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Sri Lanka - Industry Employment 1999

Name: Sri Lanka Industry Employment 1999
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Employment in industry · World Bank

19.63% +0.09% from 1998 Global rank: 83rd

Sri Lanka's industry employment was 19.63% in 1999, increased +0.09% from 19.54% in 1998. This was the 83rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Industry Employment by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	South Sudan	1.90%	0.2%
2nd	Burundi	2.24%	1.8%
3rd	Lao PDR	2.82%	7.4%
4th	Chad	2.90%	4.4%
5th	Mozambique	3.07%	2.3%
6th	Equatorial Guinea	4.22%	11.8%
7th	Djibouti	4.33%	0.1%
8th	Rwanda	5.01%	0.9%
9th	Bhutan	5.27%	1.4%
10th	Guinea	5.28%	0.9%
11th	Zambia	5.45%	-10.6%
12th	Guinea-Bissau	6.90%	0.2%
13th	Cambodia	6.90%	63.2%
14th	Sierra Leone	7.16%	-2.7%
15th	Tanzania	7.43%	-0.4%
16th	Niger	7.48%	-0.7%
17th	Burkina Faso	7.50%	4.4%
18th	Malawi	7.51%	-0.5%
19th	Liberia	7.56%	0.3%
20th	Togo	8.09%	1.1%
21st	Angola	8.13%	0.2%
22nd	Timor-Leste	8.24%	8.8%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	8.25%	-0.8%
24th	Madagascar	8.31%	-2.1%
25th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.44%	-1.3%
26th	Yemen, Republic of	9.17%	7.4%
27th	Vanuatu	9.20%	-1.6%
28th	Nigeria	9.35%	-1.0%
29th	Georgia	9.84%	-7.1%
30th	Kenya	9.90%	-1.5%
31st	Oman	10.09%	7.2%
32nd	Gabon	10.54%	0.8%
33rd	Haiti	10.77%	-1.2%
34th	Azerbaijan	11.17%	0.1%
35th	Viet Nam	11.63%	3.5%
36th	Sudan	11.99%	0.9%
37th	Myanmar	12.64%	4.8%
38th	Eritrea	12.74%	-0.2%
39th	Ghana	12.85%	4.5%
40th	Bangladesh	12.95%	1.9%
41st	Afghanistan	12.98%	-0.9%
42nd	Senegal	13.00%	0.4%
43rd	Mauritania	13.17%	-0.4%
44th	Cameroon	13.30%	-0.5%
45th	Moldova	13.65%	-6.6%
46th	Côte d'Ivoire	13.71%	-0.8%
47th	Zimbabwe	13.72%	-1.0%
48th	Namibia	13.75%	-4.7%
49th	Comoros	14.17%	-0.2%
50th	Mongolia	14.63%	-1.8%
51st	Armenia	14.67%	-0.1%
52nd	Suriname	15.08%	-20.0%
53rd	Tajikistan	15.59%	-0.4%
54th	Albania	15.61%	2.6%
55th	Kazakhstan	15.95%	-0.6%
56th	Gambia, The	16.08%	-0.2%
57th	Peru	16.09%	-0.9%
58th	India	16.31%	3.3%
59th	Kyrgyz Republic	16.32%	-10.4%
60th	Indonesia	16.40%	-1.0%
61st	Central African Republic	16.67%	-0.7%
62nd	Bahamas, The	16.72%	9.3%
63rd	Philippines	16.98%	-0.6%
64th	Belize	16.99%	-5.5%
65th	French Polynesia	17.05%	2.3%
66th	St. Lucia	17.14%	1.1%
67th	Panama	17.17%	0.5%
68th	Lesotho	17.42%	2.5%
69th	Channel Islands	17.48%	-1.1%
70th	Nicaragua	17.75%	3.5%
71st	Thailand	17.87%	3.5%
72nd	Paraguay	17.89%	-2.4%
73rd	Uzbekistan	18.61%	1.8%
74th	Uganda	18.66%	-0.5%
75th	Colombia	18.76%	-10.0%
76th	Jamaica	18.87%	-1.4%
77th	Mali	18.89%	-0.9%
78th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.93%	-0.4%
79th	Ecuador	19.11%	8.5%
80th	Cabo Verde	19.16%	2.8%
81st	Botswana	19.21%	-3.5%
82nd	Solomon Islands	19.40%	-5.2%
83rd	Sri Lanka	19.63%	0.5%
84th	Kuwait	19.97%	-3.8%
85th	Brunei Darussalam	20.14%	-4.5%
86th	Cuba	20.37%	-0.5%
87th	Benin	20.44%	-0.3%
88th	Pakistan	20.79%	0.0%
89th	Jordan	20.94%	-0.3%
90th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	21.06%	-1.5%
91st	Morocco	21.07%	-4.8%
92nd	Guatemala	21.34%	-1.5%
93rd	Serbia	21.41%	-0.8%
94th	Fiji	21.49%	0.7%
95th	Macao SAR, China	21.61%	-3.2%
96th	Hong Kong SAR, China	21.72%	-6.4%
97th	Argentina	21.74%	-4.8%
98th	Australia	21.75%	-1.4%
99th	Luxembourg	21.98%	1.7%
100th	Israel	22.06%	-4.5%
101st	Puerto Rico (US)	22.09%	1.7%
102nd	São Tomé and Principe	22.22%	0.4%
103rd	Uruguay	22.26%	-0.1%
