Sri Lanka - Unemployment Rate 2014
4.16%
−0.24pp from 2013
Sri Lanka's unemployment rate was 4.16% in 2014, decreased +0.24pp from 4.19% in 2013. This was the 56th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2014▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.20% | -28.6% |
| 2nd | Niger | 0.52% | -62.6% |
| 3rd | Thailand | 0.58% | -17.7% |
| 4th | Cambodia | 0.69% | 58.0% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 0.73% | 5.2% |
| 6th | Myanmar | 0.76% | -1.5% |
| 7th | Chad | 0.98% | 3.0% |
| 8th | Bahrain | 1.14% | -73.4% |
| 9th | Viet Nam | 1.26% | -42.4% |
| 10th | Madagascar | 1.39% | 39.2% |
| 11th | Moldova | 1.45% | -71.6% |
| 12th | Mali | 1.48% | -2.7% |
| 13th | Burundi | 1.57% | -0.8% |
| 14th | Macao SAR, China | 1.67% | -9.7% |
| 15th | Lao PDR | 1.73% | 18.0% |
| 16th | Pakistan | 1.83% | -69.4% |
| 17th | Tonga | 1.91% | 9.4% |
| 18th | Benin | 1.95% | -11.2% |
| 19th | United Arab Emirates | 2.00% | -5.9% |
| 20th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.02% | -49.5% |
| 21st | Liberia | 2.08% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Tanzania | 2.13% | -27.5% |
| 23rd | Togo | 2.14% | 2.7% |
| 24th | Uganda | 2.36% | 23.4% |
| 25th | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.48% | -34.5% |
| 26th | Papua New Guinea | 2.54% | -5.9% |
| 27th | Bhutan | 2.63% | -9.3% |
| 28th | Cuba | 2.70% | -17.9% |
| 29th | Guatemala | 2.72% | -9.9% |
| 30th | Kenya | 2.77% | 0.2% |
| 31st | Malaysia | 2.88% | -7.1% |
| 32nd | Kuwait | 2.90% | 17.6% |
| 33rd | Seychelles | 2.98% | -10.3% |
| 34th | Korea | 3.08% | -0.6% |
| 35th | Peru | 3.21% | -46.1% |
| 36th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.27% | -23.1% |
| 37th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.29% | 3.5% |
| 38th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.30% | -3.1% |
| 39th | Mozambique | 3.38% | 1.0% |
| 40th | Oman | 3.45% | -2.8% |
| 41st | Ecuador | 3.48% | -16.1% |
| 42nd | Norway | 3.49% | -7.6% |
| 43rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 3.51% | -1.6% |
| 44th | Cameroon | 3.53% | -4.1% |
| 45th | Japan | 3.59% | -10.5% |
| 46th | Philippines | 3.60% | -49.1% |
| 47th | Timor-Leste | 3.62% | 1.3% |
| 48th | Singapore | 3.74% | 96.8% |
| 49th | Nigeria | 3.90% | -60.8% |
| 50th | Liechtenstein | 3.96% | 10.6% |
| 51st | Comoros | 3.98% | 0.1% |
| 52nd | Turkmenistan | 4.01% | 0.3% |
| 53rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 4.02% | -51.8% |
| 54th | Indonesia | 4.05% | -35.2% |
| 55th | El Salvador | 4.15% | -31.3% |
| 56th | Sri Lanka | 4.16% | -5.5% |
| 57th | Burkina Faso | 4.26% | 5.0% |
| 58th | Fiji | 4.32% | -32.1% |
| 59th | Panama | 4.39% | 7.1% |
| 60th | Ghana | 4.40% | 102.6% |
| 61st | Bangladesh | 4.42% | -0.2% |
| 62nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 4.44% | -0.7% |
| 63rd | Nicaragua | 4.52% | -21.3% |
| 64th | China | 4.63% | 0.7% |
