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Sri Lanka - Female Labor Participation 2000

Name: Sri Lanka Female Labor Participation 2000
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

36.33% −1.32pp from 1999 Global rank: 150th

Sri Lanka's female labor participation was 36.33% in 2000, decreased +1.32pp from 37.65% in 1999. This was the 150th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2000▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2000
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Mozambique	87.43%	0.2%
2nd	Tanzania	84.35%	0.0%
3rd	Madagascar	83.94%	0.0%
4th	Burundi	83.35%	-1.0%
5th	Solomon Islands	82.44%	1.0%
6th	Malawi	78.11%	0.0%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.92%	0.0%
8th	Cameroon	77.86%	0.1%
9th	Cambodia	77.83%	-1.0%
10th	Nigeria	77.55%	-0.1%
11th	Burkina Faso	77.32%	-0.3%
12th	Angola	75.50%	0.0%
13th	Eritrea	74.09%	-0.1%
14th	Vanuatu	73.75%	-0.2%
15th	Iceland	73.47%	3.2%
16th	Azerbaijan	72.21%	-1.7%
17th	Liberia	71.79%	0.0%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.35%	0.0%
19th	Uganda	71.25%	0.0%
20th	South Sudan	71.17%	0.0%
21st	Kenya	70.47%	0.1%
22nd	Viet Nam	69.97%	-1.7%
23rd	Niger	69.01%	-0.1%
24th	Ghana	68.90%	-0.2%
25th	Georgia	68.21%	-0.8%
26th	Bahamas, The	68.09%	0.3%
27th	China	67.91%	-0.8%
28th	Lesotho	66.71%	-1.0%
29th	Congo, Republic of	66.34%	0.3%
30th	Kazakhstan	65.83%	-0.8%
31st	Central African Republic	65.77%	0.1%
32nd	Thailand	65.60%	0.6%
33rd	Sierra Leone	64.70%	-0.1%
34th	Timor-Leste	64.18%	-5.0%
35th	Barbados	63.61%	0.3%
36th	Benin	63.47%	1.4%
37th	Guinea	62.91%	-0.1%
38th	Norway	61.27%	1.1%
39th	Zimbabwe	60.88%	0.3%
40th	Mali	60.51%	0.0%
41st	Chad	60.20%	-1.0%
42nd	Guam	60.07%	0.1%
43rd	Denmark	60.03%	-0.2%
44th	Bhutan	59.31%	1.3%
45th	New Caledonia	59.30%	0.0%
46th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	58.98%	-0.3%
47th	Netherlands	58.95%	1.1%
48th	United States	58.68%	0.2%
49th	Canada	58.67%	0.8%
50th	Lao PDR	58.66%	-0.3%
51st	Jamaica	58.15%	-1.4%
52nd	Sweden	58.10%	-0.5%
53rd	Kyrgyz Republic	57.89%	-1.6%
54th	Switzerland	57.60%	-0.9%
55th	Haiti	56.84%	-0.1%
56th	New Zealand	56.72%	0.2%
57th	Finland	56.57%	0.4%
58th	Macao SAR, China	56.45%	1.8%
59th	Moldova	56.43%	-0.2%
60th	Myanmar	56.20%	-1.2%
61st	Virgin Islands (US)	55.88%	2.2%
62nd	Guinea-Bissau	55.51%	0.1%
63rd	Togo	55.19%	0.2%
64th	Lithuania	54.92%	-0.4%
65th	Brunei Darussalam	54.85%	1.6%
66th	Russian Federation	54.66%	0.3%
67th	Australia	54.62%	1.7%
68th	Armenia	54.46%	0.0%
69th	Mongolia	53.83%	0.3%
70th	United Kingdom	53.66%	0.7%
71st	Peru	53.53%	-7.2%
72nd	Belarus	53.47%	1.4%
73rd	Israel	53.47%	1.9%
74th	Colombia	53.39%	0.3%
75th	Rwanda	53.09%	0.7%
76th	Ukraine	52.92%	-0.1%
77th	St. Lucia	52.90%	1.0%
78th	Portugal	52.73%	0.9%
79th	Equatorial Guinea	52.66%	0.0%
80th	Slovak Republic	52.59%	1.4%
81st	Estonia	52.58%	1.3%
82nd	Singapore	52.12%	0.9%
83rd	Ireland	51.94%	2.2%
84th	Brazil	51.85%	2.1%
85th	Indonesia	51.67%	1.0%
86th	Paraguay	51.65%	-0.6%
87th	Czechia	51.64%	-1.0%
88th	Slovenia	51.29%	-1.3%
89th	Zambia	51.13%	0.0%
90th	Albania	50.83%	-1.9%
91st	Argentina	50.54%	-0.4%
92nd	Côte d'Ivoire	50.36%	2.0%
93rd	Turkmenistan	49.86%	-1.1%
94th	Botswana	49.51%	0.5%
95th	Korea	49.35%	3.5%
96th	Channel Islands	49.35%	1.2%
97th	Cyprus	49.30%	1.2%
98th	Japan	49.19%	-0.7%
99th	Germany	49.00%	-0.1%
100th	Austria	48.99%	0.0%
101st	Hong Kong SAR, China	48.99%	0.6%
102nd	Uruguay	48.99%	1.1%
103rd	Latvia	48.98%	-1.7%
104th	Qatar	48.85%	-0.1%
