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Sri Lanka - Female Labor Participation 1996

Name: Sri Lanka Female Labor Participation 1996
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

35.49% −0.11pp from 1995 Global rank: 149th

Sri Lanka's female labor participation was 35.49% in 1996, decreased +0.11pp from 35.60% in 1995. This was the 149th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1996▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 1996
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Mozambique	87.02%	0.1%
2nd	Burundi	86.71%	-0.9%
3rd	Tanzania	84.31%	0.0%
4th	Madagascar	83.80%	0.0%
5th	Solomon Islands	81.04%	0.1%
6th	Cambodia	78.84%	0.1%
7th	Burkina Faso	78.26%	-0.3%
8th	Malawi	78.11%	0.0%
9th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.77%	0.2%
10th	Cameroon	77.68%	0.1%
11th	Nigeria	77.55%	-0.2%
12th	Angola	75.43%	0.0%
13th	Azerbaijan	75.29%	0.2%
14th	Eritrea	74.31%	0.0%
15th	Vanuatu	73.86%	0.0%
16th	Viet Nam	73.59%	-0.3%
17th	Georgia	72.44%	-3.2%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.71%	-0.4%
19th	Liberia	71.68%	0.1%
20th	Uganda	71.15%	0.1%
21st	South Sudan	71.04%	0.0%
22nd	Kenya	70.17%	0.1%
23rd	China	70.04%	-0.7%
24th	Ghana	69.42%	-0.2%
25th	Niger	69.17%	0.0%
26th	Iceland	68.71%	-2.0%
27th	Thailand	67.57%	1.5%
28th	Lesotho	66.99%	0.1%
29th	Bahamas, The	66.88%	0.6%
30th	Kazakhstan	66.84%	-0.2%
31st	Congo, Republic of	66.08%	0.1%
32nd	Central African Republic	65.69%	0.0%
33rd	Timor-Leste	65.69%	-0.3%
34th	Sierra Leone	64.86%	-0.1%
35th	Barbados	63.61%	0.4%
36th	Guinea	63.26%	-0.1%
37th	Chad	62.67%	-1.0%
38th	Kyrgyz Republic	61.31%	-2.0%
39th	Jamaica	61.13%	-0.9%
40th	Mali	60.42%	0.0%
41st	Benin	60.11%	1.3%
42nd	Zimbabwe	59.95%	0.5%
43rd	Guam	59.84%	0.1%
44th	New Caledonia	59.76%	0.0%
45th	Lao PDR	59.32%	-0.3%
46th	Sweden	59.07%	0.1%
47th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	58.81%	1.0%
48th	Denmark	58.32%	0.7%
49th	Myanmar	57.91%	-0.5%
50th	United States	57.86%	0.5%
51st	Norway	57.43%	2.2%
52nd	Haiti	57.01%	-0.1%
53rd	Switzerland	56.87%	9.3%
54th	Netherlands	56.79%	0.6%
55th	Canada	56.77%	-0.1%
56th	Bhutan	56.77%	0.9%
57th	Virgin Islands (US)	56.75%	-6.1%
58th	New Zealand	56.51%	2.4%
59th	Moldova	56.11%	0.5%
60th	Guinea-Bissau	55.35%	0.0%
61st	Armenia	55.24%	-0.9%
62nd	Lithuania	55.01%	-1.3%
63rd	Togo	54.74%	0.2%
64th	Finland	54.56%	-0.1%
65th	Colombia	53.92%	-0.1%
66th	Australia	53.86%	0.3%
67th	Estonia	53.51%	-0.4%
68th	Albania	53.35%	-2.7%
69th	Mongolia	53.20%	0.3%
70th	Ukraine	53.17%	-0.1%
71st	Macao SAR, China	52.98%	3.1%
72nd	Belarus	52.87%	-0.4%
73rd	Russian Federation	52.74%	-1.6%
74th	Equatorial Guinea	52.64%	0.0%
75th	Latvia	52.42%	-0.6%
76th	Slovak Republic	52.29%	1.5%
77th	United Kingdom	52.28%	0.8%
78th	Paraguay	52.07%	0.0%
79th	Rwanda	51.93%	0.3%
80th	Czechia	51.87%	-1.0%
81st	Peru	51.66%	5.2%
82nd	Israel	51.46%	-0.4%
83rd	Qatar	51.45%	-0.1%
84th	Brunei Darussalam	51.34%	1.8%
85th	Turkmenistan	51.28%	-1.7%
86th	Slovenia	51.23%	-0.3%
87th	Zambia	51.09%	0.0%
88th	St. Lucia	50.87%	1.0%
89th	Poland	50.86%	-1.2%
90th	Indonesia	50.67%	0.0%
91st	Japan	49.97%	0.1%
92nd	Singapore	49.86%	1.8%
93rd	Portugal	49.54%	0.9%
94th	Argentina	49.45%	2.0%
95th	Botswana	49.01%	0.1%
96th	Korea	48.95%	1.0%
97th	Trinidad and Tobago	48.39%	4.7%
98th	Austria	48.27%	-0.9%
99th	Côte d'Ivoire	48.24%	0.2%
100th	French Polynesia	48.20%	-0.3%
101st	Ireland	48.15%	4.0%
102nd	France	48.15%	0.8%
103rd	Ecuador	48.08%	0.2%
104th	Germany	47.85%	0.0%
