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Sri Lanka - Agriculture Employment 2018

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Employment in agriculture · World Bank

25.50% −0.58% from 2017 Global rank: 112th

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment was 25.50% in 2018, decreased +0.58% from 26.07% in 2017. This was the 112th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Agriculture Employment by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	0.12%	-1.7%
2nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.21%	-2.6%
3rd	Macao SAR, China	0.40%	0.0%
4th	Belgium	0.86%	-26.8%
5th	Israel	0.92%	-8.1%
6th	Bahrain	0.99%	-2.6%
7th	Malta	1.00%	2.5%
8th	New Caledonia	1.06%	-20.1%
9th	Brunei Darussalam	1.06%	-21.9%
10th	United Kingdom	1.07%	-7.9%
11th	Luxembourg	1.08%	0.4%
12th	Bahamas, The	1.09%	-16.9%
13th	Germany	1.27%	-0.7%
14th	Djibouti	1.29%	-2.4%
15th	Puerto Rico (US)	1.31%	-1.1%
16th	Qatar	1.34%	7.2%
17th	Canada	1.52%	0.2%
18th	Sweden	1.73%	-5.4%
19th	United States	1.82%	-3.4%
20th	Virgin Islands (US)	1.87%	-3.3%
21st	Guam	1.87%	-2.4%
22nd	Norway	2.05%	-5.6%
23rd	Netherlands	2.06%	-7.6%
24th	Kuwait	2.09%	-0.7%
25th	Cyprus	2.17%	-14.3%
26th	Denmark	2.19%	3.8%
27th	French Polynesia	2.33%	-3.0%
28th	Channel Islands	2.45%	-2.1%
29th	France	2.50%	-4.2%
30th	Australia	2.62%	0.8%
31st	United Arab Emirates	2.63%	-1.7%
32nd	Czechia	2.80%	0.0%
33rd	Slovak Republic	2.90%	-14.9%
34th	Switzerland	3.01%	-4.0%
35th	Saudi Arabia	3.05%	-21.9%
36th	Barbados	3.10%	-0.3%
37th	Portugal	3.14%	-6.2%
38th	Estonia	3.43%	-5.3%
39th	Finland	3.47%	-7.4%
40th	Japan	3.51%	-2.4%
41st	Lebanon	3.54%	-1.6%
42nd	Austria	3.69%	-6.0%
43rd	Italy	3.74%	-1.2%
44th	Jordan	3.74%	10.9%
45th	European Union	4.02%	-4.2%
46th	Iceland	4.03%	7.3%
47th	Spain	4.07%	-5.6%
48th	Oman	4.36%	-6.5%
49th	Trinidad and Tobago	4.41%	-2.4%
50th	Ireland	4.76%	-5.6%
51st	Hungary	4.91%	-2.6%
52nd	Korea	5.00%	4.4%
53rd	South Africa	5.12%	-2.2%
54th	Slovenia	5.50%	-1.5%
55th	Mauritius	5.85%	-10.9%
56th	New Zealand	5.89%	-6.7%
57th	Russian Federation	5.94%	-0.2%
58th	Croatia	6.15%	-12.2%
59th	West Bank and Gaza	6.44%	-5.6%
60th	Bulgaria	6.71%	-6.6%
61st	Latvia	6.90%	3.2%
62nd	Lithuania	7.18%	-7.7%
63rd	Chile	7.26%	-2.1%
64th	Suriname	7.48%	-2.6%
65th	Argentina	7.72%	-0.6%
66th	Montenegro	8.02%	1.0%
67th	Iraq	8.89%	-1.5%
68th	Brazil	9.06%	-1.5%
69th	Uruguay	9.13%	-4.4%
70th	Dominican Republic	9.44%	-2.6%
71st	Poland	9.62%	-5.9%
72nd	Algeria	10.11%	-0.5%
73rd	Libya	10.45%	-3.1%
74th	Malaysia	10.63%	-5.9%
75th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	10.66%	-2.5%
76th	Belarus	11.31%	5.8%
77th	St. Lucia	11.35%	9.7%
78th	Maldives	11.80%	12.4%
79th	Cabo Verde	11.84%	-12.5%
80th	Greece	11.85%	1.5%
81st	São Tomé and Principe	12.18%	-2.7%
82nd	Eswatini	13.10%	0.2%
83rd	Mexico	13.20%	-2.1%
84th	Romania	13.55%	-2.5%
85th	Tunisia	14.29%	-3.5%
86th	Kazakhstan	14.32%	-6.8%
87th	North Macedonia	14.77%	-6.0%
88th	Ukraine	14.91%	-0.7%
89th	Botswana	15.27%	-2.1%
90th	Syrian Arab Republic	15.73%	-2.5%
91st	Costa Rica	15.78%	2.7%
92nd	Panama	15.86%	-1.9%
93rd	Guyana	15.91%	-2.6%
94th	Colombia	16.03%	0.3%
95th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	16.03%	-0.3%
96th	Jamaica	16.26%	-3.0%
97th	El Salvador	16.71%	-10.0%
98th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.73%	-16.3%
99th	Cuba	17.37%	-2.1%
100th	Belize	17.42%	0.0%
101st	Türkiye	18.59%	-4.8%
102nd	Kyrgyz Republic	20.00%	-1.7%
103rd	Paraguay	20.08%	-2.3%
