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Sri Lanka - Industry Employment 2025

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Employment in industry · World Bank

26.30% +0.24% from 2024 Global rank: 149th

Sri Lanka's industry employment was 26.30% in 2025, increased +0.24% from 26.07% in 2024. This was the 149th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2025▾

Industry Employment by Country - 2025
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	3.10%	0.3%
2nd	Timor-Leste	3.80%	-0.4%
3rd	Mozambique	6.44%	0.2%
4th	Djibouti	6.68%	2.3%
5th	Angola	7.20%	0.6%
6th	Uganda	7.30%	1.0%
7th	Malawi	7.34%	0.2%
8th	Lao PDR	7.41%	0.2%
9th	Solomon Islands	7.58%	-0.7%
10th	Luxembourg	7.64%	-2.3%
11th	Papua New Guinea	7.87%	2.2%
12th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	8.02%	0.2%
13th	Tanzania	8.10%	0.7%
14th	Liberia	8.35%	0.8%
15th	Chad	8.50%	-0.6%
16th	Mali	8.59%	-0.9%
17th	Haiti	8.80%	-1.2%
18th	Niger	9.27%	0.7%
19th	Guinea-Bissau	9.71%	0.3%
20th	Madagascar	9.90%	0.4%
21st	Equatorial Guinea	9.93%	-2.1%
22nd	Vanuatu	10.05%	-2.1%
23rd	Zambia	10.28%	2.7%
24th	Macao SAR, China	10.99%	-1.0%
25th	Yemen, Republic of	11.13%	-2.0%
26th	Sierra Leone	11.47%	1.1%
27th	Zimbabwe	11.53%	0.8%
28th	Kenya	12.48%	1.3%
29th	Moldova	12.55%	-0.1%
30th	Channel Islands	12.65%	-1.1%
31st	Fiji	12.65%	0.3%
32nd	Eritrea	12.74%	0.6%
33rd	Central African Republic	13.39%	-0.4%
34th	Netherlands	13.76%	-1.9%
35th	Singapore	14.00%	-1.2%
36th	Hong Kong SAR, China	14.01%	-0.7%
37th	Guinea	14.15%	0.9%
38th	Côte d'Ivoire	14.33%	2.4%
39th	French Polynesia	14.33%	-0.3%
40th	Cameroon	14.61%	0.2%
41st	Puerto Rico (US)	14.72%	-1.5%
42nd	Bahamas, The	14.79%	-0.3%
43rd	Comoros	14.80%	0.1%
44th	Mauritania	15.04%	0.8%
45th	Israel	15.15%	-0.8%
46th	Belize	15.35%	-0.4%
47th	Azerbaijan	15.54%	0.7%
48th	Botswana	15.77%	0.1%
49th	Bhutan	15.88%	2.3%
50th	United Kingdom	15.91%	-1.3%
51st	Samoa	15.94%	3.5%
52nd	Jordan	16.13%	-0.9%
53rd	Barbados	16.17%	-0.1%
54th	St. Lucia	16.21%	-0.1%
55th	Cyprus	16.27%	-0.5%
56th	Greece	16.32%	-0.2%
57th	Namibia	16.55%	0.5%
58th	Virgin Islands (US)	16.55%	-1.5%
59th	Georgia	16.57%	1.3%
60th	Ecuador	16.59%	-0.3%
61st	Burkina Faso	16.67%	0.3%
62nd	Peru	16.79%	0.0%
63rd	Sweden	16.82%	-1.2%
64th	Nicaragua	16.88%	-0.2%
65th	Cuba	16.91%	-0.3%
66th	Maldives	16.93%	0.0%
67th	Panama	17.01%	-0.1%
68th	Nigeria	17.01%	1.0%
69th	Jamaica	17.13%	0.0%
70th	Tajikistan	17.66%	2.2%
71st	Malta	17.74%	-1.1%
72nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	17.75%	0.1%
73rd	Norway	17.84%	-1.2%
74th	Bangladesh	18.03%	0.8%
75th	Myanmar	18.16%	0.2%
76th	Togo	18.16%	0.3%
77th	Ireland	18.21%	-1.3%
78th	Montenegro	18.23%	-0.3%
79th	Iceland	18.24%	-0.9%
80th	Ghana	18.26%	2.1%
81st	Benin	18.32%	0.2%
82nd	Rwanda	18.41%	1.6%
83rd	Costa Rica	18.48%	-0.7%
84th	Libya	18.63%	3.0%
85th	Canada	18.75%	-1.0%
86th	Uruguay	18.78%	0.0%
87th	Gambia, The	18.80%	0.6%
88th	Denmark	18.80%	-1.0%
89th	Gabon	18.85%	0.5%
90th	Afghanistan	18.90%	-0.8%
91st	United States	18.91%	-0.7%
92nd	Paraguay	18.95%	0.2%
93rd	Dominican Republic	18.97%	-0.5%
94th	Belgium	19.25%	-1.4%
95th	Guam	19.26%	-0.5%
96th	Australia	19.29%	-0.3%
97th	France	19.34%	-1.0%
98th	Congo, Republic of	19.48%	-0.2%
99th	Switzerland	19.59%	-1.3%
100th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	19.79%	-0.8%
101st	Spain	19.85%	-1.2%
102nd	Kazakhstan	19.89%	0.2%
