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Sri Lanka - Services Employment 2015

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Employment in services · World Bank

45.57% +0.04% from 2014 Global rank: 55th

Sri Lanka's services employment was 45.57% in 2015, increased +0.04% from 45.53% in 2014. This was the 55th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Services Employment by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	10.10%	-2.1%
2nd	Madagascar	16.14%	-11.3%
3rd	Niger	18.00%	-1.3%
4th	Chad	19.69%	1.3%
5th	Mozambique	20.14%	1.9%
6th	Central African Republic	20.35%	3.7%
7th	Lao PDR	20.76%	5.7%
8th	Uganda	21.43%	0.7%
9th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	22.58%	1.2%
10th	Zimbabwe	25.64%	1.1%
11th	Tanzania	25.70%	1.5%
12th	Malawi	27.20%	0.9%
13th	Guinea-Bissau	27.58%	0.5%
14th	Burkina Faso	27.89%	2.3%
15th	Zambia	28.95%	1.0%
16th	Mali	29.47%	16.5%
17th	Eritrea	29.80%	-7.0%
18th	Moldova	29.92%	-2.3%
19th	India	30.77%	3.1%
20th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	31.32%	2.4%
21st	Myanmar	31.54%	1.8%
22nd	Rwanda	32.17%	3.7%
23rd	Bhutan	32.35%	-0.5%
24th	Cambodia	32.61%	7.9%
25th	Viet Nam	33.24%	3.2%
26th	Equatorial Guinea	33.44%	-0.2%
27th	Afghanistan	33.73%	4.6%
28th	Guinea	34.73%	1.6%
29th	Pakistan	34.97%	0.2%
30th	South Sudan	35.65%	1.7%
31st	Bangladesh	35.98%	2.6%
32nd	Tajikistan	36.02%	2.1%
33rd	Sierra Leone	36.60%	0.9%
34th	Kenya	37.06%	1.1%
35th	Lesotho	37.39%	-1.5%
36th	Cameroon	39.09%	2.0%
37th	Ghana	39.22%	1.4%
38th	Albania	39.86%	0.5%
39th	Vanuatu	40.15%	3.9%
40th	Angola	40.32%	0.0%
41st	Benin	40.49%	-1.4%
42nd	Côte d'Ivoire	40.90%	-2.7%
43rd	Morocco	41.84%	1.4%
44th	Timor-Leste	42.20%	2.0%
45th	Tonga	42.26%	-0.3%
46th	Congo, Republic of	42.27%	1.4%
47th	China	42.40%	4.4%
48th	Georgia	42.65%	5.1%
49th	Comoros	43.92%	2.2%
50th	Thailand	43.95%	2.3%
51st	Haiti	43.97%	1.1%
52nd	Nepal	44.60%	0.9%
53rd	Qatar	44.63%	-2.6%
54th	Indonesia	45.10%	1.4%
55th	Sri Lanka	45.57%	0.1%
56th	Turkmenistan	45.57%	1.7%
57th	Sudan	45.64%	0.9%
58th	Mongolia	45.78%	-0.2%
59th	Nigeria	45.99%	1.4%
60th	Togo	46.21%	1.1%
61st	Fiji	47.45%	2.2%
62nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	48.71%	2.3%
63rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	48.72%	2.5%
64th	Armenia	48.76%	0.7%
65th	Guatemala	49.23%	0.5%
66th	Uzbekistan	49.51%	0.1%
67th	Azerbaijan	49.58%	1.3%
68th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	49.71%	2.1%
69th	Mauritania	49.85%	1.1%
70th	Solomon Islands	49.86%	1.2%
71st	Liberia	50.52%	0.7%
72nd	Serbia	50.59%	1.5%
73rd	Türkiye	51.16%	2.6%
74th	Nicaragua	51.28%	0.6%
75th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.51%	-0.6%
76th	North Macedonia	51.67%	1.0%
77th	Tunisia	52.14%	0.9%
78th	Romania	52.16%	6.2%
79th	Gambia, The	52.96%	-0.1%
80th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	53.25%	3.1%
81st	Gabon	53.60%	0.6%
82nd	Senegal	53.68%	3.4%
83rd	Kyrgyz Republic	53.73%	2.4%
84th	Ecuador	54.41%	-1.1%
85th	Philippines	55.07%	1.7%
86th	Honduras	55.22%	0.9%
87th	Samoa	55.59%	0.6%
88th	Yemen, Republic of	56.55%	0.5%
89th	Oman	57.26%	0.3%
90th	Syrian Arab Republic	57.75%	-0.1%
91st	Peru	57.85%	-1.2%
92nd	Guyana	57.89%	0.4%
93rd	Poland	57.93%	0.9%
94th	Belarus	58.07%	1.2%
95th	Namibia	58.59%	4.9%
96th	Czechia	59.05%	-0.3%
97th	El Salvador	59.71%	-1.1%
98th	Slovak Republic	59.98%	0.0%
99th	Algeria	60.01%	0.7%
100th	Malaysia	60.01%	0.6%
