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Sri Lanka - Female Labor Participation 2001

Name: Sri Lanka Female Labor Participation 2001
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

36.08% −0.25pp from 2000 Global rank: 152nd

Sri Lanka's female labor participation was 36.08% in 2001, decreased +0.25pp from 36.33% in 2000. This was the 152nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2001▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2001
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Mozambique	87.56%	0.1%
2nd	Tanzania	84.35%	0.0%
3rd	Madagascar	83.98%	0.0%
4th	Solomon Islands	82.95%	0.6%
5th	Burundi	82.48%	-1.0%
6th	Malawi	78.12%	0.0%
7th	Cameroon	77.91%	0.1%
8th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.81%	-0.1%
9th	Nigeria	77.40%	-0.2%
10th	Cambodia	77.07%	-1.0%
11th	Burkina Faso	77.07%	-0.3%
12th	Angola	75.52%	0.0%
13th	Eritrea	74.07%	0.0%
14th	Vanuatu	74.02%	0.4%
15th	Iceland	72.56%	-1.2%
16th	Liberia	71.80%	0.0%
17th	Viet Nam	71.49%	2.2%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.34%	0.0%
19th	Uganda	71.23%	0.0%
20th	South Sudan	71.15%	0.0%
21st	Kenya	70.53%	0.1%
22nd	Azerbaijan	70.28%	-2.7%
23rd	Niger	68.96%	-0.1%
24th	Ghana	68.76%	-0.2%
25th	Bahamas, The	68.30%	0.3%
26th	China	67.50%	-0.6%
27th	Georgia	67.32%	-1.3%
28th	Congo, Republic of	66.54%	0.3%
29th	Lesotho	66.02%	-1.0%
30th	Central African Republic	65.79%	0.0%
31st	Kazakhstan	65.29%	-0.8%
32nd	Thailand	65.26%	-0.5%
33rd	Sierra Leone	64.68%	0.0%
34th	Benin	64.38%	1.4%
35th	Barbados	63.80%	0.3%
36th	Timor-Leste	63.70%	-0.7%
37th	Guinea	62.78%	-0.2%
38th	Norway	61.70%	0.7%
39th	Zimbabwe	61.00%	0.2%
40th	Mali	60.53%	0.0%
41st	Bhutan	60.14%	1.4%
42nd	Denmark	59.87%	-0.3%
43rd	Chad	59.57%	-1.0%
44th	Netherlands	59.54%	1.0%
45th	New Caledonia	59.16%	-0.2%
46th	Canada	58.98%	0.5%
47th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	58.83%	-0.3%
48th	Switzerland	58.80%	2.1%
49th	Peru	58.58%	9.4%
50th	Sweden	58.58%	0.8%
51st	United States	58.52%	-0.3%
52nd	Lao PDR	58.50%	-0.3%
53rd	Virgin Islands (US)	58.25%	4.3%
54th	Guam	58.09%	-3.3%
55th	New Zealand	57.61%	1.6%
56th	Jamaica	57.33%	-1.4%
57th	Finland	57.28%	1.3%
58th	Haiti	57.15%	0.6%
59th	Kyrgyz Republic	56.93%	-1.7%
60th	Macao SAR, China	56.39%	-0.1%
61st	Myanmar	55.68%	-0.9%
62nd	Brunei Darussalam	55.68%	1.5%
63rd	Guinea-Bissau	55.55%	0.1%
64th	Togo	55.26%	0.1%
65th	Australia	55.16%	1.0%
66th	Moldova	54.80%	-2.9%
67th	Armenia	54.32%	-0.3%
68th	Belarus	54.12%	1.2%
69th	Mongolia	53.93%	0.2%
70th	Israel	53.73%	0.5%
71st	United Kingdom	53.53%	-0.2%
72nd	Russian Federation	53.51%	-2.1%
73rd	Portugal	53.48%	1.4%
74th	St. Lucia	53.42%	1.0%
75th	Rwanda	53.42%	0.6%
76th	Colombia	53.39%	0.0%
77th	Lithuania	53.33%	-2.9%
78th	Slovak Republic	52.97%	0.7%
79th	Brazil	52.96%	2.1%
80th	Ukraine	52.86%	-0.1%
81st	Equatorial Guinea	52.61%	-0.1%
82nd	Singapore	52.55%	0.8%
83rd	Ireland	52.43%	0.9%
84th	Estonia	51.99%	-1.1%
85th	Cyprus	51.87%	5.2%
86th	Paraguay	51.60%	-0.1%
87th	Côte d'Ivoire	51.37%	2.0%
88th	Czechia	51.27%	-0.7%
89th	Uruguay	51.23%	4.6%
90th	Zambia	51.16%	0.1%
91st	Slovenia	51.13%	-0.3%
92nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	50.31%	2.7%
93rd	Botswana	50.09%	1.2%
94th	Korea	50.00%	1.3%
95th	Indonesia	49.99%	-3.3%
96th	Latvia	49.94%	2.0%
97th	Argentina	49.76%	-1.5%
98th	Albania	49.68%	-2.3%
99th	Channel Islands	49.63%	0.6%
100th	Poland	49.54%	1.9%
101st	Turkmenistan	49.48%	-0.8%
102nd	Germany	49.35%	0.7%
103rd	Qatar	49.25%	0.8%
104th	Japan	49.05%	-0.3%