104th	Serbia	21.28%	-6.8%
105th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	21.68%	-13.5%
106th	Namibia	22.59%	5.6%
107th	Honduras	23.54%	-1.7%
108th	Philippines	24.03%	-4.6%
109th	Turkmenistan	24.20%	-2.3%
110th	Peru	24.24%	-0.3%
111th	Nepal	24.51%	-3.7%
112th	Sri Lanka	25.50%	-2.2%
113th	China	25.75%	-3.5%
114th	Uzbekistan	26.65%	-1.9%
115th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	26.84%	0.6%
116th	Senegal	27.25%	-14.1%
117th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	28.76%	1.7%
118th	Gambia, The	29.16%	-3.0%
119th	Indonesia	29.45%	-3.5%
120th	Samoa	29.68%	-0.8%
121st	Ecuador	29.96%	4.0%
122nd	Lesotho	30.29%	0.3%
123rd	Nicaragua	30.43%	0.7%
124th	Gabon	30.48%	-1.3%
125th	Yemen, Republic of	30.69%	-1.0%
126th	Tonga	31.10%	-1.3%
127th	Thailand	32.20%	2.1%
128th	Papua New Guinea	32.55%	4.2%
129th	Morocco	32.77%	-3.0%
130th	Armenia	32.79%	4.6%
131st	Mongolia	32.83%	-6.4%
132nd	Guatemala	32.92%	3.6%
133rd	Mauritania	34.75%	-1.7%
134th	Comoros	35.24%	-2.6%
135th	Azerbaijan	36.26%	-0.2%
136th	Congo, Republic of	36.38%	1.2%
137th	Albania	37.06%	-2.0%
138th	Pakistan	37.42%	-6.2%
139th	Viet Nam	37.72%	-6.1%
140th	Sudan	37.83%	-1.4%
141st	Togo	38.41%	13.7%
142nd	Fiji	38.54%	-1.7%
143rd	Cambodia	39.00%	2.1%
144th	Nigeria	39.41%	-0.8%
145th	Ghana	39.90%	-5.0%
146th	Liberia	40.56%	-0.2%
147th	Bangladesh	40.77%	0.4%
148th	Solomon Islands	40.97%	-0.3%
149th	India	41.29%	-2.3%
150th	Georgia	41.87%	-9.0%
151st	Benin	42.32%	-1.5%
152nd	Timor-Leste	43.07%	-1.6%
153rd	Afghanistan	43.61%	1.4%
154th	Cameroon	43.89%	-2.1%
155th	Vanuatu	44.61%	-3.5%
156th	Haiti	45.26%	-0.7%
157th	Tajikistan	45.76%	-1.8%
158th	Sierra Leone	46.19%	-6.0%
159th	Côte d'Ivoire	48.40%	-4.2%
160th	Guinea	48.59%	-1.4%
161st	Myanmar	48.94%	-4.7%
162nd	Rwanda	50.10%	-5.6%
163rd	Kenya	50.40%	-1.7%
164th	Burkina Faso	53.04%	-2.8%
165th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	53.13%	0.8%
166th	Angola	53.31%	0.6%
167th	Bhutan	54.00%	-2.6%
168th	Equatorial Guinea	55.40%	-2.1%
169th	Eritrea	56.07%	-3.3%
170th	Moldova	59.15%	-0.4%
171st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	59.68%	-0.9%
172nd	Zambia	59.77%	-1.8%
173rd	South Sudan	62.06%	-0.1%
174th	Zimbabwe	62.43%	-0.9%
175th	Mali	63.00%	-0.2%
176th	Central African Republic	63.94%	-0.3%
177th	Malawi	64.36%	-0.7%
178th	Guinea-Bissau	64.51%	-0.5%
179th	Tanzania	65.14%	-0.7%
180th	Uganda	66.76%	-6.6%
181st	Lao PDR	69.86%	-0.9%
182nd	Chad	70.39%	-1.0%
183rd	Mozambique	71.85%	-0.1%
184th	Madagascar	72.00%	-1.2%
185th	Niger	74.49%	-0.2%
186th	Burundi	85.73%	-0.7%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's agriculture employment in 2018?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment in 2018 was 25.50%. This ranked 112th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's agriculture employment change in 2018?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment decreased by 2.2% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest agriculture employment in 2018?▾

Burundi had the highest agriculture employment in 2018 at 85.73%.

What is the agriculture employment of Sri Lanka in 2018?▾

The agriculture employment of Sri Lanka in 2018 was 25.50%. This ranked 112th globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Sri Lanka's agriculture employment?▾

Sri Lanka's agriculture employment went from 26.07% in 2017 to 25.50% in 2018, a 2.2% decrease.

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