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Sri Lanka - Services Employment 2012

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Employment in services · World Bank

42.94% −1.48% from 2011 Global rank: 51st

Sri Lanka's services employment was 42.94% in 2012, decreased +1.48% from 44.41% in 2011. This was the 51st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2012▾

Services Employment by Country - 2012
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	9.46%	5.0%
2nd	Lao PDR	17.45%	5.7%
3rd	Niger	18.28%	3.3%
4th	Chad	18.75%	0.9%
5th	Mozambique	19.02%	2.3%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	21.65%	1.5%
7th	Central African Republic	22.02%	3.4%
8th	Madagascar	23.44%	6.6%
9th	Uganda	23.99%	1.3%
10th	Tanzania	24.24%	1.2%
11th	Mali	24.77%	-2.3%
12th	Burkina Faso	25.75%	3.3%
13th	Zimbabwe	25.80%	3.5%
14th	Malawi	26.00%	0.3%
15th	Guinea-Bissau	27.18%	-1.3%
16th	India	28.22%	3.1%
17th	Zambia	28.56%	13.2%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	28.90%	1.6%
19th	Cambodia	29.04%	7.6%
20th	Rwanda	29.90%	4.7%
21st	Myanmar	30.03%	1.9%
22nd	Eritrea	31.13%	0.9%
23rd	Viet Nam	31.44%	3.4%
24th	Bhutan	31.75%	3.6%
25th	Guinea	32.31%	3.2%
26th	Afghanistan	32.31%	3.8%
27th	Sierra Leone	32.90%	6.1%
28th	Moldova	32.93%	-2.6%
29th	Equatorial Guinea	33.46%	0.2%
30th	Tajikistan	33.54%	2.4%
31st	Bangladesh	33.65%	1.4%
32nd	South Sudan	34.29%	0.3%
33rd	Pakistan	34.61%	0.8%
34th	Cameroon	35.53%	4.0%
35th	Kenya	35.62%	1.5%
36th	Vanuatu	35.97%	4.0%
37th	China	36.10%	1.1%
38th	Albania	36.84%	2.9%
39th	Ghana	37.49%	2.0%
40th	Thailand	38.03%	-3.8%
41st	Lesotho	38.86%	-1.8%
42nd	Benin	39.38%	3.9%
43rd	Morocco	39.40%	2.7%
44th	Georgia	39.83%	4.1%
45th	Comoros	40.24%	3.4%
46th	Timor-Leste	40.53%	0.3%
47th	Congo, Republic of	40.61%	1.5%
48th	Côte d'Ivoire	42.22%	2.1%
49th	Tonga	42.22%	0.0%
50th	Haiti	42.47%	0.9%
51st	Sri Lanka	42.94%	-3.3%
52nd	Nepal	43.18%	1.4%
53rd	Turkmenistan	43.41%	1.5%
54th	Indonesia	43.78%	0.4%
55th	Mongolia	44.19%	0.6%
56th	Nigeria	44.27%	0.6%
57th	Sudan	44.33%	0.9%
58th	Angola	44.42%	-4.6%
59th	Togo	44.79%	1.2%
60th	Armenia	46.29%	0.9%
61st	Qatar	46.87%	5.2%
62nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	47.39%	-3.4%
63rd	Fiji	47.46%	-0.9%
64th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	47.67%	1.9%
65th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47.95%	-4.7%
66th	Azerbaijan	48.06%	0.0%
67th	Mauritania	48.20%	1.2%
68th	Guatemala	48.38%	13.3%
69th	Liberia	48.41%	2.8%
70th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	48.54%	3.2%
71st	Senegal	48.60%	2.9%
72nd	Romania	48.65%	-0.1%
73rd	Serbia	48.66%	1.1%
74th	Solomon Islands	49.05%	0.0%
75th	Türkiye	49.15%	2.2%
76th	Honduras	49.27%	-3.6%
77th	Tunisia	49.88%	-0.2%
78th	Nicaragua	50.26%	0.3%
79th	Uzbekistan	50.43%	1.0%
80th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	50.83%	4.5%
81st	Kyrgyz Republic	52.23%	0.1%
82nd	Gabon	52.27%	1.2%
83rd	North Macedonia	52.85%	2.3%
84th	Philippines	53.13%	1.0%
85th	Gambia, The	53.55%	0.4%
86th	Samoa	54.30%	0.8%
87th	Ecuador	54.69%	1.1%
88th	Kazakhstan	55.08%	0.9%
89th	Yemen, Republic of	55.49%	0.8%
90th	Belarus	55.95%	1.3%
91st	Poland	56.43%	1.1%
92nd	Syrian Arab Republic	56.68%	2.4%
93rd	Guyana	56.74%	1.3%
94th	Oman	56.85%	-1.5%
95th	Paraguay	56.98%	0.6%
96th	El Salvador	58.05%	1.6%
97th	Ukraine	58.09%	0.3%
98th	Peru	58.34%	0.5%
99th	Slovak Republic	58.44%	0.0%
100th	Namibia	58.75%	0.8%
