Sri Lanka Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Sri Lanka decreased to 95.30 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 95.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Employment Rate in Sri Lanka averaged 94.91 percent from 2004 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 96.30 percent in the third quarter of 2011 and a record low of 91 percent in the second quarter of 2004.

Employment Rate in Sri Lanka is expected to be 95.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Employment Rate in Sri Lanka to stand at 95.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Sri Lanka Employment Rate is projected to trend around 95.90 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Sri Lanka Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	4.70	4.60	16.60	3.70	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	8182970.00	8088448.00	8554179.00	4962105.00		[+]
Unemployed Persons	399784.00	389406.00	953794.00	282648.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	52.60	52.20	54.70	46.90	percent	[+]
Population	21.67	21.44	21.67	9.87	Million	[+]
Wages High Skilled	57500.00	60800.00	60800.00	52900.00	LKR/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	21500.00	23500.00	23500.00	21500.00	LKR/Month	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	19.60	22.50	38.10	15.40	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	95.30	95.40	96.30	91.00	percent	[+]
Living Wage Family	52100.00	52100.00	52100.00	52100.00	LKR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	29100.00	29100.00	29100.00	29100.00	LKR/Month	[+]
Minimum Wages	10000.00	10000.00	10000.00	10000.00	LKR/Month	[+]

Sri Lanka Employment Rate

This page provides - Sri Lanka Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Sri Lanka Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	95.30	95.40	96.30	91.00	2004 - 2019	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.49	May/19	96.5	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	79.90	Mar/19	80.6	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.70	Mar/19	77.9	77.9 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.30	Mar/19	76.5	76.5 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	76.00	Apr/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.10	Mar/19	66.1	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	63.58	Mar/19	64	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.50	Jun/19	62.6	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	62.10	Jun/19	62.2	63.7 : 56	%
South Korea	61.50	May/19	60.8	61.6 : 56.1	%
Japan	60.70	May/19	60.5	63.5 : 55.9	%
United States	60.60	Jun/19	60.6	64.7 : 55	%
Russia	59.10	May/19	59	66.6 : 58.8	%
Italy	59.00	May/19	58.9	59 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.50	May/19	54.2	57.3 : 53.1	%
India	46.80	Dec/18	47.8	50.8 : 46.8	%
Turkey	45.80	Apr/19	46	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	42.56	Mar/19	43.34	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.30	Mar/19	42.2	43.4 : 36.3	%