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Sri Lanka - Industry Employment 2020

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Employment in industry · World Bank

26.91% −0.69% from 2019 Global rank: 157th

Sri Lanka's industry employment was 26.91% in 2020, decreased +0.69% from 27.61% in 2019. This was the 157th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2020▾

Industry Employment by Country - 2020
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	South Sudan	1.68%	-1.3%
2nd	Burundi	3.08%	-4.7%
3rd	Djibouti	5.88%	-0.7%
4th	Angola	6.22%	-10.0%
5th	Mozambique	6.71%	-5.2%
6th	Lao PDR	6.98%	-0.5%
7th	Uganda	7.37%	-4.9%
8th	Malawi	7.41%	-1.5%
9th	Papua New Guinea	7.58%	-2.0%
10th	Solomon Islands	7.87%	-1.1%
11th	Tanzania	7.98%	-0.7%
12th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.16%	-1.9%
13th	Liberia	8.26%	-1.4%
14th	Niger	8.36%	4.6%
15th	Zambia	8.67%	-4.6%
16th	Chad	8.79%	-1.1%
17th	Guinea-Bissau	9.22%	0.4%
18th	Haiti	9.24%	-0.7%
19th	Mali	9.31%	6.3%
20th	Madagascar	9.59%	-0.7%
21st	Equatorial Guinea	10.10%	-1.6%
22nd	Luxembourg	10.26%	-2.7%
23rd	Sierra Leone	10.64%	-0.3%
24th	Vanuatu	10.65%	-1.3%
25th	Kenya	11.29%	-0.7%
26th	Côte d'Ivoire	11.37%	8.9%
27th	Fiji	11.66%	-1.6%
28th	Yemen, Republic of	11.83%	0.4%
29th	Timor-Leste	11.85%	-7.6%
30th	Macao SAR, China	12.12%	-3.1%
31st	Moldova	12.20%	7.3%
32nd	Zimbabwe	12.33%	10.1%
33rd	Eritrea	12.55%	-2.7%
34th	Channel Islands	13.19%	-2.7%
35th	Georgia	13.42%	-0.1%
36th	Hong Kong SAR, China	13.45%	-1.7%
37th	Samoa	13.86%	-0.5%
38th	Sudan	13.90%	0.6%
39th	Guinea	14.01%	-1.1%
40th	Central African Republic	14.10%	-2.2%
41st	Mauritania	14.19%	0.2%
42nd	Bahamas, The	14.34%	-0.9%
43rd	French Polynesia	14.43%	-1.9%
44th	Nigeria	14.47%	8.6%
45th	Cameroon	14.53%	-0.3%
46th	Singapore	14.83%	-0.9%
47th	Bhutan	14.86%	-3.8%
48th	Greece	15.02%	-2.0%
49th	Botswana	15.04%	-8.9%
50th	St. Lucia	15.06%	2.5%
51st	Comoros	15.07%	-2.5%
52nd	Azerbaijan	15.07%	-0.4%
53rd	Ghana	15.21%	-5.4%
54th	Peru	15.63%	-2.1%
55th	Belize	15.65%	-0.4%
56th	Netherlands	15.68%	-1.6%
57th	Tajikistan	15.76%	-0.5%
58th	Puerto Rico (US)	15.77%	0.0%
59th	Jamaica	15.78%	-2.5%
60th	Israel	15.79%	-3.7%
61st	Ecuador	15.88%	-0.3%
62nd	Namibia	16.03%	-1.1%
63rd	Barbados	16.41%	-3.0%
64th	Maldives	16.60%	-0.7%
65th	Panama	16.63%	-0.2%
66th	Cuba	16.64%	-2.3%
67th	Burkina Faso	16.66%	-2.0%
68th	Gabon	16.77%	3.1%
69th	Nicaragua	16.83%	-0.4%
70th	Togo	17.03%	2.9%
71st	United Kingdom	17.19%	-5.7%
72nd	Virgin Islands (US)	17.20%	-2.5%
73rd	Rwanda	17.21%	9.5%
74th	Uruguay	17.41%	-0.2%
75th	Jordan	17.57%	-4.7%
76th	Gambia, The	17.60%	0.9%
77th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	17.88%	4.5%
78th	Benin	17.93%	0.9%
79th	Iceland	17.95%	2.7%
80th	Costa Rica	18.08%	-0.1%
81st	Libya	18.18%	-3.0%
82nd	Sweden	18.31%	-0.6%
83rd	Armenia	18.39%	-3.5%
84th	Montenegro	18.43%	-5.0%
85th	Afghanistan	18.48%	-0.7%
86th	Malta	18.55%	-4.2%
87th	Myanmar	18.58%	11.6%
88th	Philippines	18.71%	-4.2%
89th	Ireland	18.82%	0.3%
90th	Denmark	18.89%	1.8%
91st	Bangladesh	18.97%	-4.2%
92nd	Eswatini	19.00%	-6.8%
93rd	Paraguay	19.09%	5.2%
94th	Australia	19.19%	0.7%
95th	Guam	19.25%	-1.8%
96th	United States	19.42%	-1.7%
97th	Dominican Republic	19.48%	0.1%
98th	Canada	19.49%	1.0%
99th	Cyprus	19.51%	5.8%
100th	Norway	19.67%	-0.1%
101st	Kazakhstan	19.70%	-0.3%
102nd	Mongolia	19.78%	-1.5%
103rd	Colombia	19.82%	-3.0%
104th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.89%	-0.4%
