Unemployment Rate in Sri Lanka averaged 7.58 percent from 1991 until 2021, 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. This page provides - Sri Lanka Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Sri Lanka Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2022.
Unemployment Rate in Sri Lanka is expected to be 5.20 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 4.80 percent in 2022 and 4.50 percent in 2023, according to our econometric models.