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Sri Lanka - Female Labor Participation 1992

Name: Sri Lanka Female Labor Participation 1992
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

36.91% −4.09pp from 1991 Global rank: 142nd

Sri Lanka's female labor participation was 36.91% in 1992, decreased +4.09pp from 41.00% in 1991. This was the 142nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1992▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 1992
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	89.44%	-0.6%
2nd	Mozambique	86.83%	0.0%
3rd	Tanzania	84.12%	0.0%
4th	Madagascar	83.82%	0.0%
5th	Solomon Islands	81.44%	-0.5%
6th	Burkina Faso	79.15%	-0.3%
7th	Malawi	78.23%	-0.1%
8th	Cameroon	77.58%	0.0%
9th	Cambodia	77.34%	-0.1%
10th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.10%	0.4%
11th	Nigeria	76.26%	1.1%
12th	Angola	75.51%	-0.1%
13th	Viet Nam	74.41%	-0.3%
14th	Eritrea	74.30%	-0.1%
15th	Vanuatu	73.99%	0.0%
16th	Georgia	72.81%	1.8%
17th	China	72.10%	-0.7%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.80%	0.0%
19th	Liberia	71.51%	0.0%
20th	South Sudan	71.15%	0.0%
21st	Uganda	70.85%	0.1%
22nd	Ghana	69.94%	-0.2%
23rd	Kenya	69.86%	0.1%
24th	Niger	69.22%	0.0%
25th	Iceland	67.08%	1.3%
26th	Azerbaijan	66.84%	3.7%
27th	Lesotho	66.69%	0.0%
28th	Timor-Leste	66.30%	-0.4%
29th	Congo, Republic of	65.88%	0.1%
30th	Central African Republic	65.80%	-0.1%
31st	Thailand	65.47%	-0.1%
32nd	Kazakhstan	65.37%	0.3%
33rd	Bahamas, The	65.24%	0.7%
34th	Sierra Leone	65.01%	-0.1%
35th	Chad	64.67%	0.1%
36th	Virgin Islands (US)	64.17%	1.7%
37th	Guinea	63.42%	-0.1%
38th	Jamaica	63.03%	-0.6%
39th	Denmark	61.59%	0.2%
40th	Barbados	60.87%	-0.1%
41st	Sweden	60.78%	-2.2%
42nd	Mali	60.44%	-0.1%
43rd	Albania	60.36%	2.2%
44th	Lao PDR	60.10%	-0.2%
45th	Guam	59.61%	0.1%
46th	Zimbabwe	59.28%	0.0%
47th	New Caledonia	59.26%	0.0%
48th	Myanmar	59.24%	-0.9%
49th	Lithuania	58.21%	-1.5%
50th	Russian Federation	58.01%	-2.2%
51st	Slovak Republic	57.46%	-3.7%
52nd	Armenia	57.28%	-0.5%
53rd	Canada	57.20%	-1.1%
54th	Benin	57.08%	0.0%
55th	Haiti	56.81%	0.1%
56th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	56.41%	0.1%
57th	United States	56.30%	0.8%
58th	Finland	56.17%	-2.1%
59th	Netherlands	56.13%	0.9%
60th	Estonia	55.77%	-4.2%
61st	Moldova	55.56%	0.6%
62nd	Guinea-Bissau	55.30%	0.0%
63rd	Bhutan	55.12%	0.5%
64th	Togo	54.39%	0.1%
65th	Latvia	53.84%	0.8%
66th	Norway	53.80%	1.0%
67th	Ukraine	53.43%	-0.1%
68th	New Zealand	53.38%	-0.5%
69th	Poland	53.35%	-0.5%
70th	Colombia	53.09%	0.0%
71st	Belarus	52.79%	-0.2%
72nd	Kyrgyz Republic	52.52%	6.0%
73rd	Equatorial Guinea	52.51%	0.1%
74th	Mongolia	52.49%	1.0%
75th	Czechia	52.32%	0.1%
76th	Switzerland	52.19%	0.7%
77th	Australia	52.00%	-0.1%
78th	Rwanda	51.88%	0.2%
79th	United Kingdom	51.83%	0.0%
80th	Slovenia	51.62%	-0.2%
81st	Zambia	51.06%	0.1%
82nd	Paraguay	50.96%	-0.5%
83rd	Japan	50.67%	0.1%
84th	Qatar	50.51%	-1.0%
85th	Indonesia	50.38%	1.7%
86th	Serbia	49.38%	-0.2%
87th	St. Lucia	48.84%	1.0%
88th	Botswana	48.75%	0.1%
89th	French Polynesia	48.62%	-0.2%
90th	Portugal	48.60%	-3.1%
91st	Namibia	48.23%	0.0%
92nd	Israel	47.96%	2.7%
93rd	Côte d'Ivoire	47.93%	0.2%
94th	Germany	47.82%	-0.2%
95th	Papua New Guinea	47.55%	-0.7%
96th	Philippines	47.48%	0.1%
97th	Brunei Darussalam	47.47%	2.2%
98th	Ecuador	47.34%	0.2%
99th	Korea	47.20%	0.0%
100th	Turkmenistan	47.00%	5.6%
101st	France	46.85%	0.8%
102nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	46.76%	-2.5%
103rd	Macao SAR, China	46.60%	1.0%
