Sri Lanka - Unemployment Rate 2010
4.78%
−1.12pp from 2009
Sri Lanka's unemployment rate was 4.78% in 2010, decreased +1.12pp from 5.85% in 2009. This was the 65th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2010▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.45% | 45.2% |
| 2nd | Thailand | 0.62% | -58.5% |
| 3rd | Pakistan | 0.65% | -88.0% |
| 4th | Lao PDR | 0.71% | -15.2% |
| 5th | Niger | 0.72% | -40.6% |
| 6th | Myanmar | 0.73% | 1.8% |
| 7th | Cambodia | 0.77% | 33.2% |
| 8th | Chad | 0.91% | -3.4% |
| 9th | Benin | 1.04% | 9.5% |
| 10th | Viet Nam | 1.11% | -61.6% |
| 11th | Bahrain | 1.13% | -71.8% |
| 12th | Mali | 1.38% | -2.2% |
| 13th | Tonga | 1.50% | 5.8% |
| 14th | Burundi | 1.62% | -0.4% |
| 15th | Solomon Islands | 1.62% | -20.0% |
| 16th | Kuwait | 1.82% | 11.0% |
| 17th | Papua New Guinea | 2.00% | -4.2% |
| 18th | Liberia | 2.27% | 1.1% |
| 19th | Togo | 2.38% | -16.4% |
| 20th | Cuba | 2.50% | 49.7% |
| 21st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.61% | -46.9% |
| 22nd | Kenya | 2.79% | -0.8% |
| 23rd | Senegal | 2.80% | -0.4% |
| 24th | United Arab Emirates | 2.80% | -4.6% |
| 25th | Macao SAR, China | 2.84% | -20.0% |
| 26th | Moldova | 2.97% | -53.6% |
| 27th | Andorra | 3.00% | - |
| 28th | Tanzania | 3.03% | 21.2% |
| 29th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.12% | -1.3% |
| 30th | Mozambique | 3.26% | 1.6% |
| 31st | Timor-Leste | 3.30% | 0.4% |
| 32nd | Bhutan | 3.32% | -17.0% |
| 33rd | Malaysia | 3.32% | -9.7% |
| 34th | Korea | 3.32% | -8.5% |
| 35th | Bangladesh | 3.38% | -32.4% |
| 36th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.42% | -1.8% |
| 37th | Liechtenstein | 3.45% | 3.1% |
| 38th | Guatemala | 3.50% | 8.6% |
| 39th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.50% | -58.4% |
| 40th | Norway | 3.53% | 8.0% |
| 41st | Peru | 3.60% | -57.1% |
| 42nd | Philippines | 3.61% | -51.8% |
| 43rd | Uganda | 3.62% | 0.6% |
| 44th | Burkina Faso | 3.73% | 0.1% |
| 45th | Nigeria | 3.74% | -0.5% |
| 46th | Oman | 3.91% | -1.7% |
| 47th | Turkmenistan | 4.00% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.03% | -23.2% |
| 49th | Ecuador | 4.09% | -36.8% |
| 50th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 4.10% | 5.6% |
| 51st | Cameroon | 4.11% | 9.8% |
| 52nd | Honduras | 4.12% | 25.1% |
| 53rd | Singapore | 4.12% | 36.2% |
| 54th | Comoros | 4.19% | -2.6% |
| 55th | Madagascar | 4.28% | 10.2% |
| 56th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 4.33% | -17.0% |
| 57th | Sierra Leone | 4.34% | 1.7% |
| 58th | Fiji | 4.35% | -50.1% |
| 59th | Luxembourg | 4.42% | -19.3% |
| 60th | China | 4.53% | -4.0% |
| 61st | Paraguay | 4.57% | -16.3% |
| 62nd | Seychelles | 4.61% | -10.3% |
| 63rd | Vanuatu | 4.68% | 2.5% |
| 64th | Malawi | 4.78% | 1.0% |
| 65th | Sri Lanka | 4.78% | -18.9% |
| 66th | Switzerland | 4.81% | 29.9% |