101st	Czechia	58.83%	0.5%
102nd	Algeria	59.05%	1.2%
103rd	Malaysia	59.17%	-0.8%
104th	Eswatini	60.56%	0.2%
105th	Croatia	60.61%	5.5%
106th	Cuba	61.55%	-2.6%
107th	Bulgaria	62.00%	0.0%
108th	Colombia	62.43%	0.7%
109th	Mexico	63.17%	0.1%
110th	Cabo Verde	63.27%	0.3%
111th	São Tomé and Principe	63.62%	0.5%
112th	West Bank and Gaza	63.69%	-0.3%
113th	Bahrain	63.91%	0.4%
114th	Iraq	64.35%	-0.6%
115th	Slovenia	64.40%	1.4%
116th	Panama	64.40%	0.5%
117th	Estonia	64.40%	2.0%
118th	Belize	64.94%	0.5%
119th	Russian Federation	65.03%	0.1%
120th	Mauritius	65.13%	0.4%
121st	Hungary	65.14%	1.4%
122nd	Papua New Guinea	65.39%	-1.0%
123rd	United Arab Emirates	65.96%	0.7%
124th	Lithuania	66.12%	-1.2%
125th	Botswana	66.21%	0.2%
126th	Brazil	66.33%	0.2%
127th	Jamaica	66.40%	0.2%
128th	Suriname	67.17%	0.3%
129th	Trinidad and Tobago	67.30%	-0.1%
130th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	67.45%	0.6%
131st	Libya	67.88%	0.8%
132nd	Chile	67.90%	-0.3%
133rd	Latvia	68.15%	-0.1%
134th	Portugal	68.57%	2.1%
135th	Italy	68.73%	1.0%
136th	Costa Rica	68.86%	2.5%
137th	Korea	68.88%	0.7%
138th	Saudi Arabia	69.06%	0.2%
139th	Austria	69.24%	0.3%
140th	European Union	69.31%	0.4%
141st	Argentina	69.49%	0.6%
142nd	Dominican Republic	69.70%	0.2%
143rd	Germany	70.23%	-0.5%
144th	Japan	70.63%	0.3%
145th	Maldives	70.79%	0.6%
146th	Greece	70.97%	0.8%
147th	Uruguay	71.19%	1.3%
148th	St. Lucia	71.53%	0.6%
149th	South Africa	71.73%	0.7%
150th	New Caledonia	72.63%	0.1%
151st	Kuwait	72.88%	-0.4%
152nd	New Zealand	72.90%	0.3%
153rd	Lebanon	72.91%	0.2%
154th	Finland	73.24%	1.1%
155th	Jordan	73.55%	0.7%
156th	Switzerland	74.94%	0.7%
157th	Spain	75.12%	0.5%
158th	France	75.29%	0.5%
159th	Australia	75.55%	0.2%
160th	Iceland	76.23%	0.4%
161st	Malta	76.77%	3.3%
162nd	Cyprus	76.92%	2.2%
163rd	Montenegro	76.92%	1.9%
164th	Barbados	77.07%	0.4%
165th	Belgium	77.07%	2.1%
166th	Guam	77.11%	0.3%
167th	Ireland	77.23%	0.5%
168th	Norway	77.44%	-0.1%
169th	Denmark	77.59%	0.0%
170th	Canada	77.60%	-0.2%
171st	Virgin Islands (US)	77.65%	1.0%
172nd	Sweden	78.30%	0.3%
173rd	United States	78.62%	0.1%
174th	Singapore	79.50%	0.5%
175th	United Kingdom	79.77%	0.2%
176th	Netherlands	79.85%	-0.7%
177th	Brunei Darussalam	80.17%	0.1%
178th	Israel	81.40%	0.3%
179th	Puerto Rico (US)	81.62%	0.4%
180th	French Polynesia	81.69%	0.4%
181st	Channel Islands	82.62%	0.5%
182nd	Bahamas, The	83.42%	0.3%
183rd	Macao SAR, China	85.15%	0.4%
184th	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.91%	-0.1%
185th	Luxembourg	86.03%	0.8%
186th	Djibouti	93.51%	0.0%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's services employment in 2012?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment in 2012 was 42.94%. This ranked 51st globally.

How did Sri Lanka's services employment change in 2012?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment decreased by 3.3% in 2012 compared to 2011.

Which country had the highest services employment in 2012?▾

Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2012 at 93.51%.

What is the services employment of Sri Lanka in 2012?▾

The services employment of Sri Lanka in 2012 was 42.94%. This ranked 51st globally.

How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Sri Lanka's services employment?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment went from 44.41% in 2011 to 42.94% in 2012, a 3.3% decrease.

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