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Sri Lanka - Services Employment 1998

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Employment in services · World Bank

42.05% −3.29% from 1997 Global rank: 69th

Sri Lanka's services employment was 42.05% in 1998, decreased +3.29% from 45.34% in 1997. This was the 69th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Services Employment by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	5.59%	3.9%
2nd	Lao PDR	9.43%	6.1%
3rd	Madagascar	12.75%	1.2%
4th	Mozambique	13.99%	3.2%
5th	Rwanda	14.58%	2.7%
6th	Burkina Faso	15.05%	5.2%
7th	Chad	15.71%	1.7%
8th	Niger	16.96%	2.2%
9th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	17.53%	1.2%
10th	Central African Republic	17.94%	1.7%
11th	Cambodia	18.23%	-11.5%
12th	Tanzania	18.84%	0.8%
13th	Zambia	18.91%	-0.4%
14th	Bangladesh	19.77%	-1.5%
15th	Uganda	20.62%	1.2%
16th	Malawi	21.34%	0.8%
17th	Mali	21.74%	1.8%
18th	Cameroon	21.93%	1.6%
19th	Ghana	21.98%	1.9%
20th	Afghanistan	23.03%	1.5%
21st	Guinea	23.05%	1.2%
22nd	India	23.56%	0.8%
23rd	Guinea-Bissau	24.66%	-4.5%
24th	Tajikistan	24.98%	0.0%
25th	Viet Nam	25.12%	7.1%
26th	Myanmar	25.18%	1.0%
27th	Sierra Leone	25.78%	0.8%
28th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	25.83%	-1.1%
29th	China	26.70%	1.1%
30th	Comoros	28.29%	0.2%
31st	Kenya	29.44%	1.0%
32nd	Bhutan	29.85%	0.8%
33rd	Yemen, Republic of	29.89%	-1.0%
34th	Mongolia	29.98%	0.0%
35th	Equatorial Guinea	30.36%	1.4%
36th	Eritrea	32.81%	-0.5%
37th	Morocco	32.91%	4.7%
38th	South Sudan	33.07%	0.7%
39th	Congo, Republic of	33.22%	1.6%
40th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	33.85%	2.0%
41st	Benin	34.00%	0.5%
42nd	Turkmenistan	34.03%	2.0%
43rd	Timor-Leste	35.47%	0.2%
44th	Romania	35.55%	1.7%
45th	Vanuatu	35.80%	0.6%
46th	Thailand	35.87%	2.6%
47th	Türkiye	36.07%	2.9%
48th	Senegal	37.01%	1.3%
49th	Armenia	37.05%	0.4%
50th	Haiti	37.27%	0.8%
51st	Nigeria	37.51%	1.0%
52nd	Togo	37.68%	-0.2%
53rd	Côte d'Ivoire	38.13%	0.7%
54th	Nepal	38.34%	-0.6%
55th	Indonesia	38.37%	0.1%
56th	Pakistan	38.62%	-2.9%
57th	Samoa	39.20%	1.7%
58th	Liberia	39.21%	6.1%
59th	Albania	39.28%	-1.9%
60th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	39.29%	1.8%
61st	Zimbabwe	39.49%	0.6%
62nd	Tonga	39.51%	0.6%
63rd	Moldova	39.71%	-9.1%
64th	Sudan	40.07%	0.8%
65th	Serbia	40.51%	0.7%
66th	Mauritania	40.73%	1.0%
67th	Georgia	41.77%	1.2%
68th	North Macedonia	41.84%	0.8%
69th	Sri Lanka	42.05%	-7.2%
70th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	42.32%	0.9%
71st	Syrian Arab Republic	43.09%	1.1%
72nd	Guatemala	43.24%	0.5%
73rd	Uzbekistan	43.50%	1.4%
74th	Kyrgyz Republic	44.05%	-0.5%
75th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.35%	0.4%
76th	Belarus	44.92%	1.9%
77th	Philippines	45.61%	4.9%
78th	Azerbaijan	45.92%	2.1%
79th	Kazakhstan	46.15%	0.9%
80th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	46.46%	3.6%
81st	Lesotho	46.93%	-1.7%
82nd	Nicaragua	47.11%	-0.8%
83rd	Solomon Islands	47.24%	1.7%
84th	Fiji	47.48%	4.9%
85th	Tunisia	47.55%	0.5%
86th	Poland	47.61%	2.1%
87th	Guyana	47.76%	0.7%
88th	Honduras	48.19%	2.8%
89th	El Salvador	49.38%	1.3%
90th	Slovak Republic	50.32%	1.0%
91st	Gabon	50.56%	1.1%
92nd	Mauritius	50.71%	0.4%
93rd	United Arab Emirates	51.16%	0.3%
94th	Bulgaria	51.29%	1.6%
95th	Malaysia	51.30%	1.0%
96th	Lithuania	51.37%	1.0%
97th	Czechia	51.46%	1.6%
98th	Gambia, The	51.68%	0.5%
99th	Namibia	52.42%	6.2%
