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Sri Lanka - Industry Employment 2009

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Employment in industry · World Bank

23.66% +0.18% from 2008 Global rank: 129th

Sri Lanka's industry employment was 23.66% in 2009, increased +0.18% from 23.48% in 2008. This was the 129th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2009▾

Industry Employment by Country - 2009
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	South Sudan	2.09%	-3.6%
2nd	Burundi	2.92%	3.4%
3rd	Djibouti	4.70%	-0.9%
4th	Mozambique	4.89%	7.0%
5th	Sierra Leone	5.06%	-3.4%
6th	Lao PDR	5.14%	6.6%
7th	Madagascar	5.30%	11.8%
8th	Chad	5.53%	6.7%
9th	Bhutan	6.28%	6.1%
10th	Guinea-Bissau	6.74%	-0.2%
11th	Zambia	6.85%	7.2%
12th	Angola	7.09%	-4.5%
13th	Niger	7.14%	-0.3%
14th	Malawi	7.38%	0.4%
15th	Tanzania	7.43%	0.4%
16th	Papua New Guinea	7.54%	1.6%
17th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.03%	-2.1%
18th	Mali	8.08%	-15.9%
19th	Liberia	8.13%	1.4%
20th	Guinea	9.22%	7.3%
21st	Timor-Leste	9.30%	9.9%
22nd	Kenya	9.36%	-0.7%
23rd	Georgia	9.69%	-1.0%
24th	Rwanda	9.87%	8.4%
25th	Vanuatu	10.02%	0.4%
26th	Haiti	10.17%	0.1%
27th	Solomon Islands	10.33%	-4.4%
28th	Equatorial Guinea	11.11%	1.6%
29th	Nigeria	11.29%	2.9%
30th	Burkina Faso	11.46%	4.6%
31st	Cameroon	11.80%	2.6%
32nd	Côte d'Ivoire	12.16%	-0.4%
33rd	Gabon	12.35%	1.2%
34th	Eritrea	12.66%	0.0%
35th	Azerbaijan	12.67%	4.4%
36th	Zimbabwe	12.85%	-0.2%
37th	Moldova	13.11%	-8.6%
38th	Luxembourg	13.25%	-13.3%
39th	Mauritania	13.33%	-2.0%
40th	Namibia	13.86%	-3.1%
41st	Hong Kong SAR, China	13.88%	-1.6%
42nd	Sudan	14.32%	-1.4%
43rd	Mongolia	14.57%	4.4%
44th	Ghana	14.80%	1.2%
45th	Samoa	15.29%	-9.8%
46th	Channel Islands	15.42%	-2.9%
47th	Yemen, Republic of	15.55%	2.4%
48th	Botswana	15.55%	4.6%
49th	Central African Republic	15.57%	-0.3%
50th	Cambodia	15.62%	-0.3%
51st	Tajikistan	15.69%	-2.4%
52nd	Afghanistan	15.72%	10.1%
53rd	Gambia, The	15.97%	0.0%
54th	Philippines	16.02%	-3.9%
55th	Bahamas, The	16.06%	-1.2%
56th	Uganda	16.24%	-1.9%
57th	Macao SAR, China	16.24%	-9.9%
58th	French Polynesia	16.26%	-4.8%
59th	Senegal	16.28%	-2.5%
60th	Maldives	16.31%	-6.5%
61st	Comoros	16.52%	2.8%
62nd	Peru	16.59%	0.6%
63rd	Armenia	16.65%	-1.3%
64th	Jamaica	16.69%	-8.5%
65th	Togo	16.70%	26.5%
66th	Ecuador	16.87%	0.2%
67th	Fiji	16.95%	-5.5%
68th	Nicaragua	17.29%	-4.8%
69th	Belize	17.40%	-1.9%
70th	St. Lucia	17.47%	-1.2%
71st	Cuba	17.57%	-2.8%
72nd	Paraguay	17.68%	-7.2%
73rd	Puerto Rico (US)	17.74%	-1.9%
74th	Indonesia	17.94%	-0.8%
75th	Israel	17.95%	-6.7%
76th	Panama	17.99%	0.5%
77th	Montenegro	18.06%	0.0%
78th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.07%	-0.4%
79th	Brunei Darussalam	18.25%	-2.2%
80th	Netherlands	18.30%	-5.3%
81st	Kazakhstan	18.64%	-1.5%
82nd	Albania	18.72%	5.0%
83rd	Benin	19.06%	-1.9%
84th	Myanmar	19.18%	1.3%
85th	Uruguay	19.26%	-2.9%
86th	Bangladesh	19.39%	1.0%
87th	Iceland	19.50%	-11.4%
88th	United Kingdom	19.58%	-8.4%
89th	Dominican Republic	19.58%	-14.6%
90th	Ireland	19.85%	-14.7%
91st	United States	19.89%	-6.9%
92nd	Norway	20.10%	-6.7%
93rd	Costa Rica	20.11%	-1.3%
94th	Sweden	20.16%	-5.5%
95th	Colombia	20.31%	-1.6%
96th	Canada	20.43%	-5.1%
97th	Denmark	20.57%	-11.5%
98th	Thailand	20.57%	-0.7%
99th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.83%	-1.0%
100th	Barbados	20.84%	-0.5%
101st	Guam	21.12%	-1.1%
102nd	New Zealand	21.20%	-2.5%
103rd	Greece	21.32%	-4.8%
104th	Argentina	21.36%	-3.3%
