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Sri Lanka - Industry Employment 2006

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Employment in industry · World Bank

23.05% +0.49% from 2005 Global rank: 120th

Sri Lanka's industry employment was 23.05% in 2006, increased +0.49% from 22.56% in 2005. This was the 120th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2006▾

Industry Employment by Country - 2006
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	South Sudan	2.12%	1.9%
2nd	Burundi	2.66%	3.0%
3rd	Madagascar	3.80%	11.3%
4th	Mozambique	4.05%	6.7%
5th	Lao PDR	4.20%	8.9%
6th	Djibouti	4.47%	2.3%
7th	Chad	4.67%	4.9%
8th	Sierra Leone	5.79%	-5.8%
9th	Bhutan	5.82%	-1.9%
10th	Zambia	6.25%	0.6%
11th	Guinea-Bissau	6.77%	-0.2%
12th	Timor-Leste	7.08%	-8.0%
13th	Niger	7.21%	-0.5%
14th	Malawi	7.29%	-0.1%
15th	Tanzania	7.33%	-0.1%
16th	Guinea	7.35%	7.3%
17th	Papua New Guinea	7.52%	1.8%
18th	Rwanda	7.58%	9.9%
19th	Liberia	7.73%	1.2%
20th	Angola	8.10%	-4.0%
21st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.13%	-1.0%
22nd	Georgia	8.80%	-6.3%
23rd	Equatorial Guinea	9.06%	5.8%
24th	Togo	9.18%	4.4%
25th	Kenya	9.49%	1.4%
26th	Vanuatu	9.53%	6.9%
27th	Haiti	10.18%	0.3%
28th	Burkina Faso	10.19%	4.7%
29th	Nigeria	10.57%	1.3%
30th	Solomon Islands	11.09%	-2.5%
31st	Cameroon	11.14%	0.3%
32nd	Gabon	11.72%	1.2%
33rd	Côte d'Ivoire	12.34%	-0.4%
34th	Azerbaijan	12.35%	2.3%
35th	Eritrea	12.64%	-0.6%
36th	Mongolia	12.96%	4.7%
37th	Botswana	13.50%	-12.4%
38th	Zimbabwe	13.70%	-2.8%
39th	Afghanistan	13.71%	1.5%
40th	Mali	13.82%	-9.5%
41st	Ghana	13.98%	1.1%
42nd	Moldova	14.02%	-0.4%
43rd	Cambodia	14.02%	6.4%
44th	Sudan	14.09%	2.4%
45th	Mauritania	14.34%	8.0%
46th	Yemen, Republic of	14.49%	1.9%
47th	Namibia	14.94%	-1.9%
48th	Comoros	15.11%	3.0%
49th	Hong Kong SAR, China	15.35%	-2.2%
50th	Central African Republic	15.84%	-0.5%
51st	Armenia	15.87%	3.2%
52nd	Gambia, The	16.01%	0.0%
53rd	Peru	16.16%	1.0%
54th	Channel Islands	16.30%	-1.0%
55th	Philippines	16.56%	0.5%
56th	Ecuador	16.67%	0.6%
57th	Luxembourg	16.69%	-3.5%
58th	Paraguay	16.87%	6.9%
59th	Tajikistan	16.92%	-2.7%
60th	French Polynesia	16.96%	-1.6%
61st	Panama	17.02%	5.1%
62nd	Uganda	17.16%	-1.8%
63rd	Albania	17.22%	-0.4%
64th	Indonesia	17.34%	-1.0%
65th	Senegal	17.53%	6.0%
66th	Nicaragua	17.82%	-2.4%
67th	Belize	17.83%	-0.3%
68th	St. Lucia	18.13%	2.8%
69th	Cuba	18.13%	-5.1%
70th	Jamaica	18.18%	-0.3%
71st	Myanmar	18.21%	4.2%
72nd	Bahamas, The	18.30%	2.7%
73rd	Montenegro	18.32%	-4.7%
74th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.40%	-0.4%
75th	Kazakhstan	18.44%	2.4%
76th	Bangladesh	18.64%	2.4%
77th	Israel	19.02%	-0.7%
78th	Macao SAR, China	19.18%	2.9%
79th	Brunei Darussalam	19.25%	0.2%
80th	Puerto Rico (US)	19.44%	2.8%
81st	Uruguay	19.47%	0.2%
82nd	India	19.52%	2.8%
83rd	Viet Nam	19.57%	7.4%
84th	Maldives	19.64%	-4.7%
85th	Samoa	19.64%	-6.6%
86th	Benin	19.82%	-0.7%
87th	Fiji	19.86%	-4.7%
88th	Barbados	20.44%	-2.8%
89th	Thailand	20.45%	1.3%
90th	Netherlands	20.49%	-2.6%
91st	Costa Rica	20.49%	0.6%
92nd	Uzbekistan	20.75%	2.4%
93rd	Morocco	20.78%	4.4%
94th	Colombia	20.84%	0.7%
95th	São Tomé and Principe	21.10%	2.7%
96th	Norway	21.13%	1.3%
97th	Oman	21.13%	12.2%
98th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	21.14%	1.6%
99th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	21.17%	-8.1%
100th	Cabo Verde	21.35%	1.7%
101st	Iceland	21.55%	-0.7%
102nd	Argentina	21.57%	2.0%
103rd	Guam	21.59%	-1.3%
