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Sri Lanka - Labor Force Participation 2000

Name: Sri Lanka Labor Force Participation 2000
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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

55.57% −1.74pp from 1999 Global rank: 135th

Sri Lanka's labor force participation was 55.57% in 2000, decreased +1.74pp from 57.31% in 1999. This was the 135th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2000▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2000
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	86.44%	0.0%
2nd	Madagascar	86.31%	0.1%
3rd	Mozambique	85.02%	0.4%
4th	Solomon Islands	83.98%	0.9%
5th	Nigeria	83.37%	-0.3%
6th	Burundi	82.66%	-1.0%
7th	Qatar	82.64%	0.0%
8th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.21%	0.0%
9th	Burkina Faso	82.07%	-0.3%
10th	Cameroon	81.95%	0.0%
11th	Malawi	80.84%	0.0%
12th	Eritrea	80.76%	0.0%
13th	Cambodia	80.43%	0.0%
14th	Niger	79.01%	0.1%
15th	Iceland	77.86%	2.1%
16th	Angola	77.36%	0.0%
17th	Liberia	77.10%	0.0%
18th	Vanuatu	76.82%	-0.1%
19th	Azerbaijan	76.80%	-1.7%
20th	United Arab Emirates	74.51%	-0.1%
21st	South Sudan	74.37%	0.0%
22nd	Bahamas, The	74.36%	0.1%
23rd	Uganda	74.30%	0.1%
24th	China	74.19%	-0.7%
25th	Georgia	74.01%	-0.6%
26th	Thailand	73.48%	0.3%
27th	Viet Nam	73.39%	-1.5%
28th	Central African Republic	72.63%	0.0%
29th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	72.53%	0.0%
30th	Kenya	72.51%	0.2%
31st	Ghana	72.49%	-0.1%
32nd	Lesotho	72.41%	-0.7%
33rd	Benin	71.83%	-0.1%
34th	Kazakhstan	70.96%	-0.7%
35th	Mali	70.28%	0.0%
36th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	70.15%	-0.2%
37th	Bhutan	69.88%	-0.2%
38th	Timor-Leste	69.68%	-4.1%
39th	Barbados	69.35%	0.2%
40th	Paraguay	69.16%	-0.6%
41st	Chad	69.08%	-0.7%
42nd	Brunei Darussalam	68.41%	0.2%
43rd	Congo, Republic of	68.25%	-0.2%
44th	Netherlands	67.80%	0.4%
45th	Guam	67.80%	-0.7%
46th	Indonesia	67.76%	0.8%
47th	Colombia	67.63%	0.2%
48th	Myanmar	67.34%	-0.3%
49th	Switzerland	67.30%	-0.6%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	67.00%	-1.0%
51st	Guatemala	66.89%	0.1%
52nd	Norway	66.79%	0.6%
53rd	Jamaica	66.67%	-0.8%
54th	United States	66.15%	0.1%
55th	Kuwait	65.93%	-0.1%
56th	Brazil	65.81%	0.3%
57th	Peru	65.78%	-3.5%
58th	Denmark	65.76%	-0.5%
59th	Zimbabwe	65.61%	-0.2%
60th	Macao SAR, China	65.52%	-0.3%
61st	Bahrain	65.51%	0.3%
62nd	Côte d'Ivoire	65.47%	0.2%
63rd	Singapore	65.37%	0.2%
64th	New Caledonia	65.35%	0.0%
65th	Canada	65.29%	0.3%
66th	New Zealand	64.77%	0.2%
67th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	64.69%	0.2%
68th	Sierra Leone	64.62%	0.0%
69th	Honduras	64.38%	-2.3%
70th	Ireland	64.36%	1.0%
71st	Guinea	64.23%	0.1%
72nd	St. Lucia	64.04%	0.2%
73rd	Guinea-Bissau	63.81%	-0.1%
74th	Ecuador	63.45%	-2.3%
75th	Australia	63.28%	0.6%
76th	Trinidad and Tobago	63.08%	-0.1%
77th	Panama	63.00%	0.5%
78th	Haiti	62.77%	-0.7%
79th	Japan	62.44%	-0.6%
80th	Argentina	62.32%	-0.4%
81st	Armenia	62.14%	-0.2%
82nd	Rwanda	62.12%	-0.6%
83rd	Sweden	61.99%	-1.0%
84th	Lao PDR	61.77%	-0.1%
85th	Equatorial Guinea	61.70%	-0.4%
86th	El Salvador	61.54%	-1.0%
87th	Finland	61.41%	0.6%
88th	Israel	61.35%	1.0%
89th	United Kingdom	61.34%	0.4%
90th	Russian Federation	61.27%	0.0%
91st	Philippines	61.26%	-0.1%
92nd	Albania	61.16%	-1.4%
93rd	Portugal	60.80%	0.3%
94th	Korea	60.75%	1.0%
95th	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.71%	-0.4%
96th	Czechia	60.42%	-1.0%
97th	Cyprus	60.36%	-0.2%
98th	Lithuania	60.18%	-1.6%
99th	Nicaragua	60.18%	0.6%
100th	Uruguay	60.16%	0.6%
