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Sri Lanka - Unemployment Rate 1994

Name: Sri Lanka Unemployment Rate 1994
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

13.03% −0.75pp from 1993 Global rank: 150th

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate was 13.03% in 1994, decreased +0.75pp from 13.82% in 1993. This was the 150th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1994▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 1994
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.60%	-87.3%
2nd	Kuwait	0.70%	-12.5%
3rd	Chad	0.71%	1.3%
4th	Myanmar	0.74%	-5.1%
5th	Maldives	0.79%	-0.4%
6th	Qatar	0.87%	0.0%
7th	Cambodia	1.00%	35.9%
8th	Bahrain	1.01%	14.2%
9th	Thailand	1.35%	-48.2%
10th	Bhutan	1.41%	-0.9%
11th	Kyrgyz Republic	1.41%	12.1%
12th	Benin	1.45%	-2.7%
13th	Niger	1.50%	-2.5%
14th	Mali	1.51%	6.6%
15th	Tonga	1.69%	29.8%
16th	Solomon Islands	1.80%	-1.4%
17th	United Arab Emirates	1.83%	-3.5%
18th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.90%	-3.6%
19th	Viet Nam	1.97%	-81.4%
20th	Ukraine	2.00%	0.0%
21st	Guatemala	2.12%	-0.6%
22nd	Bangladesh	2.37%	2.6%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	2.42%	1.5%
24th	Korea	2.48%	-14.6%
25th	Macao SAR, China	2.48%	20.6%
26th	Burkina Faso	2.58%	6.3%
27th	Lao PDR	2.63%	-3.6%
28th	Liberia	2.65%	-2.0%
29th	Cyprus	2.70%	0.0%
30th	Mozambique	2.88%	-0.6%
31st	Japan	2.89%	15.6%
32nd	China	2.90%	7.8%
33rd	Senegal	2.95%	2.4%
34th	Kenya	2.96%	-0.8%
35th	Samoa	3.00%	11.5%
36th	Singapore	3.03%	78.2%
37th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.08%	1.0%
38th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.09%	3.8%
39th	Burundi	3.11%	0.4%
40th	Honduras	3.14%	-0.6%
41st	Tajikistan	3.15%	18.9%
42nd	Guinea-Bissau	3.17%	1.0%
43rd	Timor-Leste	3.31%	1.1%
44th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.40%	-1.4%
45th	Uganda	3.46%	-0.8%
46th	Luxembourg	3.48%	65.3%
47th	Austria	3.54%	-10.7%
48th	Switzerland	3.58%	-20.5%
49th	Malaysia	3.64%	20.3%
50th	Philippines	3.77%	-59.4%
51st	Tanzania	3.86%	-0.8%
52nd	Costa Rica	4.05%	-1.2%
53rd	Nigeria	4.06%	1.0%
54th	Oman	4.07%	1.6%
55th	Togo	4.20%	-6.8%
56th	Czechia	4.28%	-1.5%
57th	Indonesia	4.37%	54.3%
58th	Ecuador	4.41%	-46.9%
59th	Paraguay	4.41%	-13.5%
60th	Mexico	4.44%	29.3%
61st	Sierra Leone	4.46%	1.3%
62nd	Peru	4.49%	-54.6%
63rd	Guinea	4.53%	-0.7%
64th	Comoros	4.57%	-0.1%
65th	Fiji	4.60%	-39.0%
66th	Turkmenistan	4.70%	213.3%
67th	Zimbabwe	4.96%	-0.7%
68th	Brunei Darussalam	5.01%	2.1%
69th	Côte d'Ivoire	5.05%	-14.0%
70th	Iceland	5.33%	-7.6%
71st	Norway	5.35%	-10.1%
72nd	Malawi	5.37%	7.6%
73rd	Eritrea	5.45%	1.1%
74th	Mongolia	5.71%	-2.6%
75th	Moldova	5.80%	100.1%
76th	Chile	5.87%	-9.7%
77th	Ghana	5.90%	12.8%
78th	Central African Republic	5.92%	0.5%
79th	Madagascar	6.11%	-3.3%
80th	United States	6.12%	-11.4%
81st	Dominican Republic	6.29%	-32.7%
82nd	Azerbaijan	6.30%	40.0%
83rd	Malta	6.33%	17.2%
84th	Jamaica	6.34%	-61.1%
85th	Panama	6.43%	-51.5%
86th	Aruba	6.43%	6.8%
87th	Brazil	6.58%	9.1%
88th	Armenia	6.60%	24.5%
89th	Portugal	6.71%	30.9%
90th	Saudi Arabia	6.73%	-3.8%
91st	Equatorial Guinea	7.12%	1.4%
92nd	Netherlands	7.16%	29.5%
93rd	Channel Islands	7.24%	2.2%
94th	Uzbekistan	7.30%	49.0%
95th	Syrian Arab Republic	7.50%	1.4%
96th	Kazakhstan	7.54%	579.3%
97th	Estonia	7.56%	15.9%
98th	India	7.59%	-0.9%
99th	Guam	7.60%	37.5%
100th	Nicaragua	7.67%	-48.9%
101st	El Salvador	7.68%	-23.5%
102nd	Haiti	7.86%	4.3%
103rd	Afghanistan	7.88%	-0.3%
