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Sri Lanka - Unemployment Rate 2002

Name: Sri Lanka Unemployment Rate 2002
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

8.76% +0.86pp from 2001 Global rank: 114th

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate was 8.76% in 2002, increased +0.86pp from 7.90% in 2001. This was the 114th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2002▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 2002
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.62%	-92.1%
2nd	Myanmar	0.69%	-0.6%
3rd	Benin	0.69%	-9.9%
4th	Chad	0.77%	-2.9%
5th	Cambodia	0.86%	10.8%
6th	Qatar	0.87%	0.0%
7th	Kuwait	1.10%	37.5%
8th	Bahrain	1.14%	1.7%
9th	Mali	1.36%	2.1%
10th	Lao PDR	1.78%	-5.6%
11th	Niger	1.81%	23.0%
12th	Thailand	1.82%	-44.8%
13th	Bhutan	1.85%	-2.4%
14th	Viet Nam	2.12%	-66.2%
15th	Liberia	2.22%	5.6%
16th	Guatemala	2.25%	0.1%
17th	Kyrgyz Republic	2.42%	-69.2%
18th	Netherlands	2.55%	-18.6%
19th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.60%	-69.4%
20th	Luxembourg	2.62%	18.2%
21st	Liechtenstein	2.65%	8.4%
22nd	United Arab Emirates	2.66%	8.8%
23rd	Solomon Islands	2.70%	2.1%
24th	Papua New Guinea	2.76%	-1.6%
25th	Senegal	2.82%	5.5%
26th	Burkina Faso	2.86%	4.1%
27th	Mozambique	2.90%	2.3%
28th	Kenya	2.92%	1.4%
29th	Switzerland	2.92%	71.7%
30th	Iceland	2.99%	7.1%
31st	Mexico	3.00%	8.5%
32nd	Tanzania	3.02%	1.0%
33rd	Korea	3.05%	-23.9%
34th	Guinea-Bissau	3.15%	6.4%
35th	Burundi	3.17%	0.4%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.18%	-2.2%
37th	Cuba	3.31%	-18.9%
38th	Cyprus	3.34%	-15.0%
39th	Timor-Leste	3.37%	-0.4%
40th	Malaysia	3.48%	-5.3%
41st	Uganda	3.50%	-0.6%
42nd	Philippines	3.62%	-67.5%
43rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.64%	-0.9%
44th	Nigeria	3.67%	-5.9%
45th	Sierra Leone	3.91%	-7.7%
46th	San Marino	3.92%	10.8%
47th	Tajikistan	3.95%	58.0%
48th	Bangladesh	3.97%	9.9%
49th	Honduras	4.02%	0.5%
50th	Norway	4.02%	13.4%
51st	Seychelles	4.06%	-7.9%
52nd	Togo	4.09%	-0.5%
53rd	Maldives	4.09%	34.8%
54th	Ireland	4.22%	0.8%
55th	China	4.24%	11.6%
56th	Denmark	4.27%	-5.2%
57th	Oman	4.34%	0.9%
58th	Comoros	4.37%	-0.2%
59th	Portugal	4.50%	-6.3%
60th	Guinea	4.55%	-0.8%
61st	Tonga	4.68%	7.2%
62nd	Fiji	4.77%	-19.8%
63rd	Ecuador	4.83%	-49.5%
64th	Peru	4.84%	-47.7%
65th	Austria	4.85%	21.1%
66th	Sweden	4.97%	-16.8%
67th	Samoa	4.98%	0.3%
68th	Zimbabwe	5.01%	-5.8%
69th	United Kingdom	5.04%	-1.2%
70th	Malawi	5.25%	0.5%
71st	Saudi Arabia	5.27%	14.0%
72nd	New Zealand	5.28%	-3.5%
73rd	Channel Islands	5.31%	5.4%
74th	Japan	5.39%	6.8%
75th	Côte d'Ivoire	5.51%	6.0%
76th	Madagascar	5.52%	3.1%
77th	Hungary	5.61%	-2.3%
78th	Singapore	5.65%	113.2%
79th	Brunei Darussalam	5.65%	1.7%
80th	United States	5.78%	22.0%
81st	Eritrea	5.79%	0.9%
82nd	Central African Republic	5.81%	0.7%
83rd	Slovenia	5.92%	-12.3%
84th	Mongolia	6.20%	1.5%
85th	El Salvador	6.20%	-12.7%
86th	Macao SAR, China	6.28%	-1.5%
87th	Panama	6.30%	-55.1%
88th	Australia	6.38%	-5.9%
89th	Costa Rica	6.40%	5.3%
90th	Indonesia	6.60%	-18.5%
91st	Jamaica	6.62%	-55.9%
92nd	Cameroon	6.71%	-10.0%
93rd	Dominican Republic	6.78%	-25.4%
94th	Moldova	6.85%	-6.2%
95th	Malta	6.90%	-9.4%
96th	Belgium	6.91%	5.2%
97th	Czechia	7.28%	-10.3%
98th	Hong Kong SAR, China	7.28%	47.8%
99th	Nicaragua	7.52%	17.5%
100th	Equatorial Guinea	7.65%	1.3%
101st	Canada	7.67%	6.1%
102nd	India	7.68%	0.9%
103rd	Afghanistan	7.87%	-1.3%
104th	Russian Federation	7.88%	-11.9%
105th	Aruba	8.10%	24.6%
106th	Romania	8.11%	9.7%
107th	Mauritius	8.21%	20.7%
