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Sri Lanka - Labor Force Participation 1992

Name: Sri Lanka Labor Force Participation 1992
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

56.62% −2.44pp from 1991 Global rank: 133rd

Sri Lanka's labor force participation was 56.62% in 1992, decreased +2.44pp from 59.06% in 1991. This was the 133rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1992▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 1992
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	88.99%	-0.6%
2nd	Tanzania	86.63%	0.0%
3rd	Madagascar	86.15%	-0.1%
4th	Mozambique	84.06%	0.0%
5th	Burkina Faso	83.73%	-0.2%
6th	Qatar	83.52%	-0.4%
7th	Nigeria	83.02%	0.8%
8th	Solomon Islands	82.97%	-0.4%
9th	Cameroon	82.23%	0.0%
10th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	81.77%	0.2%
11th	Eritrea	80.96%	0.0%
12th	Malawi	80.75%	0.1%
13th	Cambodia	79.92%	0.0%
14th	Niger	78.87%	0.0%
15th	China	78.23%	-0.6%
16th	Viet Nam	77.87%	-0.2%
17th	Georgia	77.63%	1.3%
18th	Angola	77.34%	0.0%
19th	Liberia	77.31%	0.0%
20th	Vanuatu	76.97%	0.0%
21st	Thailand	75.06%	-0.1%
22nd	United Arab Emirates	74.95%	0.4%
23rd	South Sudan	74.38%	0.0%
24th	Lesotho	73.64%	0.0%
25th	Uganda	73.40%	0.1%
26th	Iceland	73.25%	0.7%
27th	Ghana	72.99%	-0.1%
28th	Kenya	72.88%	-0.1%
29th	Bahamas, The	72.75%	0.7%
30th	Central African Republic	72.57%	0.1%
31st	Azerbaijan	72.30%	3.7%
32nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.22%	0.0%
33rd	Benin	72.16%	0.0%
34th	Chad	72.12%	-0.1%
35th	Guam	71.75%	-0.7%
36th	Timor-Leste	71.57%	-0.2%
37th	Virgin Islands (US)	70.61%	1.6%
38th	Kazakhstan	70.59%	0.3%
39th	Jamaica	70.56%	-0.5%
40th	Bhutan	70.41%	-0.1%
41st	Mali	70.40%	0.0%
42nd	Albania	69.36%	1.5%
43rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	69.29%	-0.1%
44th	Paraguay	69.11%	-0.1%
45th	Congo, Republic of	68.59%	-0.1%
46th	Myanmar	68.15%	-0.2%
47th	Barbados	67.70%	-0.7%
48th	Denmark	67.08%	-0.2%
49th	Colombia	66.96%	0.3%
50th	Zimbabwe	66.90%	0.1%
51st	Brunei Darussalam	66.74%	0.6%
52nd	Netherlands	66.74%	0.3%
53rd	Guatemala	66.44%	0.1%
54th	Bahrain	66.37%	-0.1%
55th	Indonesia	66.32%	0.6%
56th	Haiti	66.09%	-0.5%
57th	Russian Federation	65.86%	-1.5%
58th	Honduras	65.79%	0.2%
59th	Armenia	65.55%	-0.4%
60th	Côte d'Ivoire	65.50%	-0.1%
61st	Lithuania	65.41%	-1.1%
62nd	Canada	65.30%	-1.4%
63rd	United States	65.25%	0.4%
64th	Brazil	64.98%	0.4%
65th	New Caledonia	64.90%	0.2%
66th	Sweden	64.88%	-2.1%
67th	Switzerland	64.73%	-0.1%
68th	Estonia	64.68%	-3.1%
69th	Sierra Leone	64.40%	0.0%
70th	Slovak Republic	64.18%	-2.9%
71st	Guinea-Bissau	64.03%	0.0%
72nd	Japan	63.99%	0.3%
73rd	Guinea	63.80%	0.1%
74th	Kuwait	63.36%	-1.2%
75th	Ecuador	63.23%	0.0%
76th	St. Lucia	63.13%	0.2%
77th	Australia	63.00%	-0.4%
78th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	62.99%	0.5%
79th	New Zealand	62.94%	-0.8%
80th	Kyrgyz Republic	62.89%	3.9%
81st	Rwanda	62.76%	-0.1%
82nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	62.40%	-1.6%
83rd	Lao PDR	62.39%	-0.1%
84th	Norway	62.32%	0.7%
85th	Singapore	62.14%	0.8%
86th	Botswana	62.14%	-0.3%
87th	Finland	62.08%	-2.1%
88th	El Salvador	61.71%	0.2%
89th	Latvia	61.57%	1.6%
90th	United Kingdom	61.54%	-0.7%
91st	Philippines	61.46%	0.1%
92nd	Czechia	61.40%	0.0%
93rd	Poland	61.05%	-0.5%
94th	Equatorial Guinea	60.80%	0.5%
95th	Argentina	60.72%	1.2%
96th	Korea	60.39%	0.5%
97th	Cyprus	60.38%	-0.6%
98th	Cabo Verde	60.37%	-0.4%
99th	Ireland	60.18%	-1.2%
100th	Mauritius	60.05%	-0.1%
101st	Guyana	59.85%	0.4%
102nd	Fiji	59.73%	-0.2%