104th	Denmark	8.04%	-15.7%
105th	Vanuatu	8.08%	-2.2%
106th	Russian Federation	8.13%	37.8%
107th	Romania	8.17%	-11.3%
108th	Iraq	8.22%	-1.7%
109th	Slovenia	8.24%	-4.1%
110th	Colombia	8.25%	63.8%
111th	Lebanon	8.32%	0.7%
112th	Yemen, Republic of	8.34%	0.0%
113th	New Zealand	8.35%	-14.8%
114th	Georgia	8.40%	55.6%
115th	Türkiye	8.58%	2.5%
116th	Germany	8.73%	12.2%
117th	Cuba	8.81%	-5.0%
118th	Cameroon	8.88%	-3.0%
119th	Uruguay	9.04%	8.9%
120th	Mauritius	9.51%	141.5%
121st	Sweden	9.58%	-14.1%
122nd	Belgium	9.65%	11.8%
123rd	United Kingdom	9.65%	-7.0%
124th	Australia	9.72%	-10.6%
125th	Greece	9.81%	1.1%
126th	Israel	9.93%	-0.8%
127th	Mauritania	9.98%	1.3%
128th	Gambia, The	10.04%	1.3%
129th	Croatia	10.36%	-29.9%
130th	Canada	10.40%	-8.6%
131st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.46%	4.6%
132nd	Nepal	10.46%	-0.3%
133rd	West Bank and Gaza	10.78%	-42.1%
134th	Hungary	10.85%	-3.9%
135th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	10.93%	0.2%
136th	Virgin Islands (US)	10.96%	-2.0%
137th	Italy	11.09%	12.7%
138th	Belize	11.10%	11.0%
139th	Guyana	11.53%	-0.7%
140th	European Union	11.55%	6.4%
141st	Argentina	11.76%	1.3%
142nd	French Polynesia	11.98%	1.7%
143rd	Rwanda	12.24%	0.7%
144th	South Sudan	12.33%	0.8%
145th	France	12.59%	22.7%
146th	Suriname	12.70%	-18.8%
147th	Bulgaria	12.80%	-19.2%
148th	Belarus	12.80%	103.8%
149th	Cabo Verde	12.94%	-50.2%
150th	Sri Lanka	13.03%	-5.4%
151st	Serbia	13.41%	-0.1%
152nd	Slovak Republic	13.65%	7.5%
153rd	Lithuania	13.80%	0.0%
154th	Bahamas, The	13.83%	5.6%
155th	Morocco	13.86%	-1.2%
156th	São Tomé and Principe	14.41%	-3.6%
157th	Ireland	14.54%	-12.9%
158th	Puerto Rico (US)	14.60%	-14.1%
159th	Poland	14.83%	-9.6%
160th	Sudan	15.62%	-0.9%
161st	Lesotho	15.62%	0.3%
162nd	Tunisia	16.01%	-1.6%
163rd	Finland	16.43%	-0.4%
164th	Jordan	16.89%	-13.8%
165th	St. Lucia	17.00%	1.2%
166th	Angola	17.44%	0.0%
167th	Gabon	17.80%	0.1%
168th	Trinidad and Tobago	18.44%	-6.9%
169th	Zambia	18.69%	-5.1%
170th	Latvia	18.70%	169.0%
171st	New Caledonia	18.88%	0.6%
172nd	Libya	19.33%	1.7%
173rd	Namibia	19.40%	1.7%
174th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	19.97%	3.3%
175th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.97%	1.5%
176th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.17%	3.9%
177th	Congo, Republic of	20.27%	1.4%
178th	Albania	20.84%	-6.6%
179th	Botswana	21.20%	13.0%
180th	Eswatini	21.73%	-0.2%
181st	Barbados	22.98%	-5.9%
182nd	South Africa	23.07%	4.1%
183rd	Spain	24.21%	6.9%
184th	Djibouti	27.12%	-0.5%
185th	Algeria	27.74%	19.8%
186th	North Macedonia	30.00%	8.3%
187th	Montenegro	30.23%	0.0%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's unemployment rate in 1994?▾

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate in 1994 was 13.03%. This ranked 150th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's unemployment rate change in 1994?▾

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate decreased by 5.4% in 1994 compared to 1993.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 1994?▾

Montenegro had the highest unemployment rate in 1994 at 30.23%.

What is the unemployment rate of Sri Lanka in 1994?▾

The unemployment rate of Sri Lanka in 1994 was 13.03%. This ranked 150th globally.

How does 1994 compare to 1993 for Sri Lanka's unemployment rate?▾

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate went from 13.82% in 1993 to 13.03% in 1994, a 5.4% decrease.

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