108th	Lebanon	8.25%	-2.6%
109th	Germany	8.48%	8.7%
110th	Vanuatu	8.60%	2.2%
111th	Iraq	8.62%	4.5%
112th	France	8.70%	2.9%
113th	Ghana	8.71%	-9.4%
114th	Sri Lanka	8.76%	10.9%
115th	Bahamas, The	9.05%	31.2%
116th	Italy	9.21%	1.2%
117th	Kazakhstan	9.33%	-10.9%
118th	Paraguay	9.39%	51.4%
119th	European Union	9.57%	3.9%
120th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	10.01%	13.6%
121st	Estonia	10.03%	-22.9%
122nd	Gambia, The	10.04%	4.1%
123rd	Azerbaijan	10.04%	-8.0%
124th	Belize	10.04%	-11.9%
125th	Ukraine	10.14%	-6.1%
126th	Turkmenistan	10.14%	-6.9%
127th	Chile	10.17%	3.1%
128th	Mauritania	10.20%	0.7%
129th	Virgin Islands (US)	10.23%	2.6%
130th	Uzbekistan	10.26%	-9.1%
131st	Barbados	10.32%	4.8%
132nd	Greece	10.35%	-4.0%
133rd	Türkiye	10.36%	32.7%
134th	Trinidad and Tobago	10.39%	-4.0%
135th	Finland	10.42%	13.3%
136th	Nepal	10.59%	0.9%
137th	Brazil	10.64%	-0.1%
138th	Belarus	10.87%	53.2%
139th	Armenia	10.89%	-71.6%
140th	Syrian Arab Republic	10.94%	33.9%
141st	Haiti	11.01%	13.2%
142nd	Spain	11.15%	5.7%
143rd	Suriname	11.19%	-18.5%
144th	Guam	11.39%	-13.8%
145th	Rwanda	11.43%	-2.6%
146th	Morocco	11.59%	-5.8%
147th	French Polynesia	11.71%	0.4%
148th	Guyana	11.81%	0.1%
149th	Yemen, Republic of	11.84%	1.0%
150th	Puerto Rico (US)	11.94%	4.7%
151st	South Sudan	12.24%	-0.4%
152nd	Georgia	12.59%	13.4%
153rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	12.80%	-23.0%
154th	Israel	12.89%	10.9%
155th	Lithuania	13.01%	-25.1%
156th	Cabo Verde	13.38%	-36.3%
157th	Serbia	13.80%	13.1%
158th	Latvia	13.83%	2.6%
159th	Zambia	14.13%	5.4%
160th	Colombia	14.48%	-3.3%
161st	Tunisia	14.55%	-3.8%
162nd	Croatia	15.05%	-30.0%
163rd	Jordan	15.30%	4.1%
164th	Sudan	15.51%	3.4%
165th	Lesotho	16.08%	0.0%
166th	Angola	16.43%	-1.4%
167th	Uruguay	16.65%	9.6%
168th	New Caledonia	17.05%	-2.0%
169th	Gabon	17.38%	-2.5%
170th	São Tomé and Principe	17.63%	12.1%
171st	Albania	17.89%	8.8%
172nd	Bulgaria	18.11%	3.4%
173rd	Slovak Republic	18.54%	-4.7%
174th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.66%	0.0%
175th	Libya	19.28%	0.2%
176th	Argentina	19.59%	2.0%
177th	Congo, Republic of	19.64%	-1.2%
178th	Poland	20.21%	10.8%
179th	St. Lucia	20.39%	10.0%
180th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.62%	-2.3%
181st	Botswana	21.28%	14.8%
182nd	Namibia	21.54%	2.5%
183rd	South Africa	22.58%	-13.0%
184th	Eswatini	25.77%	2.1%
185th	Algeria	25.90%	-5.1%
186th	Djibouti	26.59%	0.0%
187th	West Bank and Gaza	27.47%	8.6%
188th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27.48%	-11.6%
189th	Montenegro	30.36%	-0.6%
190th	North Macedonia	31.94%	4.7%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's unemployment rate in 2002?▾

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate in 2002 was 8.76%. This ranked 114th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's unemployment rate change in 2002?▾

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate increased by 10.9% in 2002 compared to 2001.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2002?▾

North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2002 at 31.94%.

What is the unemployment rate of Sri Lanka in 2002?▾

The unemployment rate of Sri Lanka in 2002 was 8.76%. This ranked 114th globally.

How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Sri Lanka's unemployment rate?▾

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate went from 7.90% in 2001 to 8.76% in 2002, a 10.9% increase.

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