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Sri Lanka - Unemployment Rate 2015

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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

4.52% +0.22pp from 2014 Global rank: 65th

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate was 4.52% in 2015, increased +0.22pp from 4.16% in 2014. This was the 65th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	0.17%	-15.0%
2nd	Cambodia	0.39%	-43.2%
3rd	Niger	0.56%	6.1%
4th	Thailand	0.60%	-25.4%
5th	Solomon Islands	0.74%	0.8%
6th	Myanmar	0.77%	0.4%
7th	Chad	1.03%	4.9%
8th	Bahrain	1.16%	-69.4%
9th	Mali	1.40%	-4.9%
10th	Burundi	1.45%	-7.8%
11th	Moldova	1.78%	-54.3%
12th	Madagascar	1.79%	28.9%
13th	United Arab Emirates	1.79%	-10.3%
14th	Macao SAR, China	1.81%	6.5%
15th	Viet Nam	1.85%	-12.0%
16th	Benin	1.89%	-3.4%
17th	Lao PDR	2.01%	15.8%
18th	Tanzania	2.01%	-5.5%
19th	Tonga	2.02%	5.6%
20th	Kuwait	2.20%	-24.1%
21st	Togo	2.20%	2.9%
22nd	Cuba	2.40%	-11.1%
23rd	Trinidad and Tobago	2.43%	-26.6%
24th	Bhutan	2.45%	-5.8%
25th	Guatemala	2.51%	-7.8%
26th	Papua New Guinea	2.51%	-1.3%
27th	Liberia	2.56%	23.0%
28th	Côte d'Ivoire	2.57%	-21.4%
29th	Uganda	2.68%	13.7%
30th	Seychelles	2.68%	-10.0%
31st	Kenya	2.76%	-0.2%
32nd	Philippines	3.07%	-54.9%
33rd	Malaysia	3.10%	7.8%
34th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.11%	-22.2%
35th	Guinea-Bissau	3.17%	-3.6%
36th	Peru	3.27%	-41.3%
37th	Hong Kong SAR, China	3.31%	2.2%
38th	Japan	3.39%	-5.5%
39th	Oman	3.40%	-1.4%
40th	Mozambique	3.43%	1.5%
41st	Cameroon	3.52%	-0.5%
42nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.52%	0.4%
43rd	Korea	3.55%	1.5%
44th	Pakistan	3.57%	-40.6%
45th	Ecuador	3.62%	-4.8%
46th	Timor-Leste	3.68%	1.7%
47th	Liechtenstein	3.77%	-4.9%
48th	Singapore	3.79%	94.4%
49th	Andorra	3.88%	-26.9%
50th	Iceland	3.98%	-27.8%
51st	El Salvador	4.00%	-44.0%
52nd	Turkmenistan	4.02%	0.3%
53rd	Comoros	4.03%	1.2%
54th	Nigeria	4.13%	-47.3%
55th	Kyrgyz Republic	4.14%	-48.6%
56th	Fiji	4.29%	-30.8%
57th	Norway	4.30%	18.8%
58th	Mexico	4.31%	-10.9%
59th	Panama	4.34%	-10.1%
60th	Bangladesh	4.40%	-0.5%
61st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	4.44%	0.1%
62nd	Burkina Faso	4.47%	5.1%
63rd	Sierra Leone	4.48%	-4.2%
64th	Indonesia	4.51%	-24.0%
65th	Sri Lanka	4.52%	5.1%
66th	Paraguay	4.56%	-9.5%
67th	Germany	4.61%	-2.0%
68th	China	4.65%	0.4%
69th	Nicaragua	4.70%	-28.3%
70th	Switzerland	4.80%	57.7%
71st	Mongolia	4.86%	-38.5%
72nd	Kazakhstan	4.93%	-2.9%
73rd	Malawi	4.95%	-0.3%
74th	Azerbaijan	4.96%	1.0%
75th	Czechia	5.05%	-17.4%
76th	Guinea	5.15%	2.1%
77th	Uzbekistan	5.15%	1.2%
78th	Vanuatu	5.17%	0.6%
79th	Israel	5.18%	-12.2%
80th	United States	5.28%	-14.3%
81st	Malta	5.39%	-6.0%
82nd	Zimbabwe	5.40%	13.1%
83rd	New Zealand	5.42%	-0.2%
84th	United Kingdom	5.55%	-10.1%
85th	Saudi Arabia	5.60%	-2.1%
86th	Russian Federation	5.62%	8.9%
87th	Eritrea	5.75%	2.0%
88th	Central African Republic	5.78%	2.5%
89th	Austria	5.80%	-4.1%
90th	Belarus	5.88%	8.6%
91st	Zambia	5.95%	-9.5%
92nd	Australia	6.06%	0.0%
93rd	Honduras	6.15%	12.0%
94th	Denmark	6.28%	25.8%
95th	Estonia	6.41%	-12.8%
96th	Chile	6.61%	1.7%
97th	Maldives	6.61%	-11.4%
98th	Senegal	6.76%	15.5%
99th	Luxembourg	6.80%	-4.2%
100th	Ghana	6.81%	54.6%
101st	Romania	6.81%	-20.7%
102nd	Hungary	6.81%	-9.5%
103rd	Netherlands	6.87%	-17.6%
104th	Guam	6.90%	-9.2%
105th	Canada	6.95%	-1.6%
106th	Tajikistan	7.03%	0.1%
107th	Suriname	7.22%	31.3%
108th	Gambia, The	7.23%	-11.8%
