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Sri Lanka - Labor Force Participation 1996

Name: Sri Lanka Labor Force Participation 1996
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

55.40% +0.52pp from 1995 Global rank: 136th

Sri Lanka's labor force participation was 55.40% in 1996, increased +0.52pp from 54.88% in 1995. This was the 136th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1996▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 1996
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	86.46%	0.0%
2nd	Madagascar	86.10%	0.0%
3rd	Burundi	86.05%	-1.0%
4th	Mozambique	83.95%	0.0%
5th	Nigeria	83.89%	-0.2%
6th	Qatar	83.84%	0.0%
7th	Burkina Faso	82.92%	-0.2%
8th	Solomon Islands	82.65%	0.1%
9th	Cameroon	82.13%	0.0%
10th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.13%	0.1%
11th	Malawi	80.84%	0.0%
12th	Cambodia	80.52%	0.0%
13th	Azerbaijan	80.51%	0.0%
14th	Eritrea	80.25%	-0.2%
15th	Niger	78.87%	0.0%
16th	Angola	77.42%	0.0%
17th	Georgia	77.31%	-2.3%
18th	Liberia	77.18%	0.0%
19th	Viet Nam	77.11%	-0.3%
20th	Vanuatu	76.90%	0.0%
21st	China	76.27%	-0.7%
22nd	United Arab Emirates	76.03%	-0.2%
23rd	Thailand	75.50%	0.3%
24th	South Sudan	74.48%	0.0%
25th	Iceland	74.38%	-1.7%
26th	Uganda	73.99%	0.3%
27th	Bahamas, The	73.98%	0.2%
28th	Lesotho	73.33%	-0.1%
29th	Ghana	72.74%	-0.1%
30th	Central African Republic	72.68%	0.0%
31st	Kenya	72.60%	-0.1%
32nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.28%	0.2%
33rd	Benin	72.00%	-0.1%
34th	Kazakhstan	71.91%	-0.2%
35th	Timor-Leste	71.10%	-0.3%
36th	Chad	70.95%	-0.6%
37th	Mali	70.39%	0.0%
38th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	70.34%	0.4%
39th	Bhutan	70.19%	-0.1%
40th	Paraguay	69.97%	-0.1%
41st	Guam	69.81%	-0.7%
42nd	Kyrgyz Republic	69.52%	-1.3%
43rd	Jamaica	68.95%	-0.6%
44th	Barbados	68.90%	-1.1%
45th	Congo, Republic of	68.43%	0.0%
46th	Colombia	68.12%	0.0%
47th	Myanmar	67.82%	-0.1%
48th	Brunei Darussalam	67.80%	0.3%
49th	Switzerland	67.43%	5.2%
50th	Kuwait	67.32%	0.1%
51st	Netherlands	66.95%	0.2%
52nd	Indonesia	66.87%	0.1%
53rd	Guatemala	66.64%	0.0%
54th	Zimbabwe	66.43%	-0.4%
55th	Honduras	65.91%	-0.1%
56th	United States	65.78%	0.3%
57th	New Caledonia	65.44%	0.1%
58th	Denmark	65.39%	0.2%
59th	Côte d'Ivoire	65.27%	-0.1%
60th	Bahrain	65.23%	-0.3%
61st	New Zealand	65.15%	1.3%
62nd	Norway	64.63%	1.1%
63rd	Haiti	64.62%	-0.7%
64th	Macao SAR, China	64.55%	2.0%
65th	Sierra Leone	64.51%	0.0%
66th	Peru	64.32%	2.2%
67th	Singapore	64.23%	0.9%
68th	Canada	64.23%	-0.3%
69th	Guinea-Bissau	63.97%	0.0%
70th	Brazil	63.95%	-2.6%
71st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	63.95%	0.3%
72nd	Guinea	63.93%	0.0%
73rd	Australia	63.65%	0.0%
74th	St. Lucia	63.59%	0.2%
75th	Rwanda	63.50%	-0.4%
76th	Japan	63.49%	0.1%
77th	Ecuador	63.48%	0.0%
78th	Albania	63.47%	-2.0%
79th	Armenia	63.37%	-0.8%
80th	Sweden	63.00%	-0.3%
81st	Ireland	62.93%	2.0%
82nd	Trinidad and Tobago	62.56%	1.4%
83rd	Lithuania	62.55%	-1.1%
84th	Lao PDR	62.08%	-0.1%
85th	Argentina	62.00%	0.8%
86th	Virgin Islands (US)	61.78%	-6.4%
87th	Equatorial Guinea	61.69%	0.3%
88th	Korea	61.67%	0.3%
89th	Panama	61.48%	0.3%
90th	Israel	61.43%	-1.1%
91st	Hong Kong SAR, China	61.39%	-0.5%
92nd	Philippines	61.30%	-0.1%
93rd	Czechia	61.30%	-0.4%
94th	Estonia	61.21%	-1.0%
95th	Botswana	60.89%	-0.6%
96th	El Salvador	60.81%	-2.5%
97th	Cyprus	60.79%	0.0%
98th	United Kingdom	60.70%	0.1%
99th	Russian Federation	60.39%	-1.7%
100th	Uruguay	60.31%	1.9%
101st	Slovak Republic	60.16%	0.6%
102nd	Latvia	60.07%	-0.6%