101st	Ukraine	60.22%	1.6%
102nd	Paraguay	60.56%	3.0%
103rd	Kazakhstan	61.43%	5.8%
104th	Eswatini	61.79%	0.8%
105th	Mexico	62.40%	0.1%
106th	Papua New Guinea	62.62%	-1.5%
107th	Bulgaria	62.90%	-0.3%
108th	Bahrain	63.77%	0.1%
109th	Cabo Verde	63.99%	0.4%
110th	Croatia	64.23%	0.7%
111th	São Tomé and Principe	64.34%	0.4%
112th	Cuba	64.60%	0.6%
113th	West Bank and Gaza	64.62%	1.7%
114th	Estonia	64.70%	-2.0%
115th	Iraq	64.74%	0.4%
116th	Slovenia	64.75%	2.5%
117th	Hungary	64.77%	-0.1%
118th	Colombia	64.77%	0.5%
119th	Costa Rica	65.75%	-3.7%
120th	Lithuania	65.86%	-0.4%
121st	Panama	66.07%	3.7%
122nd	United Arab Emirates	66.11%	-0.2%
123rd	Russian Federation	66.16%	0.4%
124th	Belize	66.50%	1.6%
125th	Suriname	66.88%	-0.4%
126th	Botswana	67.23%	-0.1%
127th	Jamaica	67.32%	1.1%
128th	Brazil	67.85%	1.1%
129th	Mauritius	67.87%	1.1%
130th	Trinidad and Tobago	68.17%	0.6%
131st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	68.39%	0.3%
132nd	Latvia	68.42%	-0.3%
133rd	Chile	68.98%	-0.1%
134th	Korea	69.47%	0.7%
135th	Saudi Arabia	69.49%	0.1%
136th	Italy	69.65%	0.3%
137th	Argentina	69.65%	0.9%
138th	Austria	69.70%	0.4%
139th	Libya	69.83%	0.7%
140th	European Union	70.41%	0.4%
141st	South Africa	70.58%	-1.9%
142nd	Germany	70.98%	0.7%
143rd	Dominican Republic	71.15%	0.5%
144th	Japan	71.31%	0.4%
145th	Uruguay	71.59%	1.2%
146th	Maldives	71.76%	0.2%
147th	Portugal	71.85%	0.4%
148th	New Zealand	71.90%	-1.4%
149th	Greece	72.45%	0.9%
150th	St. Lucia	72.62%	0.2%
151st	Kuwait	72.91%	-0.1%
152nd	New Caledonia	73.00%	0.1%
153rd	Lebanon	74.19%	0.6%
154th	Finland	74.54%	2.2%
155th	Montenegro	74.82%	-2.5%
156th	Jordan	75.41%	0.9%
157th	Spain	75.71%	-1.1%
158th	Switzerland	75.90%	0.7%
159th	Ireland	76.56%	-0.9%
160th	France	76.88%	0.3%
161st	Australia	77.30%	1.4%
162nd	Belgium	77.39%	0.0%
163rd	Guam	77.75%	0.3%
164th	Barbados	77.75%	0.3%
165th	Iceland	77.92%	1.2%
166th	Norway	77.95%	1.0%
167th	Denmark	78.08%	-0.1%
168th	Canada	78.31%	0.4%
169th	United States	78.42%	0.0%
170th	Malta	78.55%	0.7%
171st	Virgin Islands (US)	79.02%	0.5%
172nd	Sweden	79.68%	0.3%
173rd	Cyprus	79.78%	0.9%
174th	United Kingdom	80.21%	0.5%
175th	Netherlands	81.29%	-0.5%
176th	Brunei Darussalam	81.34%	0.8%
177th	Israel	81.40%	0.2%
178th	French Polynesia	82.40%	0.4%
179th	Singapore	82.59%	0.4%
180th	Puerto Rico (US)	82.59%	0.4%
181st	Channel Islands	83.20%	0.3%
182nd	Bahamas, The	84.56%	0.5%
183rd	Macao SAR, China	85.04%	-0.2%
184th	Hong Kong SAR, China	86.09%	0.4%
185th	Luxembourg	86.26%	-1.2%
186th	Djibouti	93.27%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's services employment in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment in 2015 was 45.57%. This ranked 55th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's services employment change in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment increased by 0.1% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest services employment in 2015?▾

Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2015 at 93.27%.

What is the services employment of Sri Lanka in 2015?▾

The services employment of Sri Lanka in 2015 was 45.57%. This ranked 55th globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Sri Lanka's services employment?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment went from 45.53% in 2014 to 45.57% in 2015, a 0.1% increase.

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