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Sri Lanka - Services Employment 2017

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Employment in services · World Bank

45.52% −0.99% from 2016 Global rank: 52nd

Sri Lanka's services employment was 45.52% in 2017, decreased +0.99% from 46.51% in 2016. This was the 52nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Services Employment by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	10.22%	0.1%
2nd	Niger	17.63%	-1.1%
3rd	Madagascar	17.78%	5.0%
4th	Chad	20.44%	1.7%
5th	Mozambique	20.61%	0.1%
6th	Central African Republic	21.30%	2.3%
7th	Uganda	21.69%	0.6%
8th	Lao PDR	22.96%	5.4%
9th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	23.20%	0.9%
10th	Zimbabwe	25.85%	0.7%
11th	Tanzania	26.49%	1.5%
12th	Malawi	27.72%	1.3%
13th	Guinea-Bissau	28.13%	0.6%
14th	Mali	28.63%	0.9%
15th	Eritrea	29.27%	-5.3%
16th	Zambia	29.38%	0.8%
17th	Burkina Faso	29.68%	3.3%
18th	Moldova	30.75%	4.7%
19th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	31.39%	0.3%
20th	India	32.47%	2.7%
21st	Bhutan	32.82%	0.5%
22nd	Equatorial Guinea	32.90%	-1.1%
23rd	Myanmar	32.96%	2.2%
24th	Rwanda	33.58%	2.2%
25th	Viet Nam	34.07%	2.1%
26th	Pakistan	35.85%	5.0%
27th	South Sudan	36.16%	1.1%
28th	Cambodia	36.30%	-1.1%
29th	Lesotho	36.53%	-0.7%
30th	Guinea	36.59%	2.3%
31st	Afghanistan	36.80%	4.4%
32nd	Tajikistan	37.86%	2.4%
33rd	Kenya	37.91%	1.1%
34th	Bangladesh	38.98%	5.7%
35th	Angola	40.02%	-0.2%
36th	Benin	40.06%	0.0%
37th	Ghana	40.48%	1.6%
38th	Cameroon	40.76%	2.1%
39th	Côte d'Ivoire	41.17%	3.6%
40th	Georgia	41.52%	-1.3%
41st	Sierra Leone	41.68%	6.1%
42nd	Albania	42.24%	5.1%
43rd	Tonga	42.49%	0.5%
44th	Congo, Republic of	42.88%	0.0%
45th	Vanuatu	43.29%	3.6%
46th	China	43.35%	1.0%
47th	Morocco	43.74%	1.7%
48th	Qatar	44.25%	0.0%
49th	Timor-Leste	44.47%	4.0%
50th	Haiti	44.86%	1.0%
51st	Nepal	45.03%	0.8%
52nd	Sri Lanka	45.52%	-2.1%
53rd	Thailand	45.57%	1.2%
54th	Mongolia	46.39%	2.8%
55th	Nigeria	46.81%	0.8%
56th	Turkmenistan	46.82%	1.4%
57th	Togo	46.88%	0.8%
58th	Comoros	46.95%	3.6%
59th	Indonesia	47.36%	1.5%
60th	Sudan	47.42%	1.4%
61st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	48.38%	-1.1%
62nd	Fiji	48.91%	1.4%
63rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	49.20%	0.2%
64th	Guatemala	49.22%	-0.8%
65th	Azerbaijan	49.28%	-0.1%
66th	Uzbekistan	49.79%	0.5%
67th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50.48%	1.6%
68th	Solomon Islands	50.51%	0.8%
69th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	50.71%	0.1%
70th	Mauritania	50.75%	1.1%
71st	Liberia	51.16%	1.4%
72nd	Tunisia	51.90%	0.0%
73rd	Armenia	51.95%	2.6%
74th	Oman	51.97%	-4.1%
75th	Serbia	52.05%	1.3%
76th	Nicaragua	52.07%	0.7%
77th	Romania	52.82%	0.0%
78th	Türkiye	52.88%	0.7%
79th	Gambia, The	53.03%	0.7%
80th	Senegal	53.14%	4.2%
81st	Honduras	53.40%	-5.7%
82nd	North Macedonia	53.58%	0.7%
83rd	Gabon	53.71%	0.0%
84th	Ecuador	53.96%	-1.3%
85th	Kyrgyz Republic	54.87%	0.7%
86th	Samoa	56.06%	0.6%
87th	Philippines	56.16%	1.3%
88th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	56.32%	4.2%
89th	Yemen, Republic of	57.11%	0.5%
90th	Syrian Arab Republic	57.98%	-0.4%
91st	Poland	58.11%	0.2%
92nd	Belarus	58.53%	-0.3%
93rd	Guyana	58.74%	0.7%
94th	Algeria	58.86%	-2.1%
95th	Czechia	59.14%	0.2%
96th	Slovak Republic	59.45%	-0.9%
97th	El Salvador	59.54%	-1.1%
98th	Peru	59.62%	2.4%
99th	Paraguay	59.94%	1.2%
100th	Ukraine	60.48%	0.2%
