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Sri Lanka - Female Labor Participation 1995

Name: Sri Lanka Female Labor Participation 1995
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

35.60% −2.30pp from 1994 Global rank: 148th

Sri Lanka's female labor participation was 35.60% in 1995, decreased +2.30pp from 37.90% in 1994. This was the 148th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1995▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 1995
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	87.48%	-0.7%
2nd	Mozambique	86.97%	0.1%
3rd	Tanzania	84.33%	0.1%
4th	Madagascar	83.79%	0.0%
5th	Solomon Islands	80.94%	-0.3%
6th	Cambodia	78.77%	0.0%
7th	Burkina Faso	78.49%	-0.3%
8th	Malawi	78.12%	0.0%
9th	Nigeria	77.72%	0.2%
10th	Cameroon	77.64%	0.0%
11th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.61%	0.3%
12th	Angola	75.43%	0.0%
13th	Azerbaijan	75.16%	2.8%
14th	Georgia	74.81%	-1.4%
15th	Eritrea	74.27%	0.0%
16th	Vanuatu	73.86%	0.1%
17th	Viet Nam	73.81%	-0.3%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.97%	0.1%
19th	Liberia	71.64%	0.1%
20th	South Sudan	71.08%	0.0%
21st	Uganda	71.07%	0.1%
22nd	China	70.56%	-0.7%
23rd	Iceland	70.13%	3.3%
24th	Kenya	70.09%	0.1%
25th	Ghana	69.55%	-0.2%
26th	Niger	69.19%	0.0%
27th	Kazakhstan	66.99%	0.7%
28th	Lesotho	66.90%	0.1%
29th	Thailand	66.56%	1.7%
30th	Bahamas, The	66.49%	0.6%
31st	Congo, Republic of	66.04%	0.1%
32nd	Timor-Leste	65.91%	-0.2%
33rd	Central African Republic	65.71%	0.0%
34th	Sierra Leone	64.90%	-0.1%
35th	Barbados	63.35%	2.0%
36th	Guinea	63.30%	-0.1%
37th	Chad	63.28%	-0.9%
38th	Kyrgyz Republic	62.59%	2.6%
39th	Jamaica	61.67%	-0.8%
40th	Virgin Islands (US)	60.45%	-6.2%
41st	Mali	60.41%	0.0%
42nd	Guam	59.78%	0.1%
43rd	New Caledonia	59.78%	0.7%
44th	Zimbabwe	59.68%	0.4%
45th	Lao PDR	59.52%	-0.3%
46th	Benin	59.32%	1.3%
47th	Sweden	59.00%	0.8%
48th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	58.24%	1.1%
49th	Myanmar	58.22%	-0.6%
50th	Denmark	57.91%	0.0%
51st	United States	57.58%	0.4%
52nd	Haiti	57.06%	0.2%
53rd	Canada	56.81%	-0.1%
54th	Netherlands	56.43%	-0.1%
55th	Bhutan	56.27%	0.8%
56th	Norway	56.19%	1.3%
57th	Moldova	55.82%	-0.1%
58th	Lithuania	55.76%	-1.3%
59th	Armenia	55.72%	-1.0%
60th	Guinea-Bissau	55.33%	0.0%
61st	New Zealand	55.19%	1.4%
62nd	Albania	54.82%	-3.9%
63rd	Togo	54.65%	0.2%
64th	Finland	54.63%	-0.2%
65th	Colombia	53.96%	0.6%
66th	Estonia	53.71%	-1.8%
67th	Australia	53.68%	1.9%
68th	Russian Federation	53.58%	-0.8%
69th	Ukraine	53.23%	-0.1%
70th	Belarus	53.08%	0.4%
71st	Mongolia	53.02%	0.1%
72nd	Latvia	52.75%	-0.5%
73rd	Equatorial Guinea	52.63%	0.1%
74th	Czechia	52.40%	-0.4%
75th	Turkmenistan	52.15%	3.3%
76th	Paraguay	52.09%	1.1%
77th	Switzerland	52.01%	0.1%
78th	United Kingdom	51.86%	-0.1%
79th	Rwanda	51.76%	-0.1%
80th	Israel	51.67%	1.9%
81st	Qatar	51.51%	0.3%
82nd	Slovak Republic	51.50%	0.3%
83rd	Poland	51.46%	-2.0%
84th	Macao SAR, China	51.39%	3.3%
85th	Slovenia	51.37%	-0.3%
86th	Zambia	51.10%	0.0%
87th	Indonesia	50.67%	0.0%
88th	Brunei Darussalam	50.43%	1.9%
89th	St. Lucia	50.36%	1.0%
90th	Japan	49.91%	-0.4%
91st	Peru	49.10%	6.6%
92nd	Portugal	49.08%	-0.1%
93rd	Singapore	48.98%	2.5%
94th	Botswana	48.95%	0.1%
95th	Brazil	48.92%	2.3%
96th	Austria	48.71%	1.3%
97th	Argentina	48.50%	-0.3%
98th	Korea	48.45%	1.1%
99th	French Polynesia	48.33%	-0.1%
100th	Côte d'Ivoire	48.17%	0.2%
101st	Serbia	48.06%	-1.2%
102nd	Ecuador	47.97%	0.3%
103rd	Germany	47.83%	-0.3%
104th	Namibia	47.79%	-0.9%
105th	France	47.78%	0.6%