104th	Croatia	46.31%	-0.7%
105th	Singapore	46.10%	2.0%
106th	Argentina	46.08%	3.2%
107th	Channel Islands	45.80%	0.6%
108th	Brazil	45.60%	2.5%
109th	Hungary	45.47%	-0.4%
110th	Gambia, The	45.15%	-0.1%
111th	European Union	45.10%	-0.3%
112th	Austria	45.05%	3.2%
113th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	44.91%	1.5%
114th	South Africa	44.88%	0.2%
115th	North Macedonia	44.87%	-1.8%
116th	Guatemala	44.67%	0.5%
117th	Bulgaria	44.61%	-0.3%
118th	Trinidad and Tobago	44.53%	1.9%
119th	Uruguay	44.44%	2.3%
120th	Honduras	44.38%	0.7%
121st	Tajikistan	44.31%	0.0%
122nd	Cyprus	43.86%	1.0%
123rd	Montenegro	43.72%	-0.2%
124th	Eswatini	43.51%	0.3%
125th	Peru	43.39%	-0.7%
126th	Samoa	43.08%	0.0%
127th	Ireland	42.89%	1.0%
128th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.51%	0.8%
129th	Romania	41.91%	0.8%
130th	El Salvador	41.56%	1.3%
131st	Cabo Verde	41.46%	0.6%
132nd	Tonga	40.79%	6.0%
133rd	Kuwait	40.68%	-1.3%
134th	Fiji	39.65%	-0.2%
135th	Uzbekistan	39.36%	1.0%
136th	Belgium	38.76%	2.2%
137th	Guyana	38.66%	1.6%
138th	Panama	38.66%	2.6%
139th	Luxembourg	38.36%	6.6%
140th	Mauritius	38.26%	0.4%
141st	Gabon	37.36%	-0.1%
142nd	Sri Lanka	36.91%	-10.0%
143rd	Malaysia	36.42%	1.3%
144th	Dominican Republic	36.19%	2.2%
145th	Mexico	34.99%	2.3%
146th	Greece	34.55%	3.7%
147th	Cuba	34.48%	-2.7%
148th	Spain	34.46%	3.1%
149th	Belize	34.06%	2.2%
150th	Italy	33.87%	-4.6%
151st	Chile	33.21%	4.2%
152nd	Nicaragua	32.91%	-0.1%
153rd	Suriname	32.69%	0.1%
154th	Costa Rica	32.60%	-2.2%
155th	Türkiye	32.59%	-4.1%
156th	Senegal	32.23%	0.3%
157th	Comoros	32.15%	-0.1%
158th	Puerto Rico (US)	31.93%	2.4%
159th	United Arab Emirates	30.51%	1.5%
160th	India	30.48%	0.4%
161st	Bahrain	29.71%	2.0%
162nd	Malta	27.46%	1.6%
163rd	Libya	27.14%	1.2%
164th	Mauritania	25.82%	1.2%
165th	Sudan	25.26%	3.5%
166th	Bangladesh	24.98%	1.7%
167th	Morocco	23.16%	-0.3%
168th	Oman	23.09%	0.3%
169th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.97%	3.7%
170th	Maldives	22.85%	7.1%
171st	Tunisia	22.76%	1.7%
172nd	São Tomé and Principe	21.69%	-0.1%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.40%	0.8%
174th	Nepal	20.79%	0.5%
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	19.52%	2.4%
176th	Lebanon	18.45%	2.3%
177th	Yemen, Republic of	16.46%	1.5%
178th	Afghanistan	15.62%	-0.5%
179th	Djibouti	15.47%	0.3%
180th	Saudi Arabia	14.98%	0.5%
181st	Pakistan	13.80%	0.2%
182nd	Algeria	11.66%	-0.1%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	11.58%	1.9%
184th	Jordan	11.41%	2.4%
185th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	9.91%	1.4%
186th	Iraq	8.67%	1.3%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 1992?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 1992 was 36.91%. This ranked 142nd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's female labor participation change in 1992?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation decreased by 10.0% in 1992 compared to 1991.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 1992?▾

Burundi had the highest female labor participation in 1992 at 89.44%.

What is the female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 1992?▾

The female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 1992 was 36.91%. This ranked 142nd globally.

How does 1992 compare to 1991 for Sri Lanka's female labor participation?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation went from 41.00% in 1991 to 36.91% in 1992, a 10.0% decrease.

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