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Sri Lanka - Female Labor Participation 2004

Name: Sri Lanka Female Labor Participation 2004
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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

35.35% −0.24pp from 2003 Global rank: 158th

Sri Lanka's female labor participation was 35.35% in 2004, decreased +0.24pp from 35.59% in 2003. This was the 158th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2004▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2004
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Mozambique	87.17%	-0.8%
2nd	Tanzania	86.06%	0.6%
3rd	Madagascar	84.09%	0.0%
4th	Solomon Islands	82.91%	-0.2%
5th	Burundi	79.53%	-1.3%
6th	Malawi	78.16%	0.0%
7th	Cameroon	78.03%	0.0%
8th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.69%	-0.1%
9th	Nigeria	76.99%	-0.2%
10th	Burkina Faso	76.32%	-0.3%
11th	Angola	75.60%	0.0%
12th	Cambodia	75.33%	-0.3%
13th	Vanuatu	74.26%	-0.1%
14th	Eritrea	74.08%	0.0%
15th	Liberia	71.81%	0.0%
16th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.28%	0.0%
17th	Uganda	71.09%	-0.1%
18th	South Sudan	71.06%	0.0%
19th	Kenya	70.70%	0.1%
20th	Iceland	70.45%	-2.2%
21st	Viet Nam	70.10%	-0.4%
22nd	Bahamas, The	68.83%	0.2%
23rd	Niger	68.80%	-0.1%
24th	Ghana	68.35%	-0.2%
25th	Congo, Republic of	66.71%	0.2%
26th	China	66.25%	-0.6%
27th	Benin	66.24%	0.7%
28th	Sierra Leone	65.92%	1.9%
29th	Central African Republic	65.88%	0.0%
30th	Kazakhstan	64.83%	-0.4%
31st	Thailand	64.81%	-0.3%
32nd	Barbados	64.71%	1.0%
33rd	Georgia	64.22%	-1.2%
34th	Azerbaijan	64.22%	-3.6%
35th	Timor-Leste	64.06%	-0.2%
36th	Lesotho	63.91%	-1.1%
37th	Norway	63.08%	0.8%
38th	Bhutan	62.92%	1.6%
39th	Peru	62.92%	2.3%
40th	Canada	61.29%	0.2%
41st	Zimbabwe	60.96%	-0.1%
42nd	Denmark	60.63%	1.1%
43rd	Mali	60.56%	0.0%
44th	Guinea	60.41%	-1.9%
45th	Netherlands	59.76%	-0.3%
46th	Switzerland	59.13%	-0.6%
47th	New Zealand	59.11%	0.8%
48th	New Caledonia	59.03%	0.0%
49th	Sweden	58.47%	-0.6%
50th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	58.43%	-0.2%
51st	Virgin Islands (US)	58.21%	3.6%
52nd	Haiti	58.09%	0.5%
53rd	Lao PDR	58.01%	-0.3%
54th	United States	57.94%	-0.5%
55th	Chad	57.66%	-1.1%
56th	Finland	57.57%	-0.1%
57th	Paraguay	56.88%	10.4%
58th	Jamaica	56.57%	0.1%
59th	Brunei Darussalam	56.08%	0.2%
60th	St. Lucia	55.91%	1.5%
61st	Australia	55.77%	-0.4%
62nd	Guinea-Bissau	55.66%	0.1%
63rd	Brazil	55.64%	1.6%
64th	Togo	55.42%	0.1%
65th	Belarus	55.18%	0.5%
66th	Macao SAR, China	54.97%	2.7%
67th	Russian Federation	54.72%	1.1%
68th	Israel	54.67%	0.9%
69th	Kyrgyz Republic	54.64%	-2.2%
70th	Moldova	54.58%	-2.7%
71st	United Kingdom	54.53%	0.8%
72nd	Côte d'Ivoire	54.39%	1.9%
73rd	Portugal	54.28%	-0.9%
74th	Myanmar	54.02%	-1.0%
75th	Rwanda	53.94%	0.2%
76th	Mongolia	53.88%	-0.1%
77th	Cyprus	53.67%	-0.1%
78th	Armenia	53.52%	-0.4%
79th	Ireland	53.32%	0.2%
80th	Estonia	53.20%	1.8%
81st	Trinidad and Tobago	53.11%	3.7%
82nd	Colombia	52.95%	-1.4%
83rd	Slovenia	52.84%	4.8%
84th	Ecuador	52.73%	7.2%
85th	Ukraine	52.70%	-0.1%
86th	Singapore	52.64%	0.7%
87th	Guam	52.60%	-1.7%
88th	Slovak Republic	52.47%	-0.8%
89th	Equatorial Guinea	52.40%	-0.2%
90th	Botswana	51.91%	1.3%
91st	Lithuania	51.34%	-6.3%
92nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	51.27%	0.5%
93rd	Zambia	51.26%	0.1%
94th	Channel Islands	50.69%	0.3%
95th	Korea	50.64%	2.3%
96th	Czechia	50.55%	-0.5%
97th	Latvia	50.41%	-0.2%
98th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	50.23%	1.2%
99th	Austria	50.06%	-0.3%