101st	Papua New Guinea	60.68%	-1.7%
102nd	Namibia	60.99%	0.6%
103rd	Malaysia	60.99%	-0.3%
104th	Mexico	61.95%	-0.6%
105th	Hungary	63.44%	-1.7%
106th	Bulgaria	63.49%	0.9%
107th	Bahrain	63.67%	0.0%
108th	Eswatini	63.87%	2.4%
109th	Colombia	64.42%	-1.3%
110th	Cabo Verde	64.57%	0.4%
111th	Iraq	64.77%	0.2%
112th	West Bank and Gaza	64.77%	0.3%
113th	Kazakhstan	64.78%	2.2%
114th	São Tomé and Principe	64.90%	0.5%
115th	Slovenia	65.12%	-0.9%
116th	Cuba	65.14%	0.4%
117th	Estonia	66.20%	0.5%
118th	Panama	66.43%	1.2%
119th	Suriname	66.69%	-0.1%
120th	Costa Rica	66.76%	0.7%
121st	United Arab Emirates	66.83%	0.8%
122nd	Belize	66.89%	1.8%
123rd	Croatia	66.91%	1.6%
124th	Lithuania	67.08%	0.3%
125th	Russian Federation	67.20%	1.2%
126th	Jamaica	67.51%	-0.1%
127th	Botswana	68.02%	0.5%
128th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	68.95%	0.4%
129th	Mauritius	69.17%	2.7%
130th	Trinidad and Tobago	69.57%	0.8%
131st	Saudi Arabia	69.75%	0.2%
132nd	Brazil	69.86%	1.5%
133rd	Korea	69.91%	-0.1%
134th	Libya	70.07%	-0.2%
135th	Chile	70.21%	0.6%
136th	Italy	70.21%	0.3%
137th	Dominican Republic	70.22%	-1.5%
138th	Latvia	70.35%	3.2%
139th	European Union	70.69%	0.0%
140th	Argentina	71.10%	0.9%
141st	Austria	71.15%	1.5%
142nd	Germany	71.31%	-0.1%
143rd	South Africa	71.41%	0.4%
144th	Maldives	71.48%	-0.7%
145th	Japan	71.82%	0.1%
146th	Portugal	72.20%	0.1%
147th	Uruguay	72.37%	-0.3%
148th	Kuwait	72.78%	0.0%
149th	Greece	72.81%	0.1%
150th	New Zealand	73.04%	-0.1%
151st	St. Lucia	73.31%	0.5%
152nd	New Caledonia	73.59%	-0.1%
153rd	Finland	74.41%	0.8%
154th	Lebanon	74.75%	0.5%
155th	Montenegro	74.98%	0.2%
156th	Spain	75.65%	-0.6%
157th	Ireland	76.11%	-0.1%
158th	Switzerland	76.38%	0.3%
159th	Jordan	76.48%	0.6%
160th	France	76.98%	0.2%
161st	Barbados	77.58%	-0.4%
162nd	Belgium	77.65%	0.2%
163rd	Australia	77.97%	0.8%
164th	Norway	78.16%	-0.4%
165th	Guam	78.19%	0.3%
166th	United States	78.56%	0.1%
167th	Canada	78.73%	0.2%
168th	Iceland	78.76%	0.1%
169th	Denmark	78.95%	0.4%
170th	Malta	79.21%	0.3%
171st	Virgin Islands (US)	79.84%	0.6%
172nd	Sweden	80.01%	0.1%
173rd	Cyprus	80.43%	1.4%
174th	United Kingdom	80.63%	0.3%
175th	Netherlands	81.19%	-0.6%
176th	Israel	81.62%	0.2%
177th	Brunei Darussalam	82.51%	0.6%
178th	French Polynesia	82.76%	0.1%
179th	Puerto Rico (US)	82.86%	0.2%
180th	Channel Islands	83.60%	0.2%
181st	Singapore	84.00%	0.3%
182nd	Bahamas, The	84.57%	-0.1%
183rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.73%	0.1%
184th	Macao SAR, China	86.42%	0.8%
185th	Luxembourg	87.93%	1.9%
186th	Djibouti	93.04%	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's services employment in 2017?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment in 2017 was 45.52%. This ranked 52nd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's services employment change in 2017?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment decreased by 2.1% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest services employment in 2017?▾

Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2017 at 93.04%.

What is the services employment of Sri Lanka in 2017?▾

The services employment of Sri Lanka in 2017 was 45.52%. This ranked 52nd globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Sri Lanka's services employment?▾

Sri Lanka's services employment went from 46.51% in 2016 to 45.52% in 2017, a 2.1% decrease.

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