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Sri Lanka - Agriculture Employment 2015

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Employment in agriculture · World Bank

28.66% +0.54% from 2014 Global rank: 116th

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment was 28.66% in 2015, increased +0.54% from 28.13% in 2014. This was the 116th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Agriculture Employment by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	0.12%	-2.1%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.23%	-2.1%
3rd	Macao SAR, China	0.40%	0.0%
4th	Israel	1.02%	-8.2%
5th	Bahrain	1.07%	-0.3%
6th	Luxembourg	1.08%	-30.2%
7th	United Kingdom	1.14%	-8.0%
8th	Belgium	1.18%	-3.4%
9th	Qatar	1.23%	-5.9%
10th	Puerto Rico (US)	1.36%	-2.8%
11th	Germany	1.40%	-2.7%
12th	Brunei Darussalam	1.40%	-2.0%
13th	Djibouti	1.41%	-4.2%
14th	Malta	1.42%	11.6%
15th	New Caledonia	1.56%	-8.2%
16th	Canada	1.64%	-4.8%
17th	Bahamas, The	1.88%	-16.1%
18th	United States	1.90%	7.2%
19th	Guam	2.02%	-2.7%
20th	Sweden	2.04%	3.2%
21st	Virgin Islands (US)	2.05%	-2.6%
22nd	Norway	2.06%	-7.5%
23rd	Kuwait	2.20%	-2.9%
24th	Netherlands	2.24%	-2.6%
25th	Denmark	2.49%	0.5%
26th	French Polynesia	2.56%	-2.5%
27th	Channel Islands	2.61%	-1.8%
28th	Australia	2.64%	-5.8%
29th	France	2.74%	-3.5%
30th	United Arab Emirates	2.78%	-3.3%
31st	Barbados	2.89%	-2.2%
32nd	Czechia	2.93%	6.4%
33rd	Switzerland	3.39%	-4.0%
34th	Jordan	3.44%	0.9%
35th	Italy	3.75%	3.0%
36th	Japan	3.78%	-0.8%
37th	Lebanon	3.81%	-0.7%
38th	Slovak Republic	3.90%	-2.2%
39th	Portugal	3.95%	-13.3%
40th	Spain	3.99%	-6.5%
41st	Cyprus	4.00%	-9.8%
42nd	Estonia	4.03%	4.5%
43rd	Saudi Arabia	4.14%	-4.0%
44th	Iceland	4.24%	-6.5%
45th	Finland	4.33%	4.1%
46th	European Union	4.52%	-4.5%
47th	Austria	4.53%	-6.3%
48th	Trinidad and Tobago	4.79%	-5.1%
49th	Hungary	4.90%	4.8%
50th	Korea	5.11%	-2.3%
51st	Oman	5.28%	-1.3%
52nd	Ireland	5.32%	-2.2%
53rd	South Africa	5.57%	21.6%
54th	New Zealand	6.12%	-1.8%
55th	Russian Federation	6.79%	0.3%
56th	Bulgaria	6.81%	-6.3%
57th	Slovenia	7.10%	-26.5%
58th	Mauritius	7.12%	2.6%
59th	Chile	7.45%	-0.8%
60th	Montenegro	7.72%	36.0%
61st	Suriname	7.72%	3.5%
62nd	Latvia	7.94%	5.8%
63rd	Argentina	7.98%	-2.4%
64th	West Bank and Gaza	8.76%	-16.7%
65th	Algeria	8.85%	-5.3%
66th	Lithuania	9.07%	-1.1%
67th	Croatia	9.16%	-2.2%
68th	Brazil	9.33%	0.3%
69th	Iraq	9.46%	-1.7%
70th	Uruguay	9.64%	-3.4%
71st	Belarus	9.74%	-4.5%
72nd	Dominican Republic	9.82%	-2.6%
73rd	Maldives	9.84%	-5.5%
74th	St. Lucia	10.85%	-2.2%
75th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	11.49%	-2.7%
76th	Poland	11.53%	-4.6%
77th	Libya	11.60%	-1.9%
78th	Malaysia	12.47%	-0.8%
79th	Greece	12.50%	-4.5%
80th	São Tomé and Principe	13.44%	-1.1%
81st	Eswatini	13.46%	-0.7%
82nd	Mexico	13.78%	-2.4%
83rd	Cabo Verde	14.25%	-1.4%
84th	Tunisia	14.75%	-1.2%
85th	Ukraine	14.85%	3.3%
86th	Colombia	15.39%	-0.6%
87th	Syrian Arab Republic	15.70%	2.4%
88th	Costa Rica	15.79%	7.3%
89th	Romania	16.02%	-11.9%
90th	Panama	16.36%	-6.4%
91st	Botswana	16.53%	0.7%
92nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	16.63%	1.2%
93rd	Guyana	17.27%	-0.3%
94th	Jamaica	17.74%	-3.8%
95th	North Macedonia	17.82%	-3.5%
96th	Kazakhstan	18.01%	-17.7%
97th	Belize	18.08%	2.3%
98th	El Salvador	18.11%	-3.5%
99th	Cuba	18.48%	-2.2%
100th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.98%	4.6%
101st	Paraguay	19.70%	-10.8%
102nd	Türkiye	20.55%	-3.2%
103rd	Honduras	21.05%	-0.3%