| 67th | Austria | 4.88% | -14.2% |
| 68th | El Salvador | 4.89% | -34.3% |
| 69th | San Marino | 4.95% | 10.3% |
| 70th | Netherlands | 4.99% | -7.9% |
| 71st | Guinea | 5.02% | 2.1% |
| 72nd | Japan | 5.10% | 0.5% |
| 73rd | Dominican Republic | 5.21% | -23.7% |
| 74th | Australia | 5.21% | -6.5% |
| 75th | Mexico | 5.30% | -1.5% |
| 76th | Uzbekistan | 5.36% | 6.3% |
| 77th | Ghana | 5.38% | 0.4% |
| 78th | Zimbabwe | 5.47% | -0.1% |
| 79th | Saudi Arabia | 5.55% | 3.2% |
| 80th | Indonesia | 5.61% | -28.7% |
| 81st | Samoa | 5.62% | -0.4% |
| 82nd | Azerbaijan | 5.63% | -2.0% |
| 83rd | Central African Republic | 5.66% | 1.5% |
| 84th | Kazakhstan | 5.77% | -11.6% |
| 85th | Panama | 5.85% | -10.9% |
| 86th | Eritrea | 5.85% | 1.7% |
| 87th | Belarus | 6.05% | 4.2% |
| 88th | Cyprus | 6.36% | 19.4% |
| 89th | Brunei Darussalam | 6.49% | 0.5% |
| 90th | Mongolia | 6.55% | -43.5% |
| 91st | New Zealand | 6.56% | 11.1% |
| 92nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.61% | 0.5% |
| 93rd | Lebanon | 6.77% | 6.5% |
| 94th | Malta | 6.86% | -0.3% |
| 95th | Romania | 6.96% | -17.4% |
| 96th | Channel Islands | 7.02% | 5.2% |
| 97th | Tajikistan | 7.04% | 235.1% |
| 98th | Germany | 7.04% | -4.1% |
| 99th | Suriname | 7.15% | -17.9% |
| 100th | Uruguay | 7.16% | -8.0% |
| 101st | Costa Rica | 7.17% | -8.3% |
| 102nd | Slovenia | 7.24% | 22.6% |
| 103rd | Czechia | 7.28% | 8.6% |
| 104th | Russian Federation | 7.41% | -10.1% |
| 105th | Iceland | 7.56% | -5.5% |
| 106th | Jamaica | 7.63% | -32.8% |
| 107th | India | 7.63% | -0.1% |
| 108th | Mauritius | 7.65% | 4.4% |
| 109th | Argentina | 7.71% | -11.1% |
| 110th | Denmark | 7.75% | 60.3% |
| 111th | Afghanistan | 7.81% | 0.0% |
| 112th | Nicaragua | 7.83% | -4.0% |
| 113th | Equatorial Guinea | 7.85% | 1.9% |
| 114th | United Kingdom | 7.97% | 4.6% |
| 115th | Ukraine | 8.10% | -8.4% |
| 116th | Canada | 8.18% | -3.5% |
| 117th | Guam | 8.20% | -11.8% |
| 118th | Iraq | 8.27% | -1.8% |
| 119th | Belgium | 8.29% | 3.8% |
| 120th | Italy | 8.36% | 6.2% |
| 121st | Finland | 8.39% | 0.8% |
| 122nd | Belize | 8.41% | -34.4% |
| 123rd | Brazil | 8.42% | -10.6% |
| 124th | Israel | 8.48% | -10.0% |
| 125th | Chile | 8.55% | -22.7% |
| 126th | Sweden | 8.61% | 2.3% |
| 127th | Syrian Arab Republic | 8.61% | 5.8% |
| 128th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 8.76% | -6.5% |
| 129th | Morocco | 9.09% | -0.1% |
| 130th | France | 9.28% | 1.7% |
| 131st | Poland | 9.58% | 12.5% |
| 132nd | United States | 9.63% | 3.8% |
| 133rd | Gambia, The | 9.67% | -1.1% |
| 134th | European Union | 9.87% | 7.2% |
| 135th | Algeria | 9.96% | -2.0% |
| 136th | Mauritania | 10.09% | -1.2% |
| 137th | Bulgaria | 10.28% | 49.4% |
| 138th | Nepal | 10.56% | -0.2% |
| 139th | Aruba | 10.60% | 2.9% |
| 140th | Cabo Verde | 10.67% | -17.9% |
| 141st | Barbados | 10.69% | 7.2% |
