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Sri Lanka - Female Labor Participation 1997

Name: Sri Lanka Female Labor Participation 1997
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

35.26% −0.23pp from 1996 Global rank: 150th

Sri Lanka's female labor participation was 35.26% in 1997, decreased +0.23pp from 35.49% in 1996. This was the 150th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1997▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 1997
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Mozambique	87.04%	0.0%
2nd	Burundi	85.85%	-1.0%
3rd	Tanzania	84.30%	0.0%
4th	Madagascar	83.83%	0.0%
5th	Solomon Islands	81.26%	0.3%
6th	Cambodia	78.94%	0.1%
7th	Malawi	78.10%	0.0%
8th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	78.04%	0.4%
9th	Burkina Faso	78.04%	-0.3%
10th	Cameroon	77.73%	0.1%
11th	Nigeria	77.62%	0.1%
12th	Angola	75.43%	0.0%
13th	Azerbaijan	74.90%	-0.5%
14th	Eritrea	74.27%	-0.1%
15th	Vanuatu	73.76%	-0.1%
16th	Viet Nam	72.53%	-1.4%
17th	Liberia	71.72%	0.0%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.45%	-0.4%
19th	Uganda	71.20%	0.1%
20th	South Sudan	71.03%	0.0%
21st	Georgia	70.33%	-2.9%
22nd	Kenya	70.25%	0.1%
23rd	China	69.52%	-0.8%
24th	Ghana	69.29%	-0.2%
25th	Niger	69.14%	0.0%
26th	Thailand	67.74%	0.3%
27th	Iceland	67.63%	-1.6%
28th	Bahamas, The	67.24%	0.5%
29th	Lesotho	67.10%	0.2%
30th	Kazakhstan	66.59%	-0.4%
31st	Congo, Republic of	66.05%	0.0%
32nd	Central African Republic	65.69%	0.0%
33rd	Timor-Leste	65.60%	-0.1%
34th	Sierra Leone	64.82%	-0.1%
35th	Guinea	63.15%	-0.2%
36th	Barbados	63.03%	-0.9%
37th	Chad	62.06%	-1.0%
38th	Benin	60.91%	1.3%
39th	Jamaica	60.54%	-1.0%
40th	Mali	60.44%	0.0%
41st	Zimbabwe	60.23%	0.5%
42nd	Guam	59.91%	0.1%
43rd	New Caledonia	59.82%	0.1%
44th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	59.45%	1.1%
45th	Kyrgyz Republic	59.44%	-3.0%
46th	Lao PDR	59.13%	-0.3%
47th	Denmark	58.60%	0.5%
48th	Sweden	58.59%	-0.8%
49th	Norway	58.54%	1.9%
50th	United States	58.40%	0.9%
51st	Myanmar	57.66%	-0.4%
52nd	Bhutan	57.31%	1.0%
53rd	Netherlands	57.21%	0.8%
54th	Canada	57.09%	0.6%
55th	Haiti	56.95%	-0.1%
56th	Switzerland	56.92%	0.1%
57th	New Zealand	56.40%	-0.2%
58th	Virgin Islands (US)	56.35%	-0.7%
59th	Moldova	56.00%	-0.2%
60th	Guinea-Bissau	55.39%	0.1%
61st	Albania	55.15%	3.4%
62nd	Finland	54.86%	0.6%
63rd	Togo	54.85%	0.2%
64th	Armenia	54.82%	-0.8%
65th	Macao SAR, China	54.52%	2.9%
66th	Estonia	54.27%	1.4%
67th	Lithuania	54.21%	-1.5%
68th	Peru	54.19%	4.9%
69th	Colombia	54.14%	0.4%
70th	Turkmenistan	53.86%	5.0%
71st	Australia	53.66%	-0.4%
72nd	Mongolia	53.34%	0.3%
73rd	Ukraine	53.11%	-0.1%
74th	United Kingdom	52.68%	0.8%
75th	Equatorial Guinea	52.66%	0.0%
76th	Slovenia	52.54%	2.6%
77th	Belarus	52.50%	-0.7%
78th	Paraguay	52.41%	0.6%
79th	Brunei Darussalam	52.22%	1.7%
80th	Rwanda	52.12%	0.4%
81st	Latvia	51.89%	-1.0%
82nd	Czechia	51.86%	0.0%
83rd	Slovak Republic	51.82%	-0.9%
84th	Russian Federation	51.71%	-1.9%
85th	Israel	51.40%	-0.1%
86th	St. Lucia	51.38%	1.0%
87th	Zambia	51.10%	0.0%
88th	Argentina	50.70%	2.5%
89th	Singapore	50.61%	1.5%
90th	Portugal	50.47%	1.9%
91st	Japan	50.32%	0.7%
92nd	Indonesia	49.83%	-1.7%
93rd	Korea	49.83%	1.8%
94th	Poland	49.81%	-2.1%
95th	Qatar	49.18%	-4.4%
96th	Botswana	49.06%	0.1%
97th	Brazil	48.68%	2.1%
98th	Ecuador	48.54%	0.9%
99th	Trinidad and Tobago	48.49%	0.2%
100th	Germany	48.36%	1.1%
101st	Ireland	48.34%	0.4%
102nd	Côte d'Ivoire	48.31%	0.1%
103rd	Austria	48.25%	0.0%
104th	Uruguay	48.17%	2.3%
105th	French Polynesia	48.16%	-0.1%
