%	-2.0%
159th	Eritrea	55.89%	1.6%
160th	Equatorial Guinea	56.98%	-1.9%
161st	Kenya	58.11%	-1.1%
162nd	Mali	60.22%	1.5%
163rd	Afghanistan	60.79%	-1.9%
164th	Cameroon	60.83%	-1.4%
165th	Ghana	61.31%	-1.1%
166th	Uganda	61.57%	1.8%
167th	Zimbabwe	62.05%	1.0%
168th	Cambodia	62.13%	-3.4%
169th	Bhutan	62.30%	-0.7%
170th	South Sudan	63.95%	-0.2%
171st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	65.69%	-0.9%
172nd	Central African Republic	66.14%	0.2%
173rd	Guinea	66.78%	-1.8%
174th	Guinea-Bissau	66.92%	-0.5%
175th	Sierra Leone	68.28%	-0.3%
176th	Burkina Faso	69.59%	-2.1%
177th	Malawi	70.66%	-0.4%
178th	Tanzania	71.38%	-0.7%
179th	Rwanda	72.62%	-2.5%
180th	Niger	75.89%	-0.3%
181st	Zambia	76.98%	-0.1%
182nd	Chad	78.31%	-0.7%
183rd	Mozambique	79.49%	-0.5%
184th	Madagascar	81.96%	0.1%
185th	Lao PDR	83.52%	-0.9%
186th	Burundi	90.61%	-0.3%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's agriculture employment in 2005?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment in 2005 was 34.62%. This ranked 121st globally.

How did Sri Lanka's agriculture employment change in 2005?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment decreased by 3.9% in 2005 compared to 2004.

Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 2005?▾

Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 2005 at 90.61%.

What is the agriculture employment of Sri Lanka in 2005?▾

The agriculture employment of Sri Lanka in 2005 was 34.62%. This ranked 121st globally.

How does 2005 compare to 2004 for Sri Lanka's agriculture employment?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment went from 36.02% in 2004 to 34.62% in 2005, a 3.9% decrease.

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