| 142nd | Portugal | 10.77% | 5.8% |
| 143rd | Maldives | 10.88% | -7.0% |
| 144th | Virgin Islands (US) | 11.06% | 1.8% |
| 145th | Colombia | 11.15% | -8.6% |
| 146th | Hungary | 11.17% | 15.5% |
| 147th | Croatia | 11.62% | -20.0% |
| 148th | Guyana | 11.63% | 2.9% |
| 149th | Rwanda | 11.64% | 0.1% |
| 150th | Türkiye | 11.88% | -7.9% |
| 151st | French Polynesia | 12.13% | 1.4% |
| 152nd | South Sudan | 12.47% | 0.3% |
| 153rd | Jordan | 12.50% | -2.7% |
| 154th | Greece | 12.72% | 32.5% |
| 155th | Yemen, Republic of | 12.78% | 0.1% |
| 156th | Tunisia | 13.05% | -1.8% |
| 157th | Zambia | 13.19% | 24.6% |
| 158th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 13.68% | 14.9% |
| 159th | New Caledonia | 14.00% | 0.2% |
| 160th | Albania | 14.09% | 2.1% |
| 161st | Slovak Republic | 14.39% | 18.9% |
| 162nd | Bahamas, The | 14.44% | 1.3% |
| 163rd | Ireland | 14.53% | 14.9% |
| 164th | São Tomé and Principe | 14.63% | -3.1% |
| 165th | Sudan | 15.17% | 1.8% |
| 166th | Haiti | 15.24% | -1.0% |
| 167th | Lesotho | 16.07% | -0.3% |
| 168th | Puerto Rico (US) | 16.10% | 4.5% |
| 169th | Angola | 16.60% | 1.3% |
| 170th | Estonia | 16.71% | 23.3% |
| 171st | St. Lucia | 17.12% | 11.4% |
| 172nd | Lithuania | 17.81% | 29.2% |
| 173rd | Botswana | 17.86% | 10.5% |
| 174th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.74% | 0.1% |
| 175th | Serbia | 19.20% | 13.6% |
| 176th | Congo, Republic of | 19.30% | -2.7% |
| 177th | Libya | 19.32% | 0.2% |
| 178th | Latvia | 19.48% | 11.0% |
| 179th | Armenia | 19.52% | 4.4% |
| 180th | Montenegro | 19.65% | 2.9% |
| 181st | Spain | 19.86% | 11.2% |
| 182nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.92% | 2.9% |
| 183rd | Georgia | 20.20% | 10.4% |
| 184th | Gabon | 20.39% | 3.2% |
| 185th | West Bank and Gaza | 21.42% | -12.6% |
| 186th | Namibia | 22.12% | -0.7% |
| 187th | South Africa | 24.68% | 4.1% |
| 188th | Djibouti | 26.37% | 0.2% |
| 189th | Eswatini | 26.86% | -2.3% |
| 190th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27.31% | 13.3% |
| 191st | North Macedonia | 33.14% | 3.0% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's unemployment rate in 2010?▾
Sri Lanka's unemployment rate in 2010 was 4.78%. This ranked 65th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's unemployment rate change in 2010?▾
Sri Lanka's unemployment rate decreased by 18.9% in 2010 compared to 2009.
Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2010?▾
North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2010 at 33.14%.
What is the unemployment rate of Sri Lanka in 2010?▾
The unemployment rate of Sri Lanka in 2010 was 4.78%. This ranked 65th globally.
How does 2010 compare to 2009 for Sri Lanka's unemployment rate?▾
Sri Lanka's unemployment rate went from 5.85% in 2009 to 4.78% in 2010, a 18.9% decrease.
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