104th	Australia	21.69%	0.9%
105th	Pakistan	21.83%	2.0%
106th	Sweden	21.91%	-0.2%
107th	Kuwait	21.93%	6.0%
108th	United Kingdom	22.03%	-0.6%
109th	Canada	22.21%	-2.1%
110th	United States	22.23%	0.4%
111th	West Bank and Gaza	22.42%	-8.5%
112th	New Zealand	22.53%	1.5%
113th	Greece	22.58%	-1.5%
114th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.60%	2.7%
115th	Cyprus	22.65%	-5.8%
116th	Switzerland	22.79%	1.2%
117th	Virgin Islands (US)	22.90%	-0.6%
118th	Guatemala	22.97%	6.2%
119th	Chile	23.00%	-0.2%
120th	Sri Lanka	23.05%	2.2%
121st	Lebanon	23.08%	-1.2%
122nd	Libya	23.21%	1.2%
123rd	Singapore	23.30%	-2.5%
124th	Denmark	23.33%	-2.3%
125th	Brazil	23.55%	-0.2%
126th	Kyrgyz Republic	23.72%	8.4%
127th	Dominican Republic	23.75%	-1.1%
128th	Congo, Republic of	23.79%	1.6%
129th	El Salvador	23.86%	3.6%
130th	Lesotho	23.94%	5.4%
131st	Mexico	23.98%	0.5%
132nd	Serbia	24.13%	7.5%
133rd	France	24.14%	0.3%
134th	Guyana	24.15%	1.0%
135th	Iraq	24.15%	0.2%
136th	Honduras	24.25%	-5.5%
137th	New Caledonia	24.28%	2.2%
138th	Suriname	24.66%	1.4%
139th	Belgium	24.69%	0.0%
140th	China	25.20%	5.9%
141st	Jordan	25.23%	-1.5%
142nd	Turkmenistan	25.44%	1.1%
143rd	Saudi Arabia	25.63%	-0.3%
144th	Finland	25.69%	-0.8%
145th	Eswatini	25.75%	0.5%
146th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	26.06%	-1.2%
147th	South Africa	26.08%	0.1%
148th	Nepal	26.76%	0.8%
149th	Korea	26.92%	-1.8%
150th	Tonga	27.06%	-3.7%
151st	Latvia	27.37%	3.4%
152nd	Japan	27.50%	0.4%
153rd	Ukraine	27.65%	1.1%
154th	Ireland	27.66%	-0.6%
155th	Malta	27.86%	-4.7%
156th	Austria	28.16%	2.1%
157th	Algeria	28.26%	2.4%
158th	Syrian Arab Republic	28.26%	3.2%
159th	European Union	28.67%	-0.2%
160th	Russian Federation	28.95%	-1.2%
161st	Türkiye	29.21%	1.5%
162nd	Spain	29.23%	-1.1%
163rd	Croatia	29.35%	2.5%
164th	Trinidad and Tobago	29.57%	-0.9%
165th	Lithuania	29.57%	1.8%
166th	Germany	29.85%	0.0%
167th	Poland	29.93%	2.6%
168th	Italy	30.05%	-2.1%
169th	Malaysia	30.26%	1.8%
170th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.84%	0.4%
171st	Portugal	31.30%	-0.3%
172nd	Slovenia	31.49%	-4.5%
173rd	Mauritius	31.97%	-0.9%
174th	Tunisia	32.14%	-0.4%
175th	Hungary	32.38%	-0.5%
176th	Bahrain	32.47%	3.8%
177th	North Macedonia	33.03%	-0.1%
178th	Estonia	33.54%	-1.6%
179th	Belarus	34.29%	0.5%
180th	Bulgaria	34.47%	0.7%
181st	United Arab Emirates	34.86%	-2.7%
182nd	Romania	34.97%	0.2%
183rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	37.14%	-0.1%
184th	Slovak Republic	39.17%	0.1%
185th	Czechia	40.97%	-0.3%
186th	Qatar	41.57%	1.3%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's industry employment in 2006?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment in 2006 was 23.05%. This ranked 120th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's industry employment change in 2006?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment increased by 2.2% in 2006 compared to 2005.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 2006?▾

Qatar had the highest industry employment in 2006 at 41.57%.

What is the industry employment of Sri Lanka in 2006?▾

The industry employment of Sri Lanka in 2006 was 23.05%. This ranked 120th globally.

How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Sri Lanka's industry employment?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment went from 22.56% in 2005 to 23.05% in 2006, a 2.2% increase.

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