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Sri Lanka - Labor Force Participation 1997

Name: Sri Lanka Labor Force Participation 1997
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

55.24% −0.16pp from 1996 Global rank: 137th

Sri Lanka's labor force participation was 55.24% in 1997, decreased +0.16pp from 55.40% in 1996. This was the 137th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1997▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 1997
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	86.48%	0.0%
2nd	Madagascar	86.15%	0.1%
3rd	Burundi	85.14%	-1.1%
4th	Mozambique	83.94%	0.0%
5th	Nigeria	83.80%	-0.1%
6th	Qatar	82.91%	-1.1%
7th	Solomon Islands	82.87%	0.3%
8th	Burkina Faso	82.71%	-0.3%
9th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.27%	0.2%
10th	Cameroon	82.08%	-0.1%
11th	Malawi	80.85%	0.0%
12th	Cambodia	80.55%	0.0%
13th	Eritrea	80.48%	0.3%
14th	Azerbaijan	79.95%	-0.7%
15th	Niger	78.89%	0.0%
16th	Angola	77.41%	0.0%
17th	Liberia	77.15%	0.0%
18th	Vanuatu	76.84%	-0.1%
19th	Viet Nam	76.14%	-1.3%
20th	China	75.76%	-0.7%
21st	Georgia	75.68%	-2.1%
22nd	Thailand	75.42%	-0.1%
23rd	United Arab Emirates	75.36%	-0.9%
24th	South Sudan	74.49%	0.0%
25th	Uganda	74.14%	0.2%
26th	Bahamas, The	74.13%	0.2%
27th	Iceland	73.53%	-1.2%
28th	Lesotho	73.21%	-0.2%
29th	Central African Republic	72.68%	0.0%
30th	Ghana	72.68%	-0.1%
31st	Kenya	72.54%	-0.1%
32nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.46%	0.3%
33rd	Benin	71.96%	-0.1%
34th	Kazakhstan	71.68%	-0.3%
35th	Timor-Leste	71.03%	-0.1%
36th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	70.66%	0.5%
37th	Chad	70.49%	-0.6%
38th	Mali	70.37%	0.0%
39th	Paraguay	70.16%	0.3%
40th	Bhutan	70.16%	0.0%
41st	Guam	69.32%	-0.7%
42nd	Barbados	69.03%	0.2%
43rd	Jamaica	68.46%	-0.7%
44th	Congo, Republic of	68.45%	0.0%
45th	Colombia	68.30%	0.3%
46th	Kyrgyz Republic	68.14%	-2.0%
47th	Brunei Darussalam	67.96%	0.2%
48th	Myanmar	67.76%	-0.1%
49th	Switzerland	67.33%	-0.1%
50th	Netherlands	67.11%	0.2%
51st	Kuwait	66.80%	-0.8%
52nd	Guatemala	66.71%	0.1%
53rd	Indonesia	66.34%	-0.8%
54th	Zimbabwe	66.18%	-0.4%
55th	United States	66.09%	0.5%
56th	Honduras	65.98%	0.1%
57th	Denmark	65.69%	0.5%
58th	Peru	65.69%	2.1%
59th	Macao SAR, China	65.63%	1.7%
60th	New Caledonia	65.51%	0.1%
61st	Norway	65.35%	1.1%
62nd	Côte d'Ivoire	65.21%	-0.1%
63rd	Bahrain	65.14%	-0.1%
64th	New Zealand	65.01%	-0.2%
65th	Albania	64.96%	2.3%
66th	Brazil	64.79%	1.3%
67th	Singapore	64.74%	0.8%
68th	Sierra Leone	64.53%	0.0%
69th	Canada	64.42%	0.3%
70th	Ecuador	64.25%	1.2%
71st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	64.17%	0.4%
72nd	Haiti	64.16%	-0.7%
73rd	Guinea	64.03%	0.2%
74th	Guinea-Bissau	63.93%	-0.1%
75th	St. Lucia	63.70%	0.2%
76th	Japan	63.67%	0.3%
77th	Australia	63.26%	-0.6%
78th	Rwanda	63.25%	-0.4%
79th	Armenia	62.88%	-0.8%
80th	Trinidad and Tobago	62.82%	0.4%
81st	Argentina	62.78%	1.3%
82nd	Sweden	62.71%	-0.5%
83rd	Ireland	62.39%	-0.9%
84th	Korea	62.02%	0.6%
85th	Lao PDR	61.99%	-0.1%
86th	Equatorial Guinea	61.82%	0.2%
87th	Lithuania	61.78%	-1.2%
88th	Panama	61.63%	0.2%
89th	Estonia	61.49%	0.5%
90th	Philippines	61.25%	-0.1%
91st	Hong Kong SAR, China	61.18%	-0.3%
92nd	Czechia	61.16%	-0.2%
93rd	Virgin Islands (US)	61.08%	-1.1%
94th	Israel	61.03%	-0.7%
95th	United Kingdom	60.86%	0.3%
96th	Mexico	60.78%	2.2%
97th	Cyprus	60.74%	-0.1%
98th	Uruguay	60.66%	0.6%
99th	El Salvador	60.51%	-0.5%
100th	Botswana	60.46%	-0.7%
101st	Finland	60.11%	1.5%
102nd	Slovak Republic	59.68%	-0.8%
103rd	Zambia	59.61%	0.0%
