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Sri Lanka - Services Employment 2016

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Employment in services · World Bank

46.51% +0.94% from 2015 Global rank: 58th

Sri Lanka's services employment was 46.51% in 2016, increased +0.94% from 45.57% in 2015. This was the 58th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Services Employment by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	10.20%	1.0%
2nd	Madagascar	16.94%	5.0%
3rd	Niger	17.82%	-1.0%
4th	Chad	20.10%	2.1%
5th	Mozambique	20.58%	2.2%
6th	Central African Republic	20.82%	2.3%
7th	Uganda	21.57%	0.7%
8th	Lao PDR	21.77%	4.9%
9th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	22.98%	1.8%
10th	Zimbabwe	25.67%	0.1%
11th	Tanzania	26.10%	1.6%
12th	Malawi	27.37%	0.6%
13th	Guinea-Bissau	27.96%	1.4%
14th	Mali	28.38%	-3.7%
15th	Burkina Faso	28.74%	3.1%
16th	Zambia	29.16%	0.7%
17th	Moldova	29.37%	-1.8%
18th	Eritrea	30.90%	3.7%
19th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	31.31%	0.0%
20th	India	31.61%	2.7%
21st	Myanmar	32.24%	2.2%
22nd	Bhutan	32.65%	0.9%
23rd	Rwanda	32.85%	2.1%
24th	Equatorial Guinea	33.26%	-0.6%
25th	Viet Nam	33.37%	0.4%
26th	Pakistan	34.14%	-2.4%
27th	Afghanistan	35.24%	4.5%
28th	Guinea	35.76%	3.0%
29th	South Sudan	35.76%	0.3%
30th	Cambodia	36.70%	12.5%
31st	Lesotho	36.80%	-1.6%
32nd	Bangladesh	36.88%	2.5%
33rd	Tajikistan	36.96%	2.6%
34th	Kenya	37.52%	1.2%
35th	Sierra Leone	39.26%	7.3%
36th	Côte d'Ivoire	39.74%	-2.8%
37th	Ghana	39.85%	1.6%
38th	Cameroon	39.93%	2.1%
39th	Benin	40.04%	-1.1%
40th	Angola	40.11%	-0.5%
41st	Albania	40.21%	0.9%
42nd	Vanuatu	41.81%	4.1%
43rd	Georgia	42.07%	-1.4%
44th	Tonga	42.29%	0.1%
45th	Timor-Leste	42.75%	1.3%
46th	Congo, Republic of	42.88%	1.4%
47th	China	42.93%	1.3%
48th	Morocco	43.00%	2.8%
49th	Qatar	44.23%	-0.9%
50th	Haiti	44.43%	1.0%
51st	Nepal	44.66%	0.1%
52nd	Thailand	45.05%	2.5%
53rd	Mongolia	45.14%	-1.4%
54th	Comoros	45.30%	3.2%
55th	Turkmenistan	46.17%	1.3%
56th	Nigeria	46.45%	1.0%
57th	Togo	46.48%	0.6%
58th	Sri Lanka	46.51%	2.1%
59th	Indonesia	46.63%	3.4%
60th	Sudan	46.77%	2.5%
61st	Fiji	48.26%	1.7%
62nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	48.92%	0.4%
63rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	49.13%	0.8%
64th	Azerbaijan	49.34%	-0.5%
65th	Uzbekistan	49.52%	0.0%
66th	Guatemala	49.61%	0.8%
67th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.67%	-3.6%
68th	Solomon Islands	50.12%	0.5%
69th	Mauritania	50.21%	0.7%
70th	Liberia	50.47%	-0.1%
71st	Armenia	50.62%	3.8%
72nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	50.67%	1.9%
73rd	Senegal	51.01%	-5.0%
74th	Serbia	51.39%	1.6%
75th	Nicaragua	51.72%	0.9%
76th	Tunisia	51.88%	-0.5%
77th	Türkiye	52.51%	2.6%
78th	Gambia, The	52.67%	-0.5%
79th	Romania	52.80%	1.2%
80th	North Macedonia	53.23%	3.0%
81st	Gabon	53.73%	0.2%
82nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	54.04%	1.5%
83rd	Oman	54.21%	-5.3%
84th	Kyrgyz Republic	54.50%	1.4%
85th	Ecuador	54.65%	0.4%
86th	Philippines	55.44%	0.7%
87th	Samoa	55.70%	0.2%
88th	Honduras	56.66%	2.6%
89th	Yemen, Republic of	56.80%	0.4%
90th	Poland	57.97%	0.1%
91st	Syrian Arab Republic	58.21%	0.8%
92nd	Peru	58.24%	0.7%
93rd	Guyana	58.33%	0.8%
94th	Belarus	58.72%	1.1%
95th	Czechia	59.03%	0.0%
96th	Paraguay	59.25%	-2.2%
97th	Slovak Republic	60.00%	0.0%
98th	Algeria	60.12%	0.2%
99th	El Salvador	60.22%	0.9%
100th	Ukraine	60.34%	0.2%
101st	Namibia	60.60%	3.4%
