Unemployment Rate in Sri Lanka increased to 4 percent in the second quarter of 2026 from 3.70 percent in the first quarter of 2026. Unemployment Rate in Sri Lanka averaged 7.14 percent from 1991 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 16.60 percent in the second quarter of 1992 and a record low of 3.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013. source: The Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka
Unemployment Rate in Sri Lanka is expected to be 4.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Sri Lanka Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 4.20 percent in 2027 and 4.00 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.