104th	Norway	22.26%	-2.4%
105th	Netherlands	22.33%	-1.9%
106th	Libya	22.43%	-0.7%
107th	Guam	22.54%	-0.6%
108th	United States	22.65%	-1.8%
109th	Guyana	22.71%	3.1%
110th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	22.81%	0.0%
111th	China	23.00%	-2.1%
112th	New Zealand	23.10%	-4.7%
113th	Canada	23.12%	0.0%
114th	Iceland	23.14%	-13.1%
115th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	23.19%	1.4%
116th	Costa Rica	23.19%	0.4%
117th	Chile	23.26%	-8.6%
118th	Greece	23.37%	-1.9%
119th	Congo, Republic of	23.44%	-1.2%
120th	New Caledonia	23.56%	-0.4%
121st	Samoa	23.56%	-0.9%
122nd	Brazil	23.61%	-3.2%
123rd	Mexico	23.99%	3.0%
124th	Virgin Islands (US)	24.00%	-0.7%
125th	Türkiye	24.18%	-1.0%
126th	Montenegro	24.20%	-0.9%
127th	Cyprus	24.34%	-1.6%
128th	Algeria	24.37%	0.7%
129th	Lebanon	24.45%	-2.1%
130th	South Africa	24.50%	0.0%
131st	Switzerland	24.53%	-1.5%
132nd	Maldives	24.58%	-2.0%
133rd	Sweden	25.00%	-3.4%
134th	Turkmenistan	25.25%	0.9%
135th	Iraq	25.39%	2.8%
136th	Honduras	25.44%	-3.9%
137th	Saudi Arabia	25.48%	-1.3%
138th	Eswatini	25.70%	-0.3%
139th	Barbados	25.73%	1.7%
140th	Latvia	25.76%	-4.8%
141st	Belgium	25.77%	-5.4%
142nd	El Salvador	25.85%	1.5%
143rd	United Kingdom	25.90%	-3.2%
144th	Nepal	25.94%	0.3%
145th	Ukraine	26.09%	-0.4%
146th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	26.31%	1.3%
147th	France	26.42%	-0.1%
148th	Dominican Republic	26.45%	-3.5%
149th	Trinidad and Tobago	26.53%	-2.4%
150th	Denmark	26.92%	1.8%
151st	Lithuania	27.07%	-6.9%
152nd	Finland	27.73%	-1.9%
153rd	Singapore	27.86%	-2.7%
154th	Bahrain	28.18%	-0.1%
155th	Syrian Arab Republic	28.29%	-2.2%
156th	Ireland	28.30%	-1.3%
157th	West Bank and Gaza	28.47%	1.6%
158th	Korea	28.54%	-1.6%
159th	Austria	28.88%	0.7%
160th	Croatia	29.06%	-1.4%
161st	Russian Federation	29.06%	-0.4%
162nd	Tonga	29.61%	0.2%
163rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.32%	-0.6%
164th	Japan	30.57%	-1.2%
165th	Spain	30.68%	0.6%
166th	European Union	30.72%	-1.7%
167th	Poland	31.09%	-1.3%
168th	Tunisia	31.38%	0.7%
169th	Estonia	31.64%	-4.0%
170th	Romania	32.27%	-5.3%
171st	Italy	32.38%	-1.1%
172nd	Malta	32.71%	-1.4%
173rd	Malaysia	32.96%	-0.3%
174th	Bulgaria	33.00%	-5.6%
175th	Mauritius	33.65%	0.7%
176th	Slovenia	33.69%	-5.1%
177th	Germany	33.84%	-1.6%
178th	North Macedonia	34.08%	-0.7%
179th	Belarus	34.50%	-0.9%
180th	Hungary	34.62%	-1.5%
181st	Qatar	35.57%	2.7%
182nd	Portugal	35.58%	-2.9%
183rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	36.80%	-0.1%
184th	Slovak Republic	38.79%	-2.3%
185th	Czechia	42.72%	-1.5%
186th	United Arab Emirates	42.80%	-0.7%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's industry employment in 1999?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment in 1999 was 19.63%. This ranked 83rd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's industry employment change in 1999?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment increased by 0.5% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 1999?▾

United Arab Emirates had the highest industry employment in 1999 at 42.80%.

What is the industry employment of Sri Lanka in 1999?▾

The industry employment of Sri Lanka in 1999 was 19.63%. This ranked 83rd globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Sri Lanka's industry employment?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment went from 19.54% in 1998 to 19.63% in 1999, a 0.5% increase.

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