| 65th | Sierra Leone | 4.68% | 6.9% |
| 66th | Zimbabwe | 4.77% | -3.5% |
| 67th | Mongolia | 4.80% | -39.3% |
| 68th | Mexico | 4.82% | -2.5% |
| 69th | Switzerland | 4.83% | 52.8% |
| 70th | Iceland | 4.90% | -19.6% |
| 71st | Azerbaijan | 4.91% | -1.3% |
| 72nd | Malawi | 4.97% | -0.2% |
| 73rd | Germany | 4.98% | 0.7% |
| 74th | Paraguay | 5.03% | 14.8% |
| 75th | Guinea | 5.04% | 2.0% |
| 76th | Kazakhstan | 5.06% | -3.6% |
| 77th | Uzbekistan | 5.09% | 4.7% |
| 78th | Vanuatu | 5.14% | 2.0% |
| 79th | Russian Federation | 5.21% | -5.2% |
| 80th | Andorra | 5.30% | -14.9% |
| 81st | New Zealand | 5.43% | -6.8% |
| 82nd | Central African Republic | 5.63% | 1.2% |
| 83rd | Eritrea | 5.64% | 0.2% |
| 84th | Austria | 5.67% | 6.1% |
| 85th | Malta | 5.74% | -6.1% |
| 86th | Israel | 5.79% | -6.7% |
| 87th | Senegal | 5.85% | 16.7% |
| 88th | Saudi Arabia | 5.88% | 5.5% |
| 89th | Belarus | 5.91% | 8.7% |
| 90th | Luxembourg | 6.04% | -11.5% |
| 91st | Australia | 6.08% | 7.4% |
| 92nd | Czechia | 6.11% | -12.1% |
| 93rd | United States | 6.17% | -16.2% |
| 94th | United Kingdom | 6.40% | -15.5% |
| 95th | Uruguay | 6.55% | 0.6% |
| 96th | Zambia | 6.58% | -9.6% |
| 97th | Dominican Republic | 6.72% | -26.9% |
| 98th | Brazil | 6.76% | -5.9% |
| 99th | Chile | 6.76% | 11.2% |
| 100th | Romania | 6.80% | -24.4% |
| 101st | Brunei Darussalam | 6.86% | -0.8% |
| 102nd | Denmark | 6.93% | 20.3% |
| 103rd | Suriname | 6.94% | 5.2% |
| 104th | Canada | 7.02% | -2.6% |
| 105th | Tajikistan | 7.02% | 0.1% |
| 106th | Honduras | 7.08% | 72.8% |
| 107th | Argentina | 7.27% | 2.7% |
| 108th | Estonia | 7.35% | -14.8% |
| 109th | Netherlands | 7.42% | -9.6% |
| 110th | Maldives | 7.46% | -10.1% |
| 111th | Mauritius | 7.47% | -6.7% |
| 112th | Aruba | 7.50% | -1.3% |
| 113th | Guam | 7.60% | -33.9% |
| 114th | India | 7.66% | -0.3% |
| 115th | Equatorial Guinea | 7.67% | -0.1% |
| 116th | Hungary | 7.73% | -21.4% |
| 117th | Afghanistan | 7.92% | -0.1% |
| 118th | Sweden | 7.95% | -1.9% |
| 119th | Gambia, The | 8.19% | -13.4% |
| 120th | Belize | 8.24% | -36.2% |
| 121st | Channel Islands | 8.32% | -3.0% |
| 122nd | Costa Rica | 8.50% | 2.3% |
| 123rd | Belgium | 8.52% | -0.5% |
| 124th | Finland | 8.66% | 4.1% |
| 125th | Samoa | 8.72% | -0.6% |
| 126th | San Marino | 8.74% | 8.2% |
| 127th | Colombia | 8.80% | -11.0% |
| 128th | Lebanon | 8.84% | 4.5% |
| 129th | Poland | 8.97% | -13.1% |
| 130th | Jamaica | 9.05% | -40.8% |
| 131st | Ukraine | 9.27% | 29.3% |
| 132nd | Slovenia | 9.67% | -4.3% |
| 133rd | Morocco | 9.70% | 5.4% |
| 134th | Türkiye | 9.90% | 11.2% |
| 135th | Mauritania | 10.03% | 1.0% |
| 136th | Algeria | 10.21% | 3.8% |
| 137th | France | 10.27% | -0.3% |
| 138th | Iraq | 10.59% | 14.8% |
| 139th | Nepal | 10.62% | -0.4% |
| 140th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 10.68% | 2.7% |
| 141st | Lithuania | 10.70% | -9.1% |
| 142nd | European Union | 10.83% | -4.6% |
