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Sri Lanka - Industry Employment 2015

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Employment in industry · World Bank

25.77% −0.57% from 2014 Global rank: 153rd

Sri Lanka's industry employment was 25.77% in 2015, decreased +0.57% from 26.35% in 2014. This was the 153rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Industry Employment by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	South Sudan	1.92%	-7.2%
2nd	Burundi	3.48%	-0.4%
3rd	Djibouti	5.32%	3.5%
4th	Lao PDR	6.28%	1.9%
5th	Sierra Leone	6.47%	6.6%
6th	Uganda	6.81%	0.4%
7th	Guinea-Bissau	6.85%	1.3%
8th	Angola	6.98%	1.1%
9th	Malawi	7.46%	0.1%
10th	Niger	7.50%	1.6%
11th	Mozambique	7.75%	8.4%
12th	Tanzania	7.87%	0.4%
13th	Chad	7.93%	4.8%
14th	Papua New Guinea	8.06%	2.6%
15th	Mali	8.26%	3.3%
16th	Liberia	8.40%	-1.1%
17th	Solomon Islands	8.44%	-4.6%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.49%	-0.8%
19th	Côte d'Ivoire	8.56%	-15.3%
20th	Madagascar	9.21%	5.8%
21st	Vanuatu	9.58%	-1.8%
22nd	Bhutan	9.66%	-10.7%
23rd	Zambia	9.74%	4.4%
24th	Haiti	9.78%	-1.0%
25th	Kenya	10.43%	2.1%
26th	Georgia	10.45%	-0.8%
27th	Moldova	10.52%	-0.9%
28th	Zimbabwe	10.61%	-0.3%
29th	Equatorial Guinea	11.16%	-4.5%
30th	Timor-Leste	12.42%	4.0%
31st	Fiji	12.42%	-5.4%
32nd	Luxembourg	12.66%	13.8%
33rd	Eritrea	12.85%	-1.7%
34th	Senegal	12.99%	-4.4%
35th	Yemen, Republic of	12.99%	-10.3%
36th	Rwanda	13.11%	1.2%
37th	Samoa	13.18%	1.8%
38th	Guinea	13.55%	-1.6%
39th	Bahamas, The	13.56%	-0.3%
40th	Hong Kong SAR, China	13.68%	-2.2%
41st	Mauritania	13.85%	0.8%
42nd	Nigeria	13.94%	-0.7%
43rd	Azerbaijan	14.06%	-1.7%
44th	Sudan	14.08%	0.0%
45th	Channel Islands	14.18%	-1.2%
46th	Cameroon	14.26%	1.3%
47th	Burkina Faso	14.50%	3.4%
48th	Macao SAR, China	14.55%	1.4%
49th	Gabon	14.66%	2.5%
50th	Central African Republic	14.73%	-0.5%
51st	Jamaica	14.93%	-0.2%
52nd	French Polynesia	15.03%	-1.5%
53rd	Greece	15.05%	-0.3%
54th	Belize	15.42%	-8.7%
55th	Tajikistan	15.54%	0.1%
56th	Armenia	15.91%	-4.9%
57th	Puerto Rico (US)	16.05%	-1.7%
58th	Cyprus	16.23%	-1.8%
59th	Botswana	16.24%	-0.2%
60th	Benin	16.32%	1.8%
61st	Gambia, The	16.47%	1.4%
62nd	Netherlands	16.47%	2.7%
63rd	St. Lucia	16.53%	0.4%
64th	Myanmar	16.77%	-0.4%
65th	Cuba	16.92%	0.2%
66th	Namibia	17.00%	14.6%
67th	Peru	17.07%	0.6%
68th	Philippines	17.08%	1.8%
69th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	17.24%	-0.8%
70th	Brunei Darussalam	17.26%	-3.3%
71st	Singapore	17.29%	-1.7%
72nd	Ghana	17.35%	-0.3%
73rd	Montenegro	17.46%	-0.6%
74th	Panama	17.57%	-6.6%
75th	Israel	17.57%	-0.6%
76th	Nicaragua	17.73%	0.5%
77th	Iceland	17.84%	-3.2%
78th	Ireland	18.11%	4.7%
79th	Ecuador	18.27%	-1.7%
80th	Comoros	18.28%	-3.9%
81st	Sweden	18.29%	-1.7%
82nd	Maldives	18.40%	2.4%
83rd	Costa Rica	18.46%	8.4%
84th	Libya	18.58%	-1.4%
85th	United Kingdom	18.64%	-1.7%
86th	Uruguay	18.77%	-2.6%
87th	Guatemala	18.89%	-2.9%
88th	Virgin Islands (US)	18.93%	-1.7%
89th	Dominican Republic	19.02%	-0.5%
90th	Albania	19.05%	3.4%
91st	Togo	19.17%	0.6%
92nd	Barbados	19.36%	-1.1%
93rd	Mongolia	19.39%	-2.3%
94th	Denmark	19.42%	0.3%
95th	United States	19.68%	-0.8%
96th	Paraguay	19.74%	3.2%
97th	Colombia	19.84%	-1.2%
98th	Norway	19.99%	-2.9%
99th	Malta	20.03%	-3.3%
100th	Canada	20.04%	-1.0%
101st	Australia	20.07%	-4.4%
102nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.12%	0.7%
103rd	Guam	20.23%	-0.8%
104th	Spain	20.31%	5.8%