106th	Hong Kong SAR, China	47.86%	0.5%
107th	France	47.74%	-0.9%
108th	Cyprus	47.49%	1.4%
109th	Papua New Guinea	47.39%	0.5%
110th	Channel Islands	47.37%	1.1%
111th	Philippines	47.20%	-0.2%
112th	Namibia	46.88%	-1.0%
113th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	46.86%	0.9%
114th	Serbia	46.71%	-1.5%
115th	South Africa	45.93%	0.7%
116th	Guatemala	45.48%	0.4%
117th	European Union	45.43%	0.3%
118th	Hungary	45.18%	-0.1%
119th	Honduras	45.13%	0.5%
120th	Gambia, The	44.96%	0.4%
121st	Tonga	44.89%	-0.4%
122nd	Croatia	44.87%	-0.5%
123rd	Bulgaria	44.45%	0.9%
124th	Tajikistan	44.36%	0.0%
125th	Kuwait	43.69%	0.2%
126th	Eswatini	43.61%	0.5%
127th	Cabo Verde	43.02%	0.8%
128th	Samoa	42.63%	0.2%
129th	Montenegro	42.49%	-0.4%
130th	Panama	42.38%	1.1%
131st	Romania	41.87%	0.7%
132nd	El Salvador	41.85%	-0.1%
133rd	North Macedonia	41.53%	-1.5%
134th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.48%	0.1%
135th	Belgium	40.97%	1.1%
136th	Uzbekistan	39.73%	0.1%
137th	Mexico	39.64%	5.2%
138th	Fiji	39.08%	-1.0%
139th	Malaysia	38.97%	1.4%
140th	Mauritius	38.75%	0.0%
141st	Dominican Republic	38.36%	1.8%
142nd	Belize	38.34%	3.7%
143rd	Spain	38.07%	2.1%
144th	Gabon	37.57%	0.2%
145th	Luxembourg	37.57%	3.0%
146th	Chile	37.49%	2.0%
147th	Greece	37.21%	0.0%
148th	Costa Rica	37.12%	9.0%
149th	Guyana	37.10%	-1.5%
150th	Sri Lanka	35.26%	-0.6%
151st	Puerto Rico (US)	34.87%	2.6%
152nd	Cuba	34.74%	1.2%
153rd	Italy	33.98%	0.6%
154th	Nicaragua	33.96%	0.8%
155th	Senegal	32.75%	0.3%
156th	Suriname	32.56%	0.3%
157th	India	32.54%	1.9%
158th	Bahrain	32.34%	1.8%
159th	United Arab Emirates	32.32%	1.5%
160th	Comoros	31.97%	0.1%
161st	Maldives	31.32%	6.2%
162nd	Malta	29.54%	2.1%
163rd	Libya	29.15%	1.6%
164th	Türkiye	28.72%	-5.7%
165th	Sudan	28.67%	-1.0%
166th	Bangladesh	27.53%	1.9%
167th	Mauritania	27.36%	1.2%
168th	Morocco	24.20%	-0.1%
169th	Tunisia	23.81%	1.1%
170th	Oman	23.45%	0.1%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	22.00%	0.5%
172nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.21%	-0.2%
173rd	Nepal	20.84%	0.2%
174th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	20.37%	-3.2%
175th	Yemen, Republic of	19.50%	5.3%
176th	Lebanon	19.43%	0.4%
177th	Syrian Arab Republic	17.72%	-6.9%
178th	Saudi Arabia	16.33%	1.7%
179th	Djibouti	15.87%	1.0%
180th	Pakistan	14.94%	9.0%
181st	Afghanistan	14.82%	-1.3%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	12.08%	3.3%
183rd	Algeria	11.76%	0.2%
184th	Jordan	11.61%	0.4%
185th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	11.30%	6.7%
186th	Iraq	8.85%	0.8%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 1997?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 1997 was 35.26%. This ranked 150th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's female labor participation change in 1997?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation decreased by 0.6% in 1997 compared to 1996.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 1997?▾

Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 1997 at 87.04%.

What is the female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 1997?▾

The female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 1997 was 35.26%. This ranked 150th globally.

How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Sri Lanka's female labor participation?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation went from 35.49% in 1996 to 35.26% in 1997, a 0.6% decrease.

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