102nd	Malaysia	61.15%	1.9%
103rd	Papua New Guinea	61.72%	-1.4%
104th	Mexico	62.34%	-0.1%
105th	Eswatini	62.35%	0.9%
106th	Bulgaria	62.93%	0.0%
107th	Kazakhstan	63.41%	3.2%
108th	Bahrain	63.64%	-0.2%
109th	Cabo Verde	64.29%	0.5%
110th	Hungary	64.52%	-0.4%
111th	West Bank and Gaza	64.59%	-0.1%
112th	São Tomé and Principe	64.59%	0.4%
113th	Iraq	64.62%	-0.2%
114th	Cuba	64.88%	0.4%
115th	Colombia	65.25%	0.7%
116th	Panama	65.67%	-0.6%
117th	Belize	65.73%	-1.1%
118th	Slovenia	65.74%	1.5%
119th	Croatia	65.85%	2.5%
120th	Estonia	65.88%	1.8%
121st	Costa Rica	66.31%	0.9%
122nd	United Arab Emirates	66.33%	0.3%
123rd	Russian Federation	66.42%	0.4%
124th	Suriname	66.76%	-0.2%
125th	Lithuania	66.89%	1.6%
126th	Mauritius	67.36%	-0.8%
127th	Jamaica	67.57%	0.4%
128th	Botswana	67.68%	0.7%
129th	Latvia	68.19%	-0.3%
130th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	68.70%	0.5%
131st	Brazil	68.83%	1.5%
132nd	Trinidad and Tobago	69.01%	1.2%
133rd	Saudi Arabia	69.63%	0.2%
134th	Chile	69.76%	1.1%
135th	Korea	69.96%	0.7%
136th	Italy	69.99%	0.5%
137th	Austria	70.09%	0.6%
138th	Libya	70.18%	0.5%
139th	Argentina	70.49%	1.2%
140th	European Union	70.66%	0.4%
141st	South Africa	71.11%	0.8%
142nd	Dominican Republic	71.26%	0.2%
143rd	Germany	71.36%	0.5%
144th	Japan	71.74%	0.6%
145th	Maldives	72.01%	0.3%
146th	Portugal	72.16%	0.4%
147th	Uruguay	72.61%	1.4%
148th	Greece	72.71%	0.4%
149th	Kuwait	72.81%	-0.1%
150th	St. Lucia	72.93%	0.4%
151st	New Zealand	73.12%	1.7%
152nd	New Caledonia	73.64%	0.9%
153rd	Finland	73.81%	-1.0%
154th	Lebanon	74.41%	0.3%
155th	Montenegro	74.79%	0.0%
156th	Jordan	76.02%	0.8%
157th	Spain	76.13%	0.6%
158th	Switzerland	76.16%	0.3%
159th	Ireland	76.17%	-0.5%
160th	France	76.83%	-0.1%
161st	Australia	77.39%	0.1%
162nd	Belgium	77.48%	0.1%
163rd	Barbados	77.88%	0.2%
164th	Guam	77.98%	0.3%
165th	Norway	78.43%	0.6%
166th	United States	78.50%	0.1%
167th	Canada	78.54%	0.3%
168th	Denmark	78.62%	0.7%
169th	Iceland	78.65%	0.9%
170th	Malta	78.97%	0.5%
171st	Cyprus	79.31%	-0.6%
172nd	Virgin Islands (US)	79.35%	0.4%
173rd	Sweden	79.91%	0.3%
174th	United Kingdom	80.40%	0.2%
175th	Israel	81.48%	0.1%
176th	Netherlands	81.70%	0.5%
177th	Brunei Darussalam	82.04%	0.9%
178th	French Polynesia	82.63%	0.3%
179th	Puerto Rico (US)	82.68%	0.1%
180th	Channel Islands	83.41%	0.3%
181st	Singapore	83.72%	1.4%
182nd	Bahamas, The	84.68%	0.1%
183rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.66%	-0.5%
184th	Macao SAR, China	85.77%	0.9%
185th	Luxembourg	86.30%	0.1%
186th	Djibouti	93.16%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's services employment in 2016?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment in 2016 was 46.51%. This ranked 58th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's services employment change in 2016?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment increased by 2.1% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest services employment in 2016?▾

Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2016 at 93.16%.

What is the services employment of Sri Lanka in 2016?▾

The services employment of Sri Lanka in 2016 was 46.51%. This ranked 58th globally.

How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Sri Lanka's services employment?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment went from 45.57% in 2015 to 46.51% in 2016, a 2.1% increase.

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