105th	France	19.96%	-2.1%
106th	Congo, Republic of	20.07%	-1.0%
107th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	20.19%	-13.7%
108th	Brazil	20.26%	-0.7%
109th	Guatemala	20.35%	6.8%
110th	New Zealand	20.39%	4.5%
111th	Switzerland	20.43%	0.1%
112th	Lebanon	20.70%	0.8%
113th	Belgium	20.70%	-2.0%
114th	Spain	20.81%	1.7%
115th	Albania	20.90%	1.7%
116th	Argentina	20.93%	1.5%
117th	Finland	21.12%	-2.6%
118th	South Africa	21.20%	-5.0%
119th	Senegal	21.42%	1.3%
120th	Cabo Verde	21.50%	-1.4%
121st	Indonesia	21.63%	-3.4%
122nd	Chile	21.93%	0.3%
123rd	New Caledonia	22.01%	-0.9%
124th	Morocco	22.59%	-0.9%
125th	Thailand	22.60%	-1.3%
126th	Latvia	22.75%	-4.8%
127th	São Tomé and Principe	22.82%	0.7%
128th	Saudi Arabia	22.90%	-6.0%
129th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	23.08%	-1.2%
130th	El Salvador	23.35%	3.8%
131st	Mauritius	23.40%	-0.4%
132nd	Uzbekistan	23.43%	0.9%
133rd	Honduras	23.56%	-0.5%
134th	India	23.70%	-6.1%
135th	Brunei Darussalam	23.72%	14.2%
136th	Trinidad and Tobago	23.88%	-6.4%
137th	Japan	23.93%	-1.2%
138th	Mexico	24.41%	0.4%
139th	Portugal	24.43%	1.1%
140th	Guyana	24.48%	0.2%
141st	Korea	24.65%	0.3%
142nd	Ukraine	24.74%	-1.0%
143rd	Pakistan	24.77%	1.8%
144th	Kuwait	24.81%	-2.8%
145th	Austria	24.86%	-1.9%
146th	European Union	25.00%	-0.2%
147th	Cambodia	25.15%	2.7%
148th	Lithuania	25.36%	-1.3%
149th	Kyrgyz Republic	26.01%	-4.4%
150th	Syrian Arab Republic	26.09%	2.5%
151st	Suriname	26.09%	0.8%
152nd	Malaysia	26.17%	-6.3%
153rd	Iraq	26.18%	-0.6%
154th	Russian Federation	26.41%	-1.0%
155th	Italy	26.42%	2.1%
156th	Tonga	26.78%	1.5%
157th	Sri Lanka	26.91%	-2.5%
158th	Germany	27.23%	0.3%
159th	Türkiye	27.34%	3.6%
160th	Serbia	27.89%	2.2%
161st	Croatia	28.05%	1.6%
162nd	West Bank and Gaza	28.32%	1.8%
163rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	28.50%	-0.4%
164th	Turkmenistan	28.56%	0.6%
165th	United Arab Emirates	28.94%	-3.5%
166th	Estonia	29.71%	1.2%
167th	Slovenia	30.04%	-0.2%
168th	Nepal	30.24%	0.4%
169th	Belarus	30.58%	0.6%
170th	Bulgaria	30.94%	4.9%
171st	North Macedonia	30.98%	-1.0%
172nd	Viet Nam	31.07%	5.0%
173rd	China	31.13%	1.2%
174th	Algeria	31.26%	0.1%
175th	Poland	31.67%	-1.4%
176th	Hungary	31.90%	-0.8%
177th	Romania	32.57%	-1.4%
178th	Lesotho	33.28%	-3.2%
179th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	33.52%	5.6%
180th	Oman	33.70%	-15.9%
181st	Tunisia	34.05%	-1.6%
182nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	34.10%	3.9%
183rd	Bahrain	34.55%	-1.6%
184th	Slovak Republic	36.53%	1.3%
185th	Czechia	37.25%	0.0%
186th	Qatar	42.43%	-22.4%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's industry employment in 2020?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment in 2020 was 26.91%. This ranked 157th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's industry employment change in 2020?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment decreased by 2.5% in 2020 compared to 2019.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 2020?▾

Qatar had the highest industry employment in 2020 at 42.43%.

What is the industry employment of Sri Lanka in 2020?▾

The industry employment of Sri Lanka in 2020 was 26.91%. This ranked 157th globally.

How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Sri Lanka's industry employment?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment went from 27.61% in 2019 to 26.91% in 2020, a 2.5% decrease.

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