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Sri Lanka - Industry Employment 2017

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Employment in industry · World Bank

28.40% +2.01% from 2016 Global rank: 164th

Sri Lanka's industry employment was 28.40% in 2017, increased +2.01% from 26.39% in 2016. This was the 164th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Industry Employment by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	South Sudan	1.73%	-2.7%
2nd	Burundi	3.47%	-0.1%
3rd	Djibouti	5.64%	2.7%
4th	Lao PDR	6.52%	2.2%
5th	Uganda	6.82%	0.2%
6th	Angola	6.97%	0.1%
7th	Guinea-Bissau	7.04%	1.4%
8th	Mozambique	7.44%	-2.1%
9th	Malawi	7.48%	0.2%
10th	Niger	7.74%	1.6%
11th	Tanzania	7.94%	0.3%
12th	Papua New Guinea	8.08%	-0.4%
13th	Liberia	8.21%	0.1%
14th	Mali	8.24%	22.7%
15th	Côte d'Ivoire	8.32%	13.4%
16th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.37%	-0.1%
17th	Solomon Islands	8.40%	-2.0%
18th	Chad	8.43%	4.7%
19th	Sierra Leone	9.16%	16.5%
20th	Madagascar	9.37%	1.4%
21st	Haiti	9.55%	-1.0%
22nd	Zambia	9.75%	0.0%
23rd	Moldova	9.89%	-3.4%
24th	Vanuatu	10.48%	5.9%
25th	Equatorial Guinea	10.51%	-2.0%
26th	Kenya	10.79%	1.7%
27th	Luxembourg	11.00%	-10.3%
28th	Zimbabwe	11.12%	4.8%
29th	Bhutan	11.73%	8.8%
30th	Timor-Leste	11.77%	-10.4%
31st	Fiji	11.86%	0.9%
32nd	Yemen, Republic of	11.90%	-3.7%
33rd	Georgia	12.47%	11.0%
34th	Eritrea	12.75%	-1.2%
35th	Macao SAR, China	13.18%	-4.7%
36th	Rwanda	13.35%	0.9%
37th	Nigeria	13.44%	-0.9%
38th	Mauritania	13.88%	1.4%
39th	Channel Islands	13.89%	-0.9%
40th	Samoa	14.02%	0.6%
41st	Hong Kong SAR, China	14.05%	-0.4%
42nd	Bahamas, The	14.12%	2.8%
43rd	Guinea	14.14%	1.5%
44th	Sudan	14.21%	-0.9%
45th	Azerbaijan	14.37%	0.3%
46th	Cameroon	14.43%	0.4%
47th	Central African Republic	14.55%	-0.6%
48th	French Polynesia	14.84%	-0.3%
49th	Senegal	15.13%	19.8%
50th	Gabon	15.41%	2.7%
51st	Greece	15.52%	1.0%
52nd	Tajikistan	15.52%	-0.2%
53rd	Belize	15.70%	-0.1%
54th	Myanmar	15.70%	-3.1%
55th	Jamaica	15.72%	0.1%
56th	Burkina Faso	15.74%	4.3%
57th	Puerto Rico (US)	15.81%	-1.1%
58th	Singapore	15.88%	-1.7%
59th	Peru	16.07%	-3.4%
60th	Brunei Darussalam	16.13%	-2.7%
61st	St. Lucia	16.34%	-0.9%
62nd	Botswana	16.39%	0.3%
63rd	Netherlands	16.58%	2.9%
64th	Armenia	16.71%	5.9%
65th	Comoros	16.87%	-4.0%
66th	Gambia, The	16.90%	1.2%
67th	Benin	16.99%	2.2%
68th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	16.99%	-1.2%
69th	Cyprus	17.05%	0.0%
70th	Montenegro	17.08%	-2.2%
71st	Cuba	17.12%	0.8%
72nd	Ecuador	17.22%	-0.4%
73rd	Israel	17.38%	-0.7%
74th	Panama	17.41%	1.0%
75th	Iceland	17.48%	0.1%
76th	Ghana	17.50%	1.2%
77th	Namibia	17.63%	-8.8%
78th	Nicaragua	17.73%	0.0%
79th	Costa Rica	17.88%	-0.5%
80th	Maldives	18.02%	-3.9%
81st	Uruguay	18.08%	-1.7%
82nd	Sweden	18.16%	-0.2%
83rd	United Kingdom	18.21%	-1.4%
84th	Virgin Islands (US)	18.23%	-2.4%
85th	Mongolia	18.53%	2.3%
86th	Philippines	18.66%	4.6%
87th	Ireland	18.84%	1.6%
88th	Denmark	18.94%	-0.6%
89th	Guatemala	19.00%	-9.6%
90th	Libya	19.16%	4.5%
91st	Barbados	19.31%	0.3%
92nd	Togo	19.33%	0.6%
93rd	Australia	19.43%	-2.8%
94th	Paraguay	19.51%	0.4%
95th	United States	19.56%	-0.2%
96th	Colombia	19.59%	1.1%
97th	Norway	19.67%	0.8%
98th	Canada	19.75%	1.2%
99th	Malta	19.82%	-0.3%
100th	Kazakhstan	19.85%	-2.0%
101st	Guam	19.89%	-0.8%
102nd	Albania	19.95%	-0.8%
103rd	Spain	20.04%	1.8%
104th	Dominican Republic	20.10%	1.9%
105th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.12%	0.1%