109th	Aruba	7.30%	-2.7%
110th	Mauritius	7.41%	-5.0%
111th	Sweden	7.43%	-7.6%
112th	Poland	7.48%	-16.8%
113th	Uruguay	7.49%	13.0%
114th	Argentina	7.58%	4.5%
115th	Belize	7.58%	-34.7%
116th	Dominican Republic	7.61%	-10.9%
117th	India	7.63%	-0.4%
118th	Brunei Darussalam	7.70%	12.0%
119th	Equatorial Guinea	7.78%	1.4%
120th	Channel Islands	7.93%	-4.7%
121st	Costa Rica	8.42%	-12.9%
122nd	Belgium	8.48%	-2.0%
123rd	Brazil	8.54%	24.2%
124th	Colombia	8.57%	-8.8%
125th	Jamaica	8.83%	-35.8%
126th	Samoa	8.90%	2.1%
127th	Slovenia	8.96%	-8.1%
128th	Afghanistan	9.03%	14.1%
129th	Lithuania	9.12%	-14.8%
130th	Ukraine	9.14%	-1.5%
131st	Bulgaria	9.14%	-20.7%
132nd	San Marino	9.18%	5.1%
133rd	Lebanon	9.31%	5.4%
134th	Finland	9.38%	6.2%
135th	Morocco	9.46%	-4.4%
136th	Barbados	9.80%	-20.1%
137th	Latvia	9.87%	-9.0%
138th	Ireland	9.91%	-16.7%
139th	European Union	10.02%	-7.5%
140th	Mauritania	10.10%	0.8%
141st	Türkiye	10.30%	4.1%
142nd	France	10.35%	0.8%
143rd	São Tomé and Principe	10.59%	-21.4%
144th	Nepal	10.64%	0.2%
145th	Iraq	10.87%	2.6%
146th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	11.17%	5.3%
147th	Algeria	11.21%	5.7%
148th	Slovak Republic	11.49%	-12.3%
149th	Virgin Islands (US)	11.65%	-1.9%
150th	French Polynesia	11.79%	-0.8%
151st	Rwanda	11.83%	-0.1%
152nd	Italy	11.90%	-6.9%
153rd	Cabo Verde	11.92%	-24.5%
154th	Bahamas, The	12.00%	-18.0%
155th	Puerto Rico (US)	12.00%	-13.0%
156th	Portugal	12.41%	-14.7%
157th	South Sudan	12.46%	-0.8%
158th	Guyana	13.01%	2.9%
159th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	13.05%	-2.3%
160th	Jordan	13.08%	10.1%
161st	New Caledonia	13.62%	-6.6%
162nd	Haiti	13.79%	-0.2%
163rd	Syrian Arab Republic	14.24%	-3.6%
164th	Sudan	14.39%	-27.3%
165th	Cyprus	15.03%	-6.5%
166th	Tunisia	15.16%	1.3%
167th	Croatia	16.15%	-16.2%
168th	Lesotho	16.22%	1.0%
169th	Angola	16.47%	0.6%
170th	Georgia	16.51%	-28.2%
171st	Albania	17.19%	-1.8%
172nd	Montenegro	17.56%	-2.8%
173rd	Serbia	17.66%	-14.1%
174th	Yemen, Republic of	17.90%	32.9%
175th	Armenia	18.26%	3.8%
176th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.50%	-0.5%
177th	Botswana	18.92%	2.3%
178th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.14%	-0.5%
179th	Libya	19.69%	2.0%
180th	Gabon	19.94%	0.4%
181st	Congo, Republic of	20.02%	1.6%
182nd	Namibia	20.79%	12.3%
183rd	St. Lucia	20.84%	-3.4%
184th	Spain	22.06%	-9.8%
185th	West Bank and Gaza	23.01%	-14.5%
186th	Eswatini	23.43%	-2.1%
187th	Greece	24.98%	-5.7%
188th	South Africa	25.15%	0.2%
189th	Djibouti	26.06%	-0.4%
190th	North Macedonia	26.40%	-5.8%
191st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27.70%	0.7%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's unemployment rate in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate in 2015 was 4.52%. This ranked 65th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's unemployment rate change in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate increased by 5.1% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2015?▾

Bosnia and Herzegovina had the highest unemployment rate in 2015 at 27.70%.

What is the unemployment rate of Sri Lanka in 2015?▾

The unemployment rate of Sri Lanka in 2015 was 4.52%. This ranked 65th globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Sri Lanka's unemployment rate?▾

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate went from 4.16% in 2014 to 4.52% in 2015, a 5.1% increase.

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