106th	Hong Kong SAR, China	47.38%	1.0%
107th	Philippines	47.37%	-0.1%
108th	Papua New Guinea	47.26%	0.5%
109th	Ireland	46.30%	2.3%
110th	Uruguay	46.26%	2.8%
111th	Trinidad and Tobago	46.23%	1.8%
112th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	46.18%	1.6%
113th	Cyprus	46.12%	1.6%
114th	Channel Islands	46.08%	1.0%
115th	Croatia	45.39%	-0.7%
116th	South Africa	45.31%	0.8%
117th	Tonga	45.30%	-0.4%
118th	Hungary	45.27%	-0.1%
119th	Guatemala	45.21%	0.5%
120th	European Union	45.12%	0.0%
121st	Honduras	44.91%	0.7%
122nd	Gambia, The	44.81%	-0.3%
123rd	Tajikistan	44.36%	0.0%
124th	Bulgaria	44.22%	-0.3%
125th	Eswatini	43.26%	-0.3%
126th	El Salvador	43.13%	-3.9%
127th	Kuwait	43.11%	1.7%
128th	Montenegro	42.91%	-0.8%
129th	Samoa	42.78%	-0.6%
130th	North Macedonia	42.74%	-1.5%
131st	Cabo Verde	42.35%	0.7%
132nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.64%	-0.9%
133rd	Romania	41.64%	-0.5%
134th	Panama	41.43%	2.4%
135th	Belgium	40.42%	1.0%
136th	Uzbekistan	39.93%	-0.1%
137th	Fiji	39.54%	-0.1%
138th	Mauritius	38.74%	0.4%
139th	Guyana	38.19%	-1.4%
140th	Malaysia	37.91%	1.4%
141st	Mexico	37.61%	3.4%
142nd	Gabon	37.42%	0.1%
143rd	Dominican Republic	37.27%	1.1%
144th	Spain	36.77%	1.3%
145th	Greece	36.00%	1.7%
146th	Chile	35.90%	3.2%
147th	Belize	35.62%	3.9%
148th	Sri Lanka	35.60%	-6.1%
149th	Costa Rica	35.58%	2.6%
150th	Luxembourg	35.36%	-6.5%
151st	Cuba	33.66%	0.8%
152nd	Puerto Rico (US)	33.49%	-0.7%
153rd	Nicaragua	33.39%	1.1%
154th	Italy	33.14%	0.1%
155th	Senegal	32.55%	0.3%
156th	Suriname	32.39%	-0.1%
157th	Comoros	31.95%	-0.1%
158th	India	31.33%	1.9%
159th	United Arab Emirates	31.25%	0.2%
160th	Bahrain	31.24%	1.7%
161st	Türkiye	30.80%	-1.1%
162nd	Malta	28.39%	0.7%
163rd	Libya	28.28%	1.5%
164th	Sudan	27.99%	3.5%
165th	Maldives	27.73%	6.4%
166th	Mauritania	26.73%	1.2%
167th	Bangladesh	26.47%	2.1%
168th	Morocco	23.56%	-1.0%
169th	Oman	23.34%	0.0%
170th	Tunisia	23.30%	1.0%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	21.80%	0.3%
172nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	21.75%	-5.9%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.32%	-0.3%
174th	Nepal	20.81%	-0.1%
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	20.48%	1.9%
176th	Lebanon	19.09%	0.9%
177th	Yemen, Republic of	17.57%	5.4%
178th	Saudi Arabia	15.80%	1.7%
179th	Djibouti	15.64%	0.4%
180th	Afghanistan	15.19%	-1.1%
181st	Pakistan	12.55%	-13.3%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	11.80%	1.1%
183rd	Algeria	11.62%	0.7%
184th	Jordan	11.57%	0.7%
185th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.40%	1.8%
186th	Iraq	8.75%	0.5%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 1995?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 1995 was 35.60%. This ranked 148th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's female labor participation change in 1995?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation decreased by 6.1% in 1995 compared to 1994.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 1995?▾

Burundi had the highest female labor participation in 1995 at 87.48%.

What is the female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 1995?▾

The female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 1995 was 35.60%. This ranked 148th globally.

How does 1995 compare to 1994 for Sri Lanka's female labor participation?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation went from 37.90% in 1994 to 35.60% in 1995, a 6.1% decrease.

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