104th	Moldova	59.54%	-0.2%
105th	Latvia	59.43%	-1.1%
106th	Mauritius	59.42%	-0.3%
107th	French Polynesia	59.41%	-0.4%
108th	Fiji	59.29%	-0.3%
109th	Portugal	59.14%	1.1%
110th	Tonga	59.12%	-0.4%
111th	Mongolia	59.07%	0.2%
112th	India	59.07%	0.6%
113th	Cabo Verde	59.05%	-0.4%
114th	Russian Federation	59.05%	-2.2%
115th	Nicaragua	58.97%	0.9%
116th	Belize	58.90%	1.6%
117th	Belarus	58.80%	-0.9%
118th	Togo	58.71%	-0.1%
119th	Malaysia	58.53%	0.7%
120th	Slovenia	58.51%	1.6%
121st	Guyana	58.48%	-0.7%
122nd	Channel Islands	58.42%	0.4%
123rd	Germany	58.23%	0.4%
124th	Costa Rica	58.13%	3.9%
125th	Austria	58.09%	-0.5%
126th	Dominican Republic	58.06%	0.4%
127th	South Africa	57.95%	-0.1%
128th	Ukraine	57.90%	-0.4%
129th	Bangladesh	57.84%	0.3%
130th	Uzbekistan	57.41%	-0.2%
131st	Poland	57.22%	-1.5%
132nd	Oman	57.14%	-1.0%
133rd	Turkmenistan	56.84%	4.1%
134th	Chile	56.62%	0.0%
135th	Samoa	56.34%	0.3%
136th	Serbia	55.98%	-1.5%
137th	Sri Lanka	55.24%	-0.3%
138th	European Union	55.03%	0.0%
139th	Tajikistan	55.01%	0.0%
140th	France	54.96%	-0.7%
141st	Eswatini	53.98%	-0.4%
142nd	Croatia	53.96%	-1.0%
143rd	North Macedonia	53.79%	-0.4%
144th	Namibia	53.50%	-1.0%
145th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53.40%	-0.2%
146th	Cuba	53.16%	0.5%
147th	Maldives	52.71%	1.3%
148th	Türkiye	52.55%	-2.2%
149th	Sudan	51.59%	-0.3%
150th	Morocco	51.33%	0.1%
151st	Luxembourg	51.24%	0.6%
152nd	Spain	50.92%	1.0%
153rd	Hungary	50.84%	-0.1%
154th	Greece	50.65%	-0.5%
155th	Romania	50.58%	0.6%
156th	Senegal	50.54%	-0.2%
157th	Belgium	50.49%	0.2%
158th	Malta	50.22%	0.3%
159th	Pakistan	50.12%	1.8%
160th	Bulgaria	50.01%	1.2%
161st	Montenegro	49.62%	-0.5%
162nd	Syrian Arab Republic	49.54%	0.4%
163rd	Saudi Arabia	49.18%	-1.0%
164th	Tunisia	49.18%	0.1%
165th	Gambia, The	48.35%	0.1%
166th	Gabon	48.18%	-0.2%
167th	Papua New Guinea	48.18%	0.3%
168th	Puerto Rico (US)	47.70%	1.7%
169th	Italy	47.30%	0.0%
170th	Suriname	47.29%	-0.7%
171st	Afghanistan	46.73%	-0.2%
172nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	46.64%	-1.4%
173rd	Mauritania	46.14%	-0.1%
174th	Libya	46.08%	0.4%
175th	Yemen, Republic of	45.23%	0.8%
176th	Algeria	45.06%	-0.9%
177th	Lebanon	44.12%	0.1%
178th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	43.93%	0.0%
179th	Iraq	42.26%	-0.1%
180th	Comoros	41.96%	0.0%
181st	Nepal	41.43%	-0.1%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	40.26%	-0.1%
183rd	Jordan	39.46%	0.0%
184th	Djibouti	34.51%	-0.5%
185th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.00%	0.1%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.51%	-0.3%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's labor force participation in 1997?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation in 1997 was 55.24%. This ranked 137th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's labor force participation change in 1997?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation decreased by 0.3% in 1997 compared to 1996.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 1997?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 1997 at 86.48%.

What is the labor force participation of Sri Lanka in 1997?▾

The labor force participation of Sri Lanka in 1997 was 55.24%. This ranked 137th globally.

How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Sri Lanka's labor force participation?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation went from 55.40% in 1996 to 55.24% in 1997, a 0.3% decrease.

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