104th	Kyrgyz Republic	22.51%	-6.5%
105th	Namibia	24.41%	-16.8%
106th	Peru	25.08%	2.4%
107th	Serbia	25.32%	-2.1%
108th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	25.98%	-6.2%
109th	Turkmenistan	25.99%	-2.4%
110th	Nepal	26.34%	-2.6%
111th	Ecuador	27.32%	3.5%
112th	Uzbekistan	27.58%	-0.3%
113th	Philippines	27.85%	-4.2%
114th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	27.99%	-3.9%
115th	China	28.30%	-4.1%
116th	Sri Lanka	28.66%	1.9%
117th	Papua New Guinea	29.32%	2.5%
118th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	29.51%	-4.8%
119th	Lesotho	29.89%	-1.1%
120th	Yemen, Republic of	30.45%	4.1%
121st	Gambia, The	30.57%	-0.7%
122nd	Nicaragua	30.99%	-1.3%
123rd	Samoa	31.23%	-1.7%
124th	Gabon	31.74%	-2.0%
125th	Guatemala	31.88%	1.1%
126th	Tonga	32.01%	0.4%
127th	Thailand	32.33%	-3.5%
128th	Indonesia	32.78%	-3.6%
129th	Senegal	33.33%	-3.4%
130th	Congo, Republic of	34.23%	-0.2%
131st	Togo	34.62%	-1.7%
132nd	Mongolia	34.83%	1.6%
133rd	Armenia	35.33%	1.4%
134th	Morocco	36.05%	-2.1%
135th	Mauritania	36.30%	-1.8%
136th	Azerbaijan	36.36%	-1.1%
137th	Comoros	37.80%	-0.5%
138th	Nigeria	40.07%	-1.3%
139th	Fiji	40.13%	-0.7%
140th	Sudan	40.28%	-1.0%
141st	Pakistan	41.01%	-2.9%
142nd	Liberia	41.07%	-0.6%
143rd	Albania	41.09%	-1.9%
144th	Solomon Islands	41.70%	-0.4%
145th	Cambodia	42.47%	-7.7%
146th	Benin	43.19%	0.7%
147th	Ghana	43.43%	-1.1%
148th	Bangladesh	43.54%	-1.9%
149th	Afghanistan	43.65%	-0.6%
150th	Viet Nam	44.02%	-5.0%
151st	India	44.28%	-2.2%
152nd	Timor-Leste	45.38%	-2.8%
153rd	Haiti	46.26%	-0.8%
154th	Cameroon	46.65%	-2.0%
155th	Georgia	46.90%	-4.0%
156th	Tajikistan	48.44%	-1.6%
157th	Vanuatu	50.27%	-2.6%
158th	Côte d'Ivoire	50.54%	5.6%
159th	Myanmar	51.69%	-0.9%
160th	Guinea	51.72%	-0.6%
161st	Kenya	52.51%	-1.2%
162nd	Angola	52.70%	-0.1%
163rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	52.91%	0.0%
164th	Rwanda	54.72%	-2.3%
165th	Equatorial Guinea	55.40%	1.1%
166th	Sierra Leone	56.93%	-1.2%
167th	Eritrea	57.35%	4.5%
168th	Burkina Faso	57.61%	-1.9%
169th	Bhutan	57.99%	2.4%
170th	Moldova	59.56%	1.4%
171st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	60.18%	-1.1%
172nd	Zambia	61.32%	-1.1%
173rd	Mali	62.27%	-6.7%
174th	South Sudan	62.43%	-0.7%
175th	Zimbabwe	63.74%	-0.4%
176th	Central African Republic	64.92%	-1.0%
177th	Malawi	65.34%	-0.4%
178th	Guinea-Bissau	65.57%	-0.3%
179th	Tanzania	66.43%	-0.6%
180th	Uganda	71.76%	-0.3%
181st	Mozambique	72.12%	-1.3%
182nd	Chad	72.38%	-0.8%
183rd	Lao PDR	72.96%	-1.7%
184th	Niger	74.50%	0.2%
185th	Madagascar	74.64%	2.1%
186th	Burundi	86.41%	0.3%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's agriculture employment in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment in 2015 was 28.66%. This ranked 116th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's agriculture employment change in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment increased by 1.9% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 2015?▾

Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 2015 at 86.41%.

What is the agriculture employment of Sri Lanka in 2015?▾

The agriculture employment of Sri Lanka in 2015 was 28.66%. This ranked 116th globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Sri Lanka's agriculture employment?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment went from 28.13% in 2014 to 28.66% in 2015, a 1.9% increase.

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