100th	Peru	52.57%	-0.2%
101st	Paraguay	52.84%	-0.3%
102nd	Croatia	53.19%	0.9%
103rd	Slovenia	53.41%	2.2%
104th	Ecuador	53.43%	-0.2%
105th	Maldives	53.53%	3.5%
106th	Algeria	53.84%	0.2%
107th	Latvia	53.92%	2.5%
108th	Ukraine	55.57%	0.0%
109th	Portugal	55.59%	-8.2%
110th	São Tomé and Principe	56.20%	0.6%
111th	Belize	57.00%	9.9%
112th	Cuba	57.01%	1.1%
113th	Mexico	57.28%	3.3%
114th	Estonia	57.75%	1.5%
115th	Hungary	57.78%	-1.8%
116th	Eswatini	58.43%	0.3%
117th	Jamaica	58.54%	1.0%
118th	Dominican Republic	58.56%	3.8%
119th	Greece	58.85%	2.1%
120th	West Bank and Gaza	59.10%	-0.1%
121st	Russian Federation	59.39%	2.3%
122nd	Korea	59.55%	3.9%
123rd	Colombia	60.08%	1.6%
124th	Cabo Verde	60.18%	0.4%
125th	Costa Rica	60.20%	1.7%
126th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	60.32%	1.2%
127th	European Union	60.44%	0.4%
128th	Iraq	60.86%	0.4%
129th	St. Lucia	61.50%	-1.6%
130th	Italy	61.50%	0.0%
131st	Angola	61.68%	-0.1%
132nd	Brazil	61.71%	1.2%
133rd	Spain	61.79%	-0.4%
134th	Trinidad and Tobago	61.90%	-0.1%
135th	Chile	61.99%	2.8%
136th	Qatar	62.10%	-1.6%
137th	Ireland	62.22%	2.8%
138th	Germany	62.83%	0.7%
139th	Panama	63.28%	2.0%
140th	Libya	63.32%	0.7%
141st	Japan	63.40%	1.8%
142nd	Papua New Guinea	64.26%	0.4%
143rd	Botswana	64.59%	-2.3%
144th	Finland	64.63%	-0.3%
145th	Malta	64.72%	0.5%
146th	Iceland	64.72%	-2.3%
147th	Austria	65.32%	0.7%
148th	Argentina	65.50%	1.3%
149th	Montenegro	65.61%	0.1%
150th	Uruguay	66.27%	0.5%
151st	South Africa	66.56%	0.0%
152nd	New Zealand	67.22%	-0.1%
153rd	Saudi Arabia	67.45%	0.0%
154th	France	69.37%	0.7%
155th	Lebanon	69.48%	0.4%
156th	Denmark	69.84%	-0.3%
157th	Bahrain	70.03%	0.3%
158th	New Caledonia	70.05%	1.0%
159th	Switzerland	70.16%	0.2%
160th	Cyprus	70.42%	0.8%
161st	Belgium	70.52%	1.0%
162nd	Barbados	70.80%	-1.4%
163rd	Sweden	71.06%	-0.2%
164th	Singapore	71.17%	1.5%
165th	United Kingdom	71.33%	0.5%
166th	Norway	72.46%	1.4%
167th	Australia	72.55%	0.6%
168th	Virgin Islands (US)	72.69%	0.4%
169th	Netherlands	73.75%	0.5%
170th	Canada	73.89%	-0.1%
171st	Guam	73.97%	0.3%
172nd	United States	74.21%	0.4%
173rd	Jordan	74.69%	0.3%
174th	Israel	75.03%	2.3%
175th	Suriname	75.30%	5.6%
176th	Luxembourg	75.47%	1.5%
177th	Puerto Rico (US)	75.54%	0.2%
178th	Hong Kong SAR, China	76.46%	2.2%
179th	Brunei Darussalam	76.87%	1.3%
180th	Kuwait	77.02%	1.0%
181st	Macao SAR, China	77.27%	1.0%
182nd	Channel Islands	78.58%	0.4%
183rd	French Polynesia	79.58%	-1.6%
184th	Bahamas, The	81.18%	-0.4%
185th	Oman	83.79%	-0.7%
186th	Djibouti	93.55%	0.1%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's services employment in 1998?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment in 1998 was 42.05%. This ranked 69th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's services employment change in 1998?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment decreased by 7.2% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest services employment in 1998?▾

Djibouti had the highest services employment in 1998 at 93.55%.

What is the services employment of Sri Lanka in 1998?▾

The services employment of Sri Lanka in 1998 was 42.05%. This ranked 69th globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Sri Lanka's services employment?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment went from 45.34% in 1997 to 42.05% in 1998, a 7.2% decrease.

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