103rd	Zambia	59.61%	0.0%
104th	Trinidad and Tobago	59.55%	0.6%
105th	Israel	59.49%	0.8%
106th	French Polynesia	59.35%	0.2%
107th	Moldova	59.15%	0.5%
108th	Belarus	59.14%	0.1%
109th	Germany	59.08%	-0.9%
110th	Togo	59.06%	-0.1%
111th	Ukraine	59.05%	-0.4%
112th	Serbia	59.01%	-0.1%
113th	Panama	59.00%	2.0%
114th	Portugal	58.96%	-3.3%
115th	Peru	58.90%	-0.4%
116th	Mexico	58.72%	0.9%
117th	Mongolia	58.40%	1.0%
118th	Macao SAR, China	58.24%	-0.1%
119th	Slovenia	58.22%	-0.2%
120th	South Africa	58.05%	0.0%
121st	Oman	58.02%	1.4%
122nd	India	58.00%	0.1%
123rd	Nicaragua	57.83%	-0.1%
124th	Tonga	57.79%	1.9%
125th	Uruguay	57.60%	0.1%
126th	Channel Islands	57.40%	0.2%
127th	Dominican Republic	57.28%	0.6%
128th	Uzbekistan	57.28%	0.6%
129th	Bangladesh	57.07%	0.3%
130th	Austria	56.94%	1.5%
131st	Croatia	56.80%	-1.0%
132nd	Malaysia	56.68%	0.6%
133rd	Sri Lanka	56.62%	-4.1%
134th	Samoa	56.37%	0.1%
135th	Belize	56.01%	0.6%
136th	Türkiye	55.99%	-1.8%
137th	North Macedonia	55.81%	-0.8%
138th	European Union	55.75%	-0.8%
139th	Costa Rica	55.66%	-1.5%
140th	France	55.16%	0.3%
141st	Namibia	55.09%	0.0%
142nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	55.09%	0.4%
143rd	Tajikistan	55.01%	0.0%
144th	Chile	54.25%	2.0%
145th	Eswatini	54.11%	-0.3%
146th	Luxembourg	52.96%	1.9%
147th	Cuba	52.26%	0.0%
148th	Saudi Arabia	51.35%	0.2%
149th	Morocco	51.27%	0.1%
150th	Hungary	51.12%	-0.2%
151st	Montenegro	51.03%	-0.1%
152nd	Senegal	50.98%	-0.2%
153rd	Syrian Arab Republic	50.83%	-0.2%
154th	Turkmenistan	50.77%	4.7%
155th	Romania	50.70%	0.8%
156th	Sudan	50.51%	0.5%
157th	Maldives	50.24%	0.7%
158th	Bulgaria	50.07%	-0.2%
159th	Malta	49.89%	0.1%
160th	Spain	49.80%	0.1%
161st	Pakistan	49.68%	0.0%
162nd	Greece	49.62%	1.3%
163rd	Belgium	49.52%	0.7%
164th	Tunisia	49.10%	-0.1%
165th	Gabon	48.56%	0.1%
166th	Italy	48.52%	-3.6%
167th	Papua New Guinea	48.28%	-0.4%
168th	Gambia, The	48.25%	0.0%
169th	Suriname	48.22%	0.0%
170th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	47.19%	1.0%
171st	Afghanistan	47.09%	-0.1%
172nd	Mauritania	46.38%	-0.1%
173rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	46.31%	-1.0%
174th	Algeria	45.80%	-0.1%
175th	Libya	45.58%	0.1%
176th	Puerto Rico (US)	45.57%	-0.2%
177th	Lebanon	44.60%	-0.5%
178th	Yemen, Republic of	44.14%	-0.1%
179th	Iraq	42.38%	-0.2%
180th	Comoros	41.75%	0.1%
181st	Nepal	41.56%	0.0%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	40.32%	-0.1%
183rd	Jordan	39.40%	-0.3%
184th	Djibouti	35.00%	-0.2%
185th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.86%	-0.4%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.70%	0.1%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's labor force participation in 1992?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation in 1992 was 56.62%. This ranked 133rd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's labor force participation change in 1992?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation decreased by 4.1% in 1992 compared to 1991.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1992?▾

Burundi had the highest labor force participation in 1992 at 88.99%.

What is the labor force participation of Sri Lanka in 1992?▾

The labor force participation of Sri Lanka in 1992 was 56.62%. This ranked 133rd globally.

How does 1992 compare to 1991 for Sri Lanka's labor force participation?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation went from 59.06% in 1991 to 56.62% in 1992, a 4.1% decrease.

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