105th	Brazil	47.68%	-2.5%
106th	Hong Kong SAR, China	47.64%	0.5%
107th	Serbia	47.42%	-1.3%
108th	Namibia	47.33%	-1.0%
109th	Philippines	47.28%	-0.2%
110th	Papua New Guinea	47.14%	-0.3%
111th	Uruguay	47.07%	1.7%
112th	Channel Islands	46.86%	1.7%
113th	Cyprus	46.83%	1.5%
114th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	46.43%	0.5%
115th	South Africa	45.63%	0.7%
116th	European Union	45.31%	0.4%
117th	Guatemala	45.28%	0.2%
118th	Hungary	45.20%	-0.2%
119th	Croatia	45.12%	-0.6%
120th	Tonga	45.08%	-0.5%
121st	Honduras	44.91%	0.0%
122nd	Gambia, The	44.80%	0.0%
123rd	Tajikistan	44.36%	0.0%
124th	Bulgaria	44.03%	-0.4%
125th	Kuwait	43.60%	1.1%
126th	Eswatini	43.40%	0.3%
127th	Cabo Verde	42.67%	0.8%
128th	Montenegro	42.66%	-0.6%
129th	Samoa	42.56%	-0.5%
130th	North Macedonia	42.15%	-1.4%
131st	Panama	41.90%	1.1%
132nd	El Salvador	41.88%	-2.9%
133rd	Romania	41.57%	-0.2%
134th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.45%	-0.5%
135th	Belgium	40.53%	0.3%
136th	Uzbekistan	39.70%	-0.6%
137th	Fiji	39.49%	-0.1%
138th	Mauritius	38.74%	0.0%
139th	Malaysia	38.44%	1.4%
140th	Dominican Republic	37.70%	1.2%
141st	Mexico	37.68%	0.2%
142nd	Guyana	37.65%	-1.4%
143rd	Gabon	37.48%	0.2%
144th	Spain	37.28%	1.4%
145th	Greece	37.22%	3.4%
146th	Belize	36.97%	3.8%
147th	Chile	36.76%	2.4%
148th	Luxembourg	36.49%	3.2%
149th	Sri Lanka	35.49%	-0.3%
150th	Cuba	34.33%	2.0%
151st	Costa Rica	34.07%	-4.2%
152nd	Puerto Rico (US)	33.97%	1.4%
153rd	Italy	33.79%	2.0%
154th	Nicaragua	33.69%	0.9%
155th	Senegal	32.65%	0.3%
156th	Suriname	32.47%	0.3%
157th	Comoros	31.95%	0.0%
158th	India	31.93%	1.9%
159th	United Arab Emirates	31.85%	1.9%
160th	Bahrain	31.77%	1.7%
161st	Türkiye	30.46%	-1.1%
162nd	Maldives	29.50%	6.4%
163rd	Sudan	28.96%	3.5%
164th	Malta	28.93%	1.9%
165th	Libya	28.71%	1.5%
166th	Mauritania	27.05%	1.2%
167th	Bangladesh	27.02%	2.1%
168th	Morocco	24.24%	2.9%
169th	Tunisia	23.54%	1.1%
170th	Oman	23.43%	0.4%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	21.88%	0.4%
172nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.26%	-0.3%
173rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	21.05%	-3.2%
174th	Nepal	20.79%	-0.1%
175th	Lebanon	19.35%	1.4%
176th	Syrian Arab Republic	19.04%	-7.0%
177th	Yemen, Republic of	18.51%	5.4%
178th	Saudi Arabia	16.06%	1.7%
179th	Djibouti	15.72%	0.5%
180th	Afghanistan	15.02%	-1.2%
181st	Pakistan	13.71%	9.2%
182nd	Algeria	11.74%	1.0%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	11.69%	-0.9%
184th	Jordan	11.57%	0.0%
185th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.59%	1.9%
186th	Iraq	8.78%	0.3%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 1996?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 1996 was 35.49%. This ranked 149th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's female labor participation change in 1996?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation decreased by 0.3% in 1996 compared to 1995.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 1996?▾

Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 1996 at 87.02%.

What is the female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 1996?▾

The female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 1996 was 35.49%. This ranked 149th globally.

How does 1996 compare to 1995 for Sri Lanka's female labor participation?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation went from 35.60% in 1995 to 35.49% in 1996, a 0.3% decrease.

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