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Sri Lanka - Unemployment Rate 2004

Name: Sri Lanka Unemployment Rate 2004
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

8.38% −0.02pp from 2003 Global rank: 115th

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate was 8.38% in 2004, decreased +0.02pp from 8.22% in 2003. This was the 115th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2004▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 2004
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Pakistan	0.60%	-92.8%
2nd	Chad	0.67%	-7.3%
3rd	Myanmar	0.68%	-1.3%
4th	Benin	0.79%	5.8%
5th	Qatar	0.87%	0.0%
6th	Cambodia	1.00%	10.5%
7th	Bahrain	1.06%	-5.5%
8th	Mali	1.41%	11.1%
9th	Lao PDR	1.50%	-8.6%
10th	Thailand	1.51%	-31.4%
11th	Kuwait	1.70%	30.8%
12th	Cuba	1.85%	-20.4%
13th	Solomon Islands	2.03%	-11.4%
14th	Viet Nam	2.14%	-63.0%
15th	Liberia	2.42%	0.2%
16th	Bhutan	2.49%	38.3%
17th	Papua New Guinea	2.53%	-3.9%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.62%	-70.0%
19th	Kyrgyz Republic	2.68%	-72.9%
20th	Uganda	2.70%	-25.0%
21st	Niger	2.75%	28.3%
22nd	Senegal	2.78%	-0.2%
23rd	Kenya	2.84%	-0.9%
24th	Mozambique	2.95%	3.4%
25th	United Arab Emirates	2.97%	2.1%
26th	Guatemala	2.97%	5.8%
27th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	2.98%	-2.6%
28th	Tanzania	3.11%	1.7%
29th	Burundi	3.18%	1.0%
30th	Guinea-Bissau	3.23%	1.8%
31st	San Marino	3.36%	-18.4%
32nd	Korea	3.42%	-3.7%
33rd	Sierra Leone	3.42%	-11.8%
34th	Tajikistan	3.45%	50.0%
35th	Liechtenstein	3.47%	2.4%
36th	Burkina Faso	3.48%	25.2%
37th	Seychelles	3.53%	12.1%
38th	Malaysia	3.54%	-1.7%
39th	Philippines	3.55%	-68.8%
40th	Nigeria	3.59%	-1.3%
41st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.62%	-1.3%
42nd	Timor-Leste	3.67%	3.6%
43rd	Tonga	3.88%	-25.1%
44th	Mexico	3.94%	15.8%
45th	Madagascar	3.95%	-21.1%
46th	Togo	3.99%	0.9%
47th	New Zealand	4.01%	-15.7%
48th	Iceland	4.03%	14.4%
49th	Norway	4.26%	-5.3%
50th	Bangladesh	4.32%	-0.1%
51st	Switzerland	4.32%	16.9%
52nd	Zimbabwe	4.39%	-7.3%
53rd	China	4.49%	-2.0%
54th	Ireland	4.49%	-7.2%
55th	Comoros	4.57%	0.3%
56th	United Kingdom	4.59%	-8.1%
57th	Netherlands	4.65%	-21.5%
58th	Oman	4.69%	2.0%
59th	Fiji	4.70%	-31.1%
60th	Guinea	4.71%	1.8%
61st	Peru	4.71%	-50.0%
62nd	Japan	4.73%	-9.7%
63rd	Cyprus	4.77%	16.1%
64th	Macao SAR, China	4.90%	-18.9%
65th	Malawi	4.96%	-3.9%
66th	Ecuador	5.00%	-50.8%
67th	Cameroon	5.09%	-13.9%
68th	Luxembourg	5.11%	55.3%
69th	Samoa	5.16%	2.5%
70th	Denmark	5.20%	-4.2%
71st	Australia	5.40%	-9.1%
72nd	United States	5.53%	-7.7%
73rd	Eritrea	5.70%	-1.5%
74th	Central African Republic	5.73%	-1.4%
75th	Saudi Arabia	5.82%	4.7%
76th	Hungary	5.83%	-1.2%
77th	Singapore	5.84%	47.8%
78th	Brunei Darussalam	5.85%	1.8%
79th	Channel Islands	5.85%	3.6%
80th	Côte d'Ivoire	5.92%	1.2%
81st	Austria	5.97%	24.6%
82nd	Honduras	5.99%	13.0%
83rd	Slovenia	6.01%	-10.6%
84th	Panama	6.10%	-53.3%
85th	Maldives	6.15%	20.0%
86th	Dominican Republic	6.30%	-27.3%
87th	Portugal	6.32%	-10.2%
88th	Moldova	6.37%	-19.3%
89th	Nicaragua	6.41%	-8.4%
90th	Costa Rica	6.45%	-3.3%
91st	Paraguay	6.51%	-4.4%
92nd	Jamaica	6.54%	-44.6%
93rd	Sweden	6.69%	0.0%
94th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6.74%	-15.0%
95th	Ghana	6.76%	-12.6%
96th	El Salvador	6.80%	-3.8%
97th	Mongolia	6.85%	1.2%
98th	Canada	7.19%	-5.4%
99th	Indonesia	7.30%	-24.5%
100th	Malta	7.32%	-3.3%
101st	Belgium	7.36%	-9.9%
102nd	India	7.60%	-0.5%
103rd	Equatorial Guinea	7.66%	-0.6%
104th	Guam	7.70%	-20.6%
105th	Romania	7.72%	-0.4%