103rd	New Zealand	19.94%	-0.6%
104th	Philippines	19.96%	2.4%
105th	Colombia	20.00%	-0.1%
106th	Brazil	20.21%	-0.4%
107th	Brunei Darussalam	20.39%	-0.3%
108th	Mauritius	20.62%	-1.7%
109th	New Caledonia	20.65%	-2.1%
110th	South Africa	20.76%	-0.2%
111th	Finland	20.84%	-0.6%
112th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	21.13%	0.3%
113th	Argentina	21.18%	0.3%
114th	Armenia	21.30%	1.9%
115th	Chile	21.50%	-0.8%
116th	Honduras	21.64%	-0.7%
117th	Latvia	21.84%	-0.6%
118th	Albania	21.98%	0.9%
119th	Thailand	22.24%	-0.1%
120th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	22.41%	-0.5%
121st	Senegal	22.50%	1.1%
122nd	São Tomé and Principe	22.52%	0.2%
123rd	Indonesia	22.53%	1.1%
124th	Guatemala	22.71%	0.8%
125th	Cabo Verde	23.07%	0.8%
126th	Saudi Arabia	23.07%	0.0%
127th	Mongolia	23.09%	0.7%
128th	El Salvador	23.14%	-0.6%
129th	Japan	23.23%	-0.5%
130th	Tonga	23.34%	0.2%
131st	Korea	23.38%	-1.2%
132nd	Morocco	23.83%	0.8%
133rd	European Union	23.91%	-1.1%
134th	Trinidad and Tobago	24.18%	-0.1%
135th	Mexico	24.52%	-0.7%
136th	Portugal	24.55%	-0.9%
137th	Uzbekistan	24.61%	0.9%
138th	Kuwait	24.61%	-0.4%
139th	Austria	24.65%	-0.7%
140th	Syrian Arab Republic	25.20%	-0.9%
141st	Pakistan	25.26%	0.3%
142nd	India	25.82%	1.8%
143rd	Russian Federation	25.83%	-0.5%
144th	Lithuania	25.90%	-0.3%
145th	Malaysia	25.96%	-0.2%
146th	Germany	25.97%	-1.2%
147th	Estonia	26.00%	-1.7%
148th	Suriname	26.10%	-0.1%
149th	Sri Lanka	26.30%	0.9%
150th	Croatia	26.36%	-1.1%
151st	Italy	26.43%	-1.0%
152nd	Iraq	26.54%	-0.9%
153rd	Eswatini	26.73%	2.5%
154th	Kyrgyz Republic	26.82%	1.3%
155th	Serbia	27.07%	-0.1%
156th	Türkiye	27.29%	-0.3%
157th	Bulgaria	27.88%	-0.9%
158th	Turkmenistan	28.57%	-0.4%
159th	Cambodia	28.87%	1.5%
160th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	29.36%	0.5%
161st	Poland	30.03%	-0.6%
162nd	Hungary	30.53%	-0.9%
163rd	United Arab Emirates	30.59%	0.1%
164th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.60%	-0.1%
165th	North Macedonia	30.63%	-0.1%
166th	Belarus	31.06%	0.1%
167th	Guyana	31.09%	2.1%
168th	Nepal	31.28%	0.8%
169th	China	31.79%	0.5%
170th	Slovenia	31.97%	-0.3%
171st	Algeria	32.26%	0.4%
172nd	Romania	32.57%	-0.3%
173rd	Lesotho	33.04%	-0.2%
174th	Tunisia	33.28%	0.1%
175th	Slovak Republic	34.53%	-1.2%
176th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	34.70%	-0.7%
177th	Viet Nam	34.83%	1.5%
178th	Czechia	34.89%	-1.2%
179th	Bahrain	34.91%	-0.4%
180th	Qatar	38.02%	-0.5%
181st	Oman	39.44%	-0.2%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's industry employment in 2025?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment in 2025 was 26.30%. This ranked 149th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's industry employment change in 2025?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment increased by 0.9% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Which country had the highest industry employment in 2025?▾

Oman had the highest industry employment in 2025 at 39.44%.

What is the industry employment of Sri Lanka in 2025?▾

The industry employment of Sri Lanka in 2025 was 26.30%. This ranked 149th globally.

How does 2025 compare to 2024 for Sri Lanka's industry employment?▾

Sri Lanka's industry employment went from 26.07% in 2024 to 26.30% in 2025, a 0.9% increase.

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