| 143rd | Latvia | 10.85% | -8.6% |
| 144th | Bulgaria | 11.42% | -12.4% |
| 145th | São Tomé and Principe | 11.43% | -15.5% |
| 146th | Slovak Republic | 11.54% | -18.4% |
| 147th | Cabo Verde | 11.69% | -28.7% |
| 148th | Rwanda | 11.84% | 0.6% |
| 149th | Ireland | 11.86% | -13.9% |
| 150th | Virgin Islands (US) | 11.87% | 0.6% |
| 151st | French Polynesia | 11.89% | -1.1% |
| 152nd | Jordan | 11.90% | -5.6% |
| 153rd | Barbados | 12.17% | 4.7% |
| 154th | South Sudan | 12.56% | -0.8% |
| 155th | Guyana | 12.64% | 2.8% |
| 156th | Italy | 12.68% | 2.6% |
| 157th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 13.11% | 0.9% |
| 158th | Yemen, Republic of | 13.47% | -1.5% |
| 159th | Bahamas, The | 13.80% | -12.6% |
| 160th | Haiti | 13.81% | 0.8% |
| 161st | Portugal | 13.88% | -19.4% |
| 162nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 13.90% | -2.1% |
| 163rd | Tunisia | 14.26% | -7.0% |
| 164th | New Caledonia | 14.59% | 1.4% |
| 165th | Syrian Arab Republic | 14.78% | 1.9% |
| 166th | Sudan | 15.41% | 1.4% |
| 167th | Lesotho | 16.07% | 0.9% |
| 168th | Cyprus | 16.28% | 2.7% |
| 169th | Angola | 16.37% | -0.6% |
| 170th | Croatia | 17.21% | -13.1% |
| 171st | Georgia | 17.44% | -33.9% |
| 172nd | Armenia | 17.50% | 8.0% |
| 173rd | Montenegro | 18.05% | -7.8% |
| 174th | Albania | 18.06% | 13.6% |
| 175th | Botswana | 18.48% | 1.7% |
| 176th | Namibia | 18.52% | -2.7% |
| 177th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.60% | -0.3% |
| 178th | Serbia | 19.22% | -16.4% |
| 179th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.24% | -0.6% |
| 180th | Libya | 19.30% | -0.1% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | 19.70% | -0.8% |
| 182nd | Gabon | 19.87% | 0.7% |
| 183rd | West Bank and Gaza | 20.53% | -12.3% |
| 184th | St. Lucia | 21.58% | -2.8% |
| 185th | Eswatini | 23.93% | -2.5% |
| 186th | Spain | 24.44% | -6.3% |
| 187th | South Africa | 24.89% | 0.7% |
| 188th | Djibouti | 26.16% | 0.0% |
| 189th | Greece | 26.71% | -2.8% |
| 190th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27.52% | 0.1% |
| 191st | North Macedonia | 28.22% | -2.7% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's unemployment rate in 2014?▾
Sri Lanka's unemployment rate in 2014 was 4.16%. This ranked 56th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's unemployment rate change in 2014?▾
Sri Lanka's unemployment rate decreased by 5.5% in 2014 compared to 2013.
Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2014?▾
North Macedonia had the highest unemployment rate in 2014 at 28.22%.
What is the unemployment rate of Sri Lanka in 2014?▾
The unemployment rate of Sri Lanka in 2014 was 4.16%. This ranked 56th globally.
How does 2014 compare to 2013 for Sri Lanka's unemployment rate?▾
Sri Lanka's unemployment rate went from 4.19% in 2013 to 4.16% in 2014, a 5.5% decrease.
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