106th	Russian Federation	7.76%	-5.7%
107th	Afghanistan	7.79%	-0.6%
108th	Lebanon	7.85%	-2.5%
109th	Italy	7.87%	-6.9%
110th	Azerbaijan	7.99%	-12.8%
111th	Uzbekistan	8.15%	66.4%
112th	Czechia	8.30%	6.8%
113th	Trinidad and Tobago	8.33%	-20.4%
114th	Mauritius	8.34%	8.3%
115th	Sri Lanka	8.38%	-0.2%
116th	Kazakhstan	8.40%	-4.5%
117th	Turkmenistan	8.42%	-9.4%
118th	Vanuatu	8.43%	-2.6%
119th	Ukraine	8.59%	-5.2%
120th	Iraq	8.72%	-2.7%
121st	France	8.91%	4.6%
122nd	Belarus	9.46%	19.3%
123rd	Suriname	9.49%	44.9%
124th	Aruba	9.50%	-16.7%
125th	Syrian Arab Republic	9.51%	-11.8%
126th	Barbados	9.57%	-13.0%
127th	Mauritania	9.77%	-1.4%
128th	European Union	9.86%	1.6%
129th	Gambia, The	9.95%	-0.4%
130th	Brazil	10.07%	-9.8%
131st	Chile	10.16%	6.6%
132nd	Bahamas, The	10.20%	-5.9%
133rd	Estonia	10.25%	-0.9%
134th	Virgin Islands (US)	10.27%	-2.9%
135th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.30%	-8.8%
136th	Puerto Rico (US)	10.31%	-14.1%
137th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	10.32%	-8.5%
138th	Finland	10.36%	14.1%
139th	Belize	10.59%	-17.9%
140th	Greece	10.63%	8.7%
141st	Nepal	10.65%	0.1%
142nd	Armenia	10.68%	-65.8%
143rd	Lithuania	10.68%	-14.1%
144th	Germany	10.73%	10.5%
145th	Morocco	10.83%	-5.8%
146th	Türkiye	10.84%	9.2%
147th	Spain	11.09%	-3.4%
148th	Guyana	11.28%	-2.2%
149th	Rwanda	11.70%	0.4%
150th	French Polynesia	11.70%	-0.4%
151st	Latvia	11.71%	0.5%
152nd	Bulgaria	12.04%	-13.1%
153rd	Yemen, Republic of	12.13%	1.0%
154th	South Sudan	12.26%	0.2%
155th	Georgia	12.62%	-0.6%
156th	Uruguay	12.98%	-24.3%
157th	Israel	13.03%	-2.8%
158th	Haiti	13.42%	10.4%
159th	Cabo Verde	13.46%	-32.7%
160th	Argentina	13.52%	-21.6%
161st	Croatia	13.66%	-28.3%
162nd	Colombia	13.72%	-2.8%
163rd	Tunisia	14.23%	-2.0%
164th	Jordan	14.63%	1.3%
165th	Zambia	15.33%	4.3%
166th	Sudan	15.54%	-1.7%
167th	São Tomé and Principe	16.12%	-1.5%
168th	Lesotho	16.15%	0.6%
169th	Albania	16.31%	8.7%
170th	New Caledonia	16.31%	-2.1%
171st	Angola	16.31%	-0.8%
172nd	Gabon	17.11%	-0.1%
173rd	Algeria	17.65%	-25.6%
174th	Slovak Republic	18.21%	2.9%
175th	Serbia	18.50%	15.6%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.65%	0.0%
177th	Poland	18.82%	-5.6%
178th	Libya	18.94%	-0.7%
179th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.55%	-2.2%
180th	Congo, Republic of	19.90%	0.1%
181st	St. Lucia	20.97%	-5.5%
182nd	Botswana	21.76%	-8.6%
183rd	Namibia	22.09%	-0.1%
184th	South Africa	22.57%	-18.4%
185th	West Bank and Gaza	23.22%	-9.0%
186th	Djibouti	26.44%	-0.2%
187th	Eswatini	26.72%	1.7%
188th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.28%	-5.9%
189th	Montenegro	30.34%	-0.2%
190th	North Macedonia	37.16%	1.3%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's unemployment rate in 2004?▾

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate in 2004 was 8.38%. This ranked 115th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's unemployment rate change in 2004?▾

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate decreased by 0.2% in 2004 compared to 2003.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2004?▾

North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2004 at 37.16%.

What is the unemployment rate of Sri Lanka in 2004?▾

The unemployment rate of Sri Lanka in 2004 was 8.38%. This ranked 115th globally.

How does 2004 compare to 2003 for Sri Lanka's unemployment rate?▾

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate went from 8.22% in 2003 to 8.38% in 2004, a 0.2% decrease.

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