105th	Austria	48.86%	-0.3%
106th	Trinidad and Tobago	48.85%	0.9%
107th	France	48.32%	-0.4%
108th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	48.26%	0.7%
109th	Papua New Guinea	48.08%	0.3%
110th	French Polynesia	47.75%	-0.3%
111th	Namibia	47.75%	1.0%
112th	Philippines	47.15%	-0.1%
113th	Ecuador	46.98%	2.4%
114th	South Africa	46.84%	0.5%
115th	Bulgaria	46.66%	5.3%
116th	European Union	46.44%	0.2%
117th	Serbia	46.33%	-0.8%
118th	Guatemala	46.14%	0.1%
119th	Hungary	45.88%	0.7%
120th	Gambia, The	45.66%	0.4%
121st	Panama	45.63%	1.7%
122nd	El Salvador	45.18%	-0.5%
123rd	Eswatini	44.67%	0.6%
124th	Kuwait	44.53%	0.8%
125th	Cabo Verde	44.52%	0.9%
126th	Tonga	44.41%	-0.3%
127th	Tajikistan	44.40%	0.0%
128th	Croatia	44.31%	-0.2%
129th	Honduras	42.99%	-1.0%
130th	Montenegro	42.40%	0.0%
131st	Samoa	42.29%	-0.5%
132nd	Romania	42.25%	-0.3%
133rd	Belgium	41.79%	-4.2%
134th	Luxembourg	41.58%	0.2%
135th	Costa Rica	41.56%	7.6%
136th	North Macedonia	41.16%	0.7%
137th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.13%	-0.3%
138th	Malaysia	41.05%	1.1%
139th	Belize	40.32%	1.3%
140th	Uzbekistan	39.50%	-0.4%
141st	Spain	39.44%	-3.0%
142nd	Greece	38.73%	-1.9%
143rd	Dominican Republic	38.36%	-3.4%
144th	Mexico	38.23%	-1.6%
145th	Gabon	38.00%	0.3%
146th	Fiji	37.43%	-1.1%
147th	Maldives	37.05%	0.0%
148th	Chile	36.73%	-2.6%
149th	Nicaragua	36.72%	2.3%
150th	Cuba	36.71%	1.3%
151st	Mauritius	36.23%	-6.3%
152nd	Sri Lanka	36.08%	-0.7%
153rd	Italy	35.86%	1.3%
154th	Puerto Rico (US)	35.36%	1.8%
155th	Bahrain	34.91%	1.9%
156th	Guyana	34.82%	-1.6%
157th	United Arab Emirates	34.53%	1.8%
158th	India	34.48%	0.3%
159th	Suriname	34.07%	2.0%
160th	Senegal	33.11%	0.2%
161st	Comoros	32.32%	0.2%
162nd	Libya	30.76%	1.1%
163rd	Malta	29.37%	-1.3%
164th	Bangladesh	28.88%	0.7%
165th	Mauritania	28.23%	-0.3%
166th	Sudan	27.53%	-1.0%
167th	Türkiye	27.09%	2.2%
168th	Morocco	25.37%	1.7%
169th	Oman	23.99%	0.3%
170th	Tunisia	23.66%	-0.1%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	22.61%	0.5%
172nd	Nepal	21.50%	1.0%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.04%	-0.2%
174th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	20.34%	-0.3%
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	20.24%	-3.1%
176th	Lebanon	19.83%	0.7%
177th	Yemen, Republic of	18.90%	-6.5%
178th	Djibouti	16.41%	0.6%
179th	Pakistan	16.17%	0.2%
180th	Saudi Arabia	15.94%	-2.7%
181st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	14.58%	6.5%
182nd	Afghanistan	14.20%	-0.7%
183rd	Algeria	12.16%	1.1%
184th	Jordan	11.29%	-4.7%
185th	Iraq	10.09%	3.3%
186th	West Bank and Gaza	10.04%	-19.0%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 2001?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 2001 was 36.08%. This ranked 152nd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's female labor participation change in 2001?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation decreased by 0.7% in 2001 compared to 2000.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2001?▾

Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 2001 at 87.56%.

What is the female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 2001?▾

The female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 2001 was 36.08%. This ranked 152nd globally.

How does 2001 compare to 2000 for Sri Lanka's female labor participation?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation went from 36.33% in 2000 to 36.08% in 2001, a 0.7% decrease.

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