105th	Morocco	21.43%	0.4%
106th	El Salvador	21.44%	-12.1%
107th	India	21.56%	3.9%
108th	Cyprus	21.82%	-5.3%
109th	São Tomé and Principe	21.84%	0.5%
110th	Viet Nam	21.85%	3.7%
111th	Australia	21.90%	-0.9%
112th	Virgin Islands (US)	21.91%	-2.9%
113th	Cabo Verde	22.06%	-1.1%
114th	Pakistan	22.10%	4.2%
115th	Switzerland	22.20%	-0.4%
116th	Mexico	22.32%	-4.2%
117th	Libya	22.41%	-3.0%
118th	Uzbekistan	22.41%	2.5%
119th	Guatemala	22.55%	-1.3%
120th	Singapore	22.59%	-4.8%
121st	France	22.68%	-2.5%
122nd	West Bank and Gaza	22.68%	3.3%
123rd	Chile	22.78%	-1.3%
124th	Honduras	22.99%	-5.4%
125th	Finland	23.40%	-6.9%
126th	Congo, Republic of	23.40%	1.6%
127th	Belgium	23.47%	-4.9%
128th	Serbia	23.51%	-2.9%
129th	Sri Lanka	23.66%	0.8%
130th	Lebanon	23.71%	1.2%
131st	Iraq	23.93%	-0.4%
132nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	23.98%	3.7%
133rd	Brazil	24.30%	-2.3%
134th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	24.31%	2.6%
135th	Kuwait	24.33%	-3.2%
136th	Latvia	24.34%	-17.2%
137th	New Caledonia	24.46%	-0.5%
138th	Spain	24.49%	-11.3%
139th	Jordan	24.49%	-1.4%
140th	Kyrgyz Republic	24.62%	0.2%
141st	Austria	24.74%	-4.9%
142nd	Tonga	24.86%	-6.7%
143rd	Suriname	24.93%	-1.0%
144th	Guyana	24.93%	0.4%
145th	Malta	25.05%	-2.0%
146th	Korea	25.24%	-3.2%
147th	South Africa	25.30%	-2.2%
148th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	25.52%	-1.2%
149th	Eswatini	25.55%	-0.4%
150th	Saudi Arabia	25.55%	-1.0%
151st	Japan	26.09%	-2.5%
152nd	Lesotho	26.48%	0.6%
153rd	Lithuania	26.85%	-12.0%
154th	Turkmenistan	26.92%	0.4%
155th	Malaysia	27.01%	-5.8%
156th	European Union	27.06%	-4.3%
157th	Nepal	27.47%	1.4%
158th	Russian Federation	27.47%	-4.2%
159th	Türkiye	27.71%	-5.3%
160th	China	27.80%	2.2%
161st	Ukraine	27.86%	0.0%
162nd	Portugal	28.55%	-4.2%
163rd	Germany	28.83%	-1.7%
164th	Croatia	29.01%	-6.0%
165th	Italy	29.24%	-1.9%
166th	Slovenia	29.28%	-5.9%
167th	Trinidad and Tobago	29.29%	-5.1%
168th	Mauritius	29.43%	-6.6%
169th	North Macedonia	29.79%	-5.2%
170th	Algeria	29.79%	1.5%
171st	Poland	31.04%	-2.5%
172nd	Oman	31.06%	18.6%
173rd	Hungary	31.16%	-3.3%
174th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	31.40%	-3.0%
175th	Estonia	31.44%	-10.8%
176th	United Arab Emirates	32.15%	-0.8%
177th	Tunisia	32.17%	-3.6%
178th	Syrian Arab Republic	33.60%	1.9%
179th	Romania	34.00%	-4.8%
180th	Belarus	34.03%	-1.6%
181st	Bahrain	34.55%	-0.4%
182nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	35.10%	-4.3%
183rd	Bulgaria	35.61%	-1.8%
184th	Slovak Republic	37.87%	-5.3%
185th	Czechia	38.57%	-4.8%
186th	Qatar	58.44%	-1.9%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's industry employment in 2009?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment in 2009 was 23.66%. This ranked 129th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's industry employment change in 2009?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment increased by 0.8% in 2009 compared to 2008.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 2009?▾

Qatar had the highest industry employment in 2009 at 58.44%.

What is the industry employment of Sri Lanka in 2009?▾

The industry employment of Sri Lanka in 2009 was 23.66%. This ranked 129th globally.

How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Sri Lanka's industry employment?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment went from 23.48% in 2008 to 23.66% in 2009, a 0.8% increase.

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