105th	France	20.38%	-0.8%
106th	Bangladesh	20.48%	-0.3%
107th	Kazakhstan	20.56%	2.7%
108th	Switzerland	20.71%	-1.9%
109th	Finland	21.14%	-7.8%
110th	Jordan	21.15%	-3.3%
111th	Belgium	21.43%	0.2%
112th	Cabo Verde	21.76%	-0.4%
113th	New Zealand	21.99%	5.5%
114th	Lebanon	22.00%	-1.9%
115th	Morocco	22.11%	0.9%
116th	Indonesia	22.12%	2.9%
117th	El Salvador	22.18%	6.2%
118th	São Tomé and Principe	22.22%	-0.5%
119th	Argentina	22.37%	-1.9%
120th	Afghanistan	22.62%	-5.2%
121st	Viet Nam	22.74%	6.1%
122nd	Brazil	22.82%	-3.2%
123rd	Uzbekistan	22.90%	0.1%
124th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	23.29%	-0.3%
125th	Congo, Republic of	23.50%	-2.1%
126th	Chile	23.57%	0.5%
127th	Latvia	23.65%	-0.8%
128th	Thailand	23.72%	0.7%
129th	Honduras	23.73%	-1.8%
130th	Kyrgyz Republic	23.76%	1.3%
131st	Mexico	23.82%	1.3%
132nd	South Africa	23.85%	1.6%
133rd	Pakistan	24.02%	5.0%
134th	Serbia	24.09%	-0.8%
135th	Portugal	24.20%	1.4%
136th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	24.51%	-1.1%
137th	Eswatini	24.75%	-1.5%
138th	Guyana	24.83%	-0.7%
139th	Kuwait	24.89%	0.7%
140th	Japan	24.90%	-0.9%
141st	Cambodia	24.92%	4.9%
142nd	Ukraine	24.92%	-5.4%
143rd	India	24.95%	0.2%
144th	Mauritius	25.00%	-3.6%
145th	Lithuania	25.07%	1.4%
146th	European Union	25.07%	-0.3%
147th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	25.31%	2.5%
148th	Suriname	25.40%	0.1%
149th	Korea	25.43%	-1.3%
150th	New Caledonia	25.44%	0.2%
151st	Tonga	25.72%	0.0%
152nd	Austria	25.76%	0.1%
153rd	Sri Lanka	25.77%	-2.2%
154th	Iraq	25.79%	-0.4%
155th	Saudi Arabia	26.37%	0.3%
156th	Syrian Arab Republic	26.55%	-1.1%
157th	Italy	26.60%	-1.1%
158th	Croatia	26.61%	-1.0%
159th	West Bank and Gaza	26.62%	2.7%
160th	Trinidad and Tobago	27.03%	-0.6%
161st	Russian Federation	27.05%	-1.1%
162nd	Malaysia	27.52%	-0.8%
163rd	Germany	27.62%	-1.6%
164th	Slovenia	28.15%	3.6%
165th	Türkiye	28.28%	-2.2%
166th	Turkmenistan	28.44%	-0.4%
167th	Nepal	29.07%	1.1%
168th	China	29.30%	-2.0%
169th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.51%	-1.7%
170th	Bulgaria	30.30%	2.2%
171st	Hungary	30.33%	-0.6%
172nd	North Macedonia	30.51%	0.5%
173rd	Poland	30.54%	0.1%
174th	United Arab Emirates	31.11%	0.8%
175th	Algeria	31.14%	0.2%
176th	Estonia	31.27%	3.7%
177th	Romania	31.82%	-2.6%
178th	Belarus	32.19%	-0.7%
179th	Lesotho	32.72%	2.9%
180th	Tunisia	33.10%	-0.8%
181st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	33.66%	-3.5%
182nd	Bahrain	35.16%	-0.2%
183rd	Slovak Republic	36.12%	0.2%
184th	Oman	37.46%	-0.2%
185th	Czechia	38.03%	0.0%
186th	Qatar	54.14%	2.4%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's industry employment in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment in 2015 was 25.77%. This ranked 153rd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's industry employment change in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment decreased by 2.2% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 2015?▾

Qatar had the highest industry employment in 2015 at 54.14%.

What is the industry employment of Sri Lanka in 2015?▾

The industry employment of Sri Lanka in 2015 was 25.77%. This ranked 153rd globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Sri Lanka's industry employment?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment went from 26.35% in 2014 to 25.77% in 2015, a 2.2% decrease.

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