101st	India	60.08%	0.6%
102nd	Moldova	59.91%	-0.2%
103rd	Virgin Islands (US)	59.90%	1.6%
104th	Slovak Republic	59.66%	0.7%
105th	Mexico	59.57%	-0.2%
106th	Zambia	59.55%	-0.1%
107th	Malaysia	59.54%	0.5%
108th	Belize	59.54%	0.4%
109th	Mongolia	59.51%	0.3%
110th	Channel Islands	59.34%	0.4%
111th	Belarus	59.30%	1.0%
112th	Estonia	58.91%	-0.1%
113th	Costa Rica	58.87%	-1.4%
114th	Mauritius	58.84%	-0.4%
115th	Fiji	58.83%	-0.3%
116th	Botswana	58.60%	-1.3%
117th	French Polynesia	58.57%	-0.5%
118th	Tonga	58.55%	-0.3%
119th	Dominican Republic	58.51%	0.2%
120th	Togo	58.47%	-0.1%
121st	Austria	58.43%	-0.2%
122nd	Cabo Verde	58.25%	-0.5%
123rd	Bangladesh	58.16%	0.1%
124th	Germany	57.99%	-0.6%
125th	Slovenia	57.56%	-1.2%
126th	South Africa	57.26%	-0.4%
127th	Ukraine	57.21%	-0.4%
128th	Guyana	57.20%	-0.8%
129th	Uzbekistan	56.98%	-0.6%
130th	Samoa	56.30%	-0.2%
131st	Oman	56.18%	-0.8%
132nd	Latvia	56.15%	-2.7%
133rd	Chile	55.91%	-1.3%
134th	Serbia	55.75%	-0.8%
135th	Sri Lanka	55.57%	-3.0%
136th	Poland	55.49%	-1.1%
137th	France	55.30%	-0.1%
138th	European Union	55.27%	-0.1%
139th	Tajikistan	55.01%	0.0%
140th	Maldives	54.80%	1.3%
141st	Namibia	54.13%	0.4%
142nd	Cuba	53.71%	0.3%
143rd	Luxembourg	53.42%	2.2%
144th	Turkmenistan	53.34%	-0.9%
145th	Eswatini	53.24%	-0.4%
146th	Spain	52.89%	2.2%
147th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.81%	-0.4%
148th	North Macedonia	52.74%	0.3%
149th	Croatia	52.63%	-0.7%
150th	Belgium	52.24%	0.7%
151st	Greece	51.44%	-0.3%
152nd	Morocco	51.32%	0.0%
153rd	Hungary	51.16%	0.5%
154th	Romania	51.07%	0.1%
155th	Syrian Arab Republic	50.89%	1.2%
156th	Sudan	50.84%	-0.5%
157th	Pakistan	50.41%	0.5%
158th	Senegal	50.34%	-0.1%
159th	Bulgaria	49.95%	-0.5%
160th	Türkiye	49.95%	-5.2%
161st	Malta	49.69%	-1.1%
162nd	Montenegro	49.32%	-0.4%
163rd	Saudi Arabia	49.00%	1.6%
164th	Papua New Guinea	48.50%	0.3%
165th	Gambia, The	48.41%	0.0%
166th	Gabon	48.13%	0.0%
167th	Tunisia	47.97%	-0.8%
168th	Italy	47.82%	0.0%
169th	Suriname	47.17%	1.2%
170th	Libya	46.57%	0.1%
171st	Afghanistan	46.56%	-0.1%
172nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	46.22%	-2.7%
173rd	Mauritania	46.00%	-0.1%
174th	Puerto Rico (US)	45.94%	-2.9%
175th	Yemen, Republic of	45.20%	-1.7%
176th	Algeria	44.28%	-0.5%
177th	Lebanon	44.20%	0.1%
178th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.13%	0.3%
179th	Iraq	42.10%	-0.1%
180th	Comoros	41.72%	-0.2%
181st	Nepal	41.36%	-0.1%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	40.25%	0.3%
183rd	Jordan	39.40%	-0.1%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.09%	0.1%
185th	Djibouti	34.01%	-0.4%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.19%	-0.5%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's labor force participation in 2000?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation in 2000 was 55.57%. This ranked 135th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's labor force participation change in 2000?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation decreased by 3.0% in 2000 compared to 1999.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2000?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 2000 at 86.44%.

What is the labor force participation of Sri Lanka in 2000?▾

The labor force participation of Sri Lanka in 2000 was 55.57%. This ranked 135th globally.

How does 2000 compare to 1999 for Sri Lanka's labor force participation?▾

Sri Lanka's labor force participation went from 57.31% in 1999 to 55.57% in 2000, a 3.0% decrease.

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