103rd	Moldova	59.64%	0.4%
104th	French Polynesia	59.63%	0.0%
105th	Zambia	59.61%	0.0%
106th	Mauritius	59.59%	-0.3%
107th	Mexico	59.46%	0.1%
108th	Fiji	59.45%	-0.2%
109th	Tonga	59.38%	-0.5%
110th	Belarus	59.35%	-0.5%
111th	Cabo Verde	59.32%	-0.4%
112th	Finland	59.23%	-0.8%
113th	Mongolia	58.97%	0.3%
114th	Guyana	58.88%	-0.7%
115th	Togo	58.79%	-0.1%
116th	India	58.73%	0.6%
117th	Portugal	58.50%	0.4%
118th	Nicaragua	58.45%	0.9%
119th	Austria	58.39%	-0.8%
120th	Channel Islands	58.17%	0.6%
121st	Malaysia	58.15%	0.7%
122nd	Ukraine	58.13%	-0.4%
123rd	Poland	58.09%	-1.0%
124th	South Africa	58.04%	0.0%
125th	Germany	58.01%	-0.4%
126th	Belize	57.96%	1.7%
127th	Dominican Republic	57.80%	0.3%
128th	Oman	57.73%	-0.9%
129th	Bangladesh	57.69%	0.3%
130th	Slovenia	57.61%	-0.2%
131st	Uzbekistan	57.50%	-0.5%
132nd	Serbia	56.82%	-1.3%
133rd	Chile	56.63%	1.1%
134th	Samoa	56.18%	-0.3%
135th	Costa Rica	55.97%	-3.5%
136th	Sri Lanka	55.40%	0.9%
137th	France	55.35%	0.5%
138th	European Union	55.04%	0.0%
139th	Tajikistan	55.01%	0.0%
140th	Turkmenistan	54.59%	-1.4%
141st	Croatia	54.48%	-1.0%
142nd	Eswatini	54.19%	-0.3%
143rd	Namibia	54.03%	-1.0%
144th	North Macedonia	54.01%	-0.7%
145th	Türkiye	53.73%	-0.7%
146th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53.52%	-0.6%
147th	Cuba	52.92%	0.6%
148th	Maldives	52.01%	1.4%
149th	Sudan	51.77%	0.7%
150th	Morocco	51.28%	-0.2%
151st	Luxembourg	50.96%	1.2%
152nd	Greece	50.90%	1.1%
153rd	Hungary	50.88%	-0.1%
154th	Senegal	50.62%	-0.2%
155th	Spain	50.42%	0.6%
156th	Belgium	50.40%	-0.1%
157th	Romania	50.26%	-0.2%
158th	Malta	50.09%	0.4%
159th	Montenegro	49.86%	-0.6%
160th	Saudi Arabia	49.66%	-0.9%
161st	Bulgaria	49.44%	-0.4%
162nd	Syrian Arab Republic	49.37%	0.4%
163rd	Pakistan	49.24%	1.8%
164th	Tunisia	49.14%	0.1%
165th	Gambia, The	48.31%	0.1%
166th	Gabon	48.30%	-0.2%
167th	Papua New Guinea	48.02%	-0.2%
168th	Suriname	47.64%	-0.7%
169th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	47.28%	-1.3%
170th	Italy	47.28%	0.9%
171st	Puerto Rico (US)	46.88%	1.7%
172nd	Afghanistan	46.80%	-0.2%
173rd	Mauritania	46.19%	-0.1%
174th	Libya	45.91%	0.3%
175th	Algeria	45.45%	-0.3%
176th	Yemen, Republic of	44.86%	0.8%
177th	Lebanon	44.08%	-0.4%
178th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	43.93%	-1.5%
179th	Iraq	42.32%	0.0%
180th	Comoros	41.97%	0.0%
181st	Nepal	41.46%	-0.1%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	40.32%	0.1%
183rd	Jordan	39.47%	0.1%
184th	Djibouti	34.70%	-0.3%
185th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.96%	0.1%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.59%	-0.2%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's labor force participation in 1996?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation in 1996 was 55.40%. This ranked 136th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's labor force participation change in 1996?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation increased by 0.9% in 1996 compared to 1995.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1996?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 1996 at 86.46%.

What is the labor force participation of Sri Lanka in 1996?▾

The labor force participation of Sri Lanka in 1996 was 55.40%. This ranked 136th globally.

How does 1996 compare to 1995 for Sri Lanka's labor force participation?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation went from 54.88% in 1995 to 55.40% in 1996, a 0.9% increase.

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