Sri Lanka Employment Rate 2004-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Employment Rate in Sri Lanka decreased to 95.50 percent in the first quarter of 2018 from 96 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017. Employment Rate in Sri Lanka averaged 94.86 percent from 2004 until 2018, 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.

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Sri Lanka Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	4.50	4.00	16.60	3.70	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	7961358.00	8299911.00	8554179.00	4962105.00		[+]
Unemployed Persons	372135.00	342210.00	953794.00	282648.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	52.00	54.10	54.70	46.90	percent	[+]
Population	21.44	21.20	21.44	9.87	Million	[+]
Wages High Skilled	60700.00	56800.00	60700.00	52500.00	LKR/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	24500.00	22800.00	24500.00	22800.00	LKR/Month	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	21.80	17.40	38.10	15.40	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	95.50	96.00	96.30	91.00	percent	[+]
Living Wage Family	42700.00	42700.00	42700.00	42700.00	LKR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	25100.00	25100.00	25100.00	25100.00	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 September of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	95.50	96.00	96.30	91.00	2004 - 2018	percent	Quarterly

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employment rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Mexico	96.52	Jul/18	96.61	97.23	93.58	%	Monthly
Switzerland	79.40	Mar/18	80.2	81.3	76.9	%	Quarterly
Netherlands	76.20	Mar/18	76.3	77.6	63.5	%	Quarterly
United Kingdom	75.50	Jun/18	75.6	75.7	65.6	%	Monthly
Germany	75.40	Mar/18	76	76	63.6	%	Quarterly
France	65.80	Jun/18	65.7	65.8	63.5	%	Quarterly
Spain	63.53	Jun/18	62.07	67.18	54.91	%	Quarterly
Australia	62.10	Jul/18	62.2	62.9	54	%	Monthly
Canada	61.40	Aug/18	61.6	63.7	56	%	Monthly
South Korea	60.90	Aug/18	61.3	61.6	56.1	%	Monthly
United States	60.30	Aug/18	60.5	64.7	55	%	Monthly
Japan	60.00	Jul/18	60.2	63.5	55.9	%	Monthly
Russia	59.90	Jul/18	59.8	66.6	59.3	%	Monthly
Italy	58.70	Jul/18	58.7	58.9	55.3	%	Monthly
Brazil	53.90	Jul/18	53.7	57.3	53.1	%	Monthly
Turkey	47.40	Jun/18	47.3	47.9	38.9	%	Monthly
South Africa	43.10	Jun/18	43.5	46.17	41	%	Quarterly
Argentina	41.90	Jun/18	42.4	43.4	36.3	%	Quarterly