105th	Poland	48.63%	-1.1%
106th	France	48.54%	0.2%
107th	Trinidad and Tobago	48.40%	-0.2%
108th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	47.95%	0.5%
109th	Papua New Guinea	47.94%	0.5%
110th	French Polynesia	47.89%	-0.2%
111th	Namibia	47.26%	0.3%
112th	Philippines	47.18%	-0.1%
113th	Serbia	46.70%	-0.8%
114th	South Africa	46.58%	0.5%
115th	European Union	46.33%	0.4%
116th	Guatemala	46.08%	0.4%
117th	Ecuador	45.88%	-6.0%
118th	Hungary	45.55%	0.6%
119th	Gambia, The	45.45%	0.4%
120th	El Salvador	45.42%	-0.6%
121st	Panama	44.85%	1.8%
122nd	Tonga	44.53%	-0.3%
123rd	Eswatini	44.42%	0.6%
124th	Croatia	44.41%	-0.2%
125th	Tajikistan	44.39%	0.0%
126th	Bulgaria	44.32%	-0.5%
127th	Kuwait	44.18%	0.5%
128th	Cabo Verde	44.13%	0.9%
129th	Belgium	43.62%	1.1%
130th	Honduras	43.41%	-3.8%
131st	Samoa	42.50%	-0.3%
132nd	Montenegro	42.42%	-0.2%
133rd	Romania	42.36%	0.1%
134th	Luxembourg	41.49%	4.0%
135th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.25%	-0.2%
136th	North Macedonia	40.87%	1.5%
137th	Spain	40.66%	3.9%
138th	Malaysia	40.59%	1.3%
139th	Belize	39.81%	1.3%
140th	Dominican Republic	39.73%	0.9%
141st	Uzbekistan	39.64%	-0.4%
142nd	Greece	39.48%	-0.1%
143rd	Mexico	38.87%	0.9%
144th	Mauritius	38.66%	-0.1%
145th	Costa Rica	38.64%	-3.2%
146th	Gabon	37.87%	0.3%
147th	Fiji	37.84%	-1.1%
148th	Chile	37.70%	-1.0%
149th	Maldives	37.04%	5.6%
150th	Sri Lanka	36.33%	-3.5%
151st	Cuba	36.26%	1.7%
152nd	Nicaragua	35.89%	2.4%
153rd	Guyana	35.40%	-1.6%
154th	Italy	35.40%	0.7%
155th	Puerto Rico (US)	34.73%	-4.5%
156th	India	34.40%	1.8%
157th	Bahrain	34.27%	2.0%
158th	United Arab Emirates	33.94%	1.7%
159th	Suriname	33.40%	2.0%
160th	Senegal	33.03%	0.3%
161st	Comoros	32.24%	0.3%
162nd	Libya	30.43%	1.3%
163rd	Malta	29.75%	-1.1%
164th	Bangladesh	28.67%	1.2%
165th	Mauritania	28.32%	1.1%
166th	Sudan	27.82%	-1.0%
167th	Türkiye	26.51%	-11.4%
168th	Morocco	24.93%	0.7%
169th	Oman	23.92%	0.1%
170th	Tunisia	23.68%	-0.1%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	22.50%	0.8%
172nd	Nepal	21.28%	0.8%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.08%	-0.2%
174th	Syrian Arab Republic	20.89%	12.3%
175th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	20.41%	-0.5%
176th	Yemen, Republic of	20.21%	-6.4%
177th	Lebanon	19.70%	0.4%
178th	Saudi Arabia	16.39%	-2.9%
179th	Djibouti	16.30%	0.7%
180th	Pakistan	16.13%	2.8%
181st	Afghanistan	14.29%	-1.0%
182nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.69%	6.5%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	12.40%	-3.0%
184th	Algeria	12.03%	0.9%
185th	Jordan	11.85%	0.9%
186th	Iraq	9.77%	3.3%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 2000?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 2000 was 36.33%. This ranked 150th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's female labor participation change in 2000?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation decreased by 3.5% in 2000 compared to 1999.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2000?▾

Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 2000 at 87.43%.

What is the female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 2000?▾

The female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 2000 was 36.33%. This ranked 150th globally.

How does 2000 compare to 1999 for Sri Lanka's female labor participation?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation went from 37.65% in 1999 to 36.33% in 2000, a 3.5% decrease.

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