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Sri Lanka Unemployment Rate 2010s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
4.29% decade average (2010-2019)

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate during the 2010s ranged from 3.88% (2012) to 4.78% (2010), averaging 4.29% over 10 years of data.

2010s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2010 4.78% −1.12pp 65th
2011 4.12% −0.88pp 55th
2012 3.88% −0.22pp 55th
2013 4.19% +0.19pp 57th
2014 4.16% −0.24pp 56th
2015 4.52% +0.22pp 65th
2016 4.24% −0.46pp 56th
2017 4.05% −0.35pp 58th
2018 4.32% +0.12pp 71st
2019 4.67% +0.27pp 83rd