106th	Jordan	20.15%	-2.0%
107th	Afghanistan	20.19%	-5.4%
108th	France	20.41%	0.6%
109th	Bangladesh	20.42%	-0.2%
110th	Switzerland	20.48%	-0.4%
111th	New Zealand	20.65%	1.8%
112th	Brazil	20.94%	-2.0%
113th	Argentina	21.13%	-2.0%
114th	Belgium	21.17%	-0.4%
115th	Congo, Republic of	21.19%	-3.9%
116th	Lebanon	21.65%	-1.1%
117th	Finland	21.85%	-2.0%
118th	El Salvador	21.89%	3.7%
119th	Cabo Verde	21.91%	0.5%
120th	Indonesia	22.12%	1.4%
121st	Chile	22.38%	-1.5%
122nd	Morocco	22.47%	1.3%
123rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	22.53%	-3.5%
124th	São Tomé and Principe	22.59%	0.6%
125th	Honduras	22.66%	-3.4%
126th	Thailand	22.90%	-3.5%
127th	Latvia	22.96%	-4.8%
128th	Uzbekistan	23.05%	0.0%
129th	Eswatini	23.06%	-5.7%
130th	South Africa	23.35%	0.0%
131st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	24.07%	-2.3%
132nd	Mauritius	24.26%	-6.0%
133rd	Pakistan	24.27%	2.9%
134th	Portugal	24.45%	0.9%
135th	Ukraine	24.52%	0.2%
136th	Mexico	24.56%	1.4%
137th	Japan	24.58%	-0.1%
138th	Kyrgyz Republic	24.78%	-0.1%
139th	Guyana	24.91%	0.0%
140th	Austria	24.92%	-2.5%
141st	New Caledonia	25.09%	0.7%
142nd	Serbia	25.11%	4.0%
143rd	Kuwait	25.11%	0.3%
144th	European Union	25.12%	0.4%
145th	Lithuania	25.13%	0.0%
146th	India	25.27%	0.3%
147th	Korea	25.31%	0.3%
148th	Cambodia	25.49%	-1.1%
149th	Suriname	25.64%	0.3%
150th	Viet Nam	25.78%	4.1%
151st	Syrian Arab Republic	25.89%	-0.3%
152nd	Trinidad and Tobago	25.91%	-2.0%
153rd	Italy	26.00%	-0.5%
154th	Tonga	26.01%	1.8%
155th	Croatia	26.08%	-2.2%
156th	Iraq	26.21%	-0.9%
157th	Saudi Arabia	26.35%	0.0%
158th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	26.56%	4.1%
159th	Russian Federation	26.84%	0.1%
160th	Germany	27.41%	0.3%
161st	Türkiye	27.59%	-0.9%
162nd	Malaysia	27.72%	0.8%
163rd	Turkmenistan	28.39%	-0.2%
164th	Sri Lanka	28.40%	7.6%
165th	West Bank and Gaza	28.41%	1.7%
166th	Slovenia	29.29%	0.3%
167th	Bulgaria	29.32%	-2.8%
168th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.52%	-5.6%
169th	Nepal	29.53%	1.0%
170th	China	29.97%	1.1%
171st	Estonia	30.17%	-0.1%
172nd	United Arab Emirates	30.49%	-1.5%
173rd	North Macedonia	30.71%	1.1%
174th	Belarus	30.77%	-2.5%
175th	Algeria	30.98%	-1.2%
176th	Hungary	31.52%	3.6%
177th	Poland	31.67%	0.7%
178th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	33.22%	0.2%
179th	Lesotho	33.27%	-0.5%
180th	Romania	33.28%	0.6%
181st	Tunisia	33.29%	-0.2%
182nd	Bahrain	35.31%	0.0%
183rd	Slovak Republic	37.14%	1.6%
184th	Czechia	38.06%	0.0%
185th	Oman	43.37%	6.1%
186th	Qatar	54.50%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's industry employment in 2017?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment in 2017 was 28.40%. This ranked 164th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's industry employment change in 2017?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment increased by 7.6% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 2017?▾

Qatar had the highest industry employment in 2017 at 54.50%.

What is the industry employment of Sri Lanka in 2017?▾

The industry employment of Sri Lanka in 2017 was 28.40%. This ranked 164th globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Sri Lanka's industry employment?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment went from 26.39% in 2016 to 28.40% in 2017, a 7.6% increase.

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