100th	Argentina	49.96%	2.1%
101st	Germany	49.74%	-0.5%
102nd	France	49.58%	-0.3%
103rd	Namibia	49.20%	1.0%
104th	Uruguay	49.09%	-0.5%
105th	Turkmenistan	49.08%	-1.0%
106th	Papua New Guinea	48.30%	0.1%
107th	Japan	48.16%	0.0%
108th	Qatar	47.90%	-3.5%
109th	Albania	47.85%	-1.3%
110th	Poland	47.72%	-1.1%
111th	South Africa	47.54%	0.4%
112th	European Union	47.52%	0.5%
113th	French Polynesia	47.42%	-0.2%
114th	Panama	47.26%	0.7%
115th	Indonesia	47.24%	-1.3%
116th	Philippines	46.71%	-0.7%
117th	Hungary	46.65%	0.5%
118th	Kuwait	45.92%	0.7%
119th	Cabo Verde	45.80%	1.0%
120th	Gambia, The	45.72%	0.6%
121st	Bulgaria	45.71%	1.9%
122nd	Serbia	45.27%	-0.9%
123rd	Eswatini	45.24%	0.4%
124th	Croatia	45.20%	2.5%
125th	Spain	44.76%	3.2%
126th	Luxembourg	44.60%	4.0%
127th	El Salvador	44.50%	-3.9%
128th	Belgium	44.19%	3.0%
129th	Tonga	44.15%	-0.2%
130th	North Macedonia	42.49%	0.1%
131st	Malaysia	42.26%	0.9%
132nd	Romania	42.09%	-0.1%
133rd	Guatemala	42.05%	-12.4%
134th	Samoa	41.98%	-0.1%
135th	Montenegro	41.87%	-0.5%
136th	Belize	41.86%	1.3%
137th	Honduras	41.78%	-0.9%
138th	Tajikistan	41.77%	-5.9%
139th	Greece	41.05%	3.0%
140th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.79%	-0.3%
141st	Mexico	40.10%	2.9%
142nd	Costa Rica	39.83%	-3.9%
143rd	Mauritius	39.77%	-3.3%
144th	Nicaragua	39.26%	2.2%
145th	Chile	39.21%	3.7%
146th	Dominican Republic	39.17%	0.0%
147th	Uzbekistan	39.06%	-0.3%
148th	Gabon	38.50%	0.5%
149th	Italy	38.13%	3.6%
150th	Cuba	38.07%	1.5%
151st	Maldives	37.07%	0.0%
152nd	Bahrain	36.67%	1.7%
153rd	United Arab Emirates	36.50%	1.8%
154th	Puerto Rico (US)	36.24%	-1.3%
155th	Fiji	36.19%	-1.1%
156th	Suriname	36.15%	2.0%
157th	Guyana	35.54%	1.9%
158th	Sri Lanka	35.35%	-0.7%
159th	India	34.75%	0.3%
160th	Senegal	33.30%	0.1%
161st	Comoros	32.62%	0.5%
162nd	Libya	31.83%	1.2%
163rd	Bangladesh	29.12%	0.2%
164th	Mauritania	28.01%	-0.3%
165th	Malta	27.78%	-7.8%
166th	Sudan	26.68%	-1.0%
167th	Morocco	25.29%	1.0%
168th	Oman	24.75%	0.6%
169th	Tunisia	23.67%	0.1%
170th	Türkiye	23.14%	-12.8%
171st	São Tomé and Principe	22.72%	0.1%
172nd	Nepal	22.21%	1.2%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.89%	-0.3%
174th	Lebanon	20.28%	0.9%
175th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	19.68%	4.0%
176th	Pakistan	17.78%	4.6%
177th	Syrian Arab Republic	17.75%	-6.6%
178th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	17.56%	6.5%
179th	Saudi Arabia	16.58%	2.5%
180th	Djibouti	16.55%	0.0%
181st	Yemen, Republic of	15.37%	-6.7%
182nd	Afghanistan	14.21%	0.4%
183rd	West Bank and Gaza	12.86%	2.9%
184th	Algeria	12.71%	1.7%
185th	Iraq	11.13%	3.4%
186th	Jordan	11.12%	2.4%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 2004?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation in 2004 was 35.35%. This ranked 158th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's female labor participation change in 2004?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation decreased by 0.7% in 2004 compared to 2003.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2004?▾

Mozambique had the highest female labor participation in 2004 at 87.17%.

What is the female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 2004?▾

The female labor participation of Sri Lanka in 2004 was 35.35%. This ranked 158th globally.

How does 2004 compare to 2003 for Sri Lanka's female labor participation?▾

Sri Lanka's female labor participation went from 35.59% in 2003 to 35.35% in 2004, a 0.7% decrease.

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