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Sri Lanka - Labor Force Participation 1991

Name: Sri Lanka Labor Force Participation 1991
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

59.06% −2.39pp from 1990 Global rank: 113th

Sri Lanka's labor force participation was 59.06% in 1991, decreased +2.39pp from 61.45% in 1990. This was the 113th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1991▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 1991
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	89.55%	-0.6%
2nd	Tanzania	86.66%	0.0%
3rd	Madagascar	86.21%	0.0%
4th	Mozambique	84.07%	0.0%
5th	Burkina Faso	83.93%	0.0%
6th	Qatar	83.84%	0.1%
7th	Solomon Islands	83.34%	-0.2%
8th	Nigeria	82.39%	0.7%
9th	Cameroon	82.23%	0.0%
10th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	81.60%	0.1%
11th	Eritrea	80.98%	0.0%
12th	Malawi	80.70%	0.1%
13th	Cambodia	79.94%	0.0%
14th	Niger	78.88%	0.0%
15th	China	78.71%	-0.6%
16th	Viet Nam	78.06%	-0.1%
17th	Liberia	77.33%	0.0%
18th	Angola	77.31%	0.0%
19th	Vanuatu	76.98%	0.0%
20th	Georgia	76.63%	1.2%
21st	Thailand	75.12%	-0.1%
22nd	United Arab Emirates	74.65%	0.4%
23rd	South Sudan	74.36%	0.0%
24th	Lesotho	73.67%	0.0%
25th	Uganda	73.34%	0.1%
26th	Ghana	73.06%	0.0%
27th	Kenya	72.94%	-0.1%
28th	Iceland	72.74%	0.1%
29th	Central African Republic	72.50%	0.1%
30th	Bahamas, The	72.26%	0.7%
31st	Guam	72.22%	-0.6%
32nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.20%	0.0%
33rd	Chad	72.17%	0.0%
34th	Benin	72.16%	0.0%
35th	Timor-Leste	71.73%	-0.2%
36th	Jamaica	70.89%	-0.5%
37th	Bhutan	70.49%	-0.1%
38th	Mali	70.37%	0.0%
39th	Kazakhstan	70.36%	0.6%
40th	Azerbaijan	69.73%	0.3%
41st	Virgin Islands (US)	69.52%	6.0%
42nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	69.33%	0.5%
43rd	Paraguay	69.20%	0.1%
44th	Congo, Republic of	68.63%	-0.1%
45th	Albania	68.31%	7.3%
46th	Myanmar	68.26%	0.0%
47th	Barbados	68.15%	-0.5%
48th	Denmark	67.21%	-0.1%
49th	Russian Federation	66.86%	-0.8%
50th	Zimbabwe	66.85%	-0.2%
51st	Estonia	66.78%	-1.8%
52nd	Colombia	66.74%	0.0%
53rd	Netherlands	66.55%	0.3%
54th	Haiti	66.42%	-0.5%
55th	Bahrain	66.40%	-0.5%
56th	Brunei Darussalam	66.36%	-0.1%
57th	Guatemala	66.35%	0.1%
58th	Sweden	66.29%	-1.1%
59th	Canada	66.23%	-0.8%
60th	Lithuania	66.15%	-1.0%
61st	Slovak Republic	66.09%	0.9%
62nd	Indonesia	65.95%	-0.6%
63rd	Armenia	65.84%	-0.1%
64th	Honduras	65.67%	-0.4%
65th	Côte d'Ivoire	65.55%	-0.1%
66th	United States	65.00%	-0.4%
67th	Switzerland	64.82%	0.3%
68th	New Caledonia	64.80%	0.2%
69th	Brazil	64.72%	0.1%
70th	Sierra Leone	64.37%	0.0%
71st	Kuwait	64.10%	-1.3%
72nd	Guinea-Bissau	64.05%	0.0%
73rd	Japan	63.79%	0.6%
74th	Guinea	63.77%	0.0%
75th	Hong Kong SAR, China	63.44%	0.4%
76th	New Zealand	63.43%	-0.1%
77th	Finland	63.41%	-2.1%
78th	Australia	63.29%	-1.0%
79th	Ecuador	63.24%	0.3%
80th	St. Lucia	63.02%	0.0%
81st	Rwanda	62.82%	0.0%
82nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	62.66%	0.4%
83rd	Lao PDR	62.44%	0.0%
84th	Botswana	62.35%	-0.4%
85th	United Kingdom	61.98%	-0.6%
86th	Norway	61.90%	0.6%
87th	Singapore	61.66%	1.0%
88th	El Salvador	61.58%	0.0%
89th	Philippines	61.42%	0.1%
90th	Czechia	61.37%	-0.3%
91st	Poland	61.34%	0.3%
92nd	Portugal	60.98%	2.1%
93rd	Ireland	60.92%	0.7%
94th	Cyprus	60.73%	0.7%
95th	Cabo Verde	60.63%	-0.4%
96th	Latvia	60.61%	-0.1%
97th	Kyrgyz Republic	60.55%	2.3%
98th	Equatorial Guinea	60.49%	0.6%
99th	Mauritius	60.13%	-0.1%
100th	Korea	60.11%	1.2%
101st	Argentina	59.97%	1.5%
102nd	Fiji	59.85%	0.1%
103rd	Guyana	59.64%	0.3%
104th	Zambia	59.63%	0.0%
105th	Germany	59.60%	2.5%
106th	Ukraine	59.28%	-0.4%
107th	French Polynesia	59.25%	0.3%
108th	Trinidad and Tobago	59.21%	0.3%
109th	Peru	59.12%	0.0%
110th	Togo	59.12%	-0.1%
111th	Serbia	59.09%	0.3%
112th	Belarus	59.09%	-0.3%
113th	Sri Lanka	59.06%	-3.9%
114th	Israel	59.02%	0.3%
115th	Moldova	58.85%	0.7%
116th	Slovenia	58.35%	-0.3%
117th	Macao SAR, China	58.28%	0.7%
118th	Mexico	58.21%	0.1%
119th	South Africa	58.03%	-0.1%
120th	India	57.97%	0.1%
121st	Nicaragua	57.90%	-0.2%
122nd	Mongolia	57.83%	1.1%
123rd	Panama	57.82%	6.2%
124th	Uruguay	57.52%	0.6%
125th	Croatia	57.35%	-0.7%
126th	Channel Islands	57.30%	0.3%
127th	Oman	57.22%	1.7%
128th	Türkiye	57.00%	0.7%
129th	Dominican Republic	56.95%	-0.1%
130th	Uzbekistan	56.92%	1.4%
131st	Bangladesh	56.92%	0.2%
132nd	Tonga	56.71%	1.9%
133rd	Costa Rica	56.50%	-1.5%
134th	Samoa	56.32%	0.2%
135th	Malaysia	56.32%	0.1%
136th	North Macedonia	56.27%	0.4%
137th	European Union	56.19%	0.4%
138th	Austria	56.09%	0.8%
139th	Belize	55.67%	0.6%
140th	Namibia	55.10%	0.0%
141st	France	55.02%	-1.0%
142nd	Tajikistan	55.01%	0.0%
143rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	54.88%	0.9%
144th	Eswatini	54.26%	-0.3%
145th	Chile	53.20%	1.3%
146th	Cuba	52.25%	0.0%
147th	Luxembourg	51.98%	2.4%
148th	Saudi Arabia	51.26%	-0.2%
149th	Hungary	51.24%	-0.6%
150th	Morocco	51.21%	-0.1%
151st	Senegal	51.07%	-0.2%
152nd	Montenegro	51.06%	0.2%
153rd	Syrian Arab Republic	50.96%	-0.1%
154th	Italy	50.33%	0.5%
155th	Romania	50.30%	0.5%
156th	Sudan	50.28%	0.4%
157th	Bulgaria	50.14%	-0.2%
158th	Maldives	49.88%	0.7%
159th	Malta	49.83%	-0.1%
160th	Spain	49.74%	-0.2%
161st	Pakistan	49.68%	0.7%
162nd	Belgium	49.19%	1.9%
163rd	Tunisia	49.13%	0.1%
164th	Greece	48.99%	-3.1%
165th	Gabon	48.49%	-0.1%
166th	Papua New Guinea	48.48%	-0.3%
167th	Turkmenistan	48.47%	1.7%
168th	Gambia, The	48.24%	0.0%
169th	Suriname	48.23%	0.2%
170th	Afghanistan	47.14%	-0.1%
171st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	46.78%	-0.8%
172nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	46.72%	0.1%
173rd	Mauritania	46.43%	-0.1%
174th	Algeria	45.82%	0.4%
175th	Puerto Rico (US)	45.64%	2.4%
176th	Libya	45.56%	0.0%
177th	Lebanon	44.83%	0.0%
178th	Yemen, Republic of	44.19%	-0.1%
179th	Iraq	42.45%	0.0%
180th	Comoros	41.70%	0.0%
181st	Nepal	41.54%	0.0%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	40.35%	0.0%
183rd	Jordan	39.51%	0.4%
184th	Djibouti	35.06%	-0.2%
185th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.98%	0.0%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.69%	0.1%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's labor force participation in 1991?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation in 1991 was 59.06%. This ranked 113th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's labor force participation change in 1991?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation decreased by 3.9% in 1991 compared to 1990.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1991?▾

Burundi had the highest labor force participation in 1991 at 89.55%.

What is the labor force participation of Sri Lanka in 1991?▾

The labor force participation of Sri Lanka in 1991 was 59.06%. This ranked 113th globally.

How does 1991 compare to 1990 for Sri Lanka's labor force participation?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation went from 61.45% in 1990 to 59.06% in 1991, a 3.9% decrease.

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