Work & Labour in Sri Lanka 108 indicators covering work & labour for Sri Lanka. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 17.6% 2025 down 29.1% 162nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 32.0% 2025 down 24.0% 158th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 24.8% 2025 down 25.6% 167th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 35.4% 2025 down 9.4% 162nd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 73.0% 2025 down 6.2% 130th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 53.8% 2025 down 7.1% 157th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 31.0% 2025 down 12.3% 164th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 45.7% 2025 down 4.6% 166th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.8% 2025 down 8.1% 112th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 48.5% 2025 down 9.6% 162nd Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.0% 2025 down 12.7% 144th Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.7% 2025 down 9.2% 109th Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.8% 2025 down 8.9% 117th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 40.4% 2025 down 10.7% 76th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 42.9% 2025 down 0.7% 73rd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 42.1% 2025 down 4.1% 73rd Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 59.6% 2025 up 8.8% 111th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 57.1% 2025 up 0.5% 114th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 57.9% 2025 up 3.2% 114th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 14.4% 2025 down 25.8% 49th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 2.2% 2025 down 25.6% 92nd Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 6.2% 2025 down 26.8% 61st Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 24.1% 2025 down 5.1% 10th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 27.3% 2025 up 5.4% 79th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 26.3% 2025 up 2.1% 34th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 49.9% 2025 up 18.1% 139th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 46.8% 2025 down 0.8% 118th Employment in services (% of total employment) 47.8% 2025 up 5.0% 137th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 24.8% 2025 down 2.8% 43rd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.3% 2025 down 1.9% 74th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 18.6% 2025 down 3.4% 58th GDP per person employed 39,989 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 15.8% 100th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.3% 2024 up 3.8% 118th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.0% 2024 down 1.9% 132nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.0% 2024 up 11.5% 75th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 29.8% 2024 down 11.3% 178th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.4% 2024 down 6.9% 126th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 47.3% 2024 down 8.2% 177th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 16.2% 2024 down 27.1% 158th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 31.4% 2024 down 23.5% 152nd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 44.2% 2024 down 4.6% 177th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 23.7% 2024 down 24.3% 166th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 21.8% 2024 up 10.4% 32nd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 17.2% 2024 up 8.7% 46th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 30.4% 2024 up 14.9% 18th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 22.8% 2025 down 36.2% 89th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 12.1% 2025 down 31.2% 114th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 17.4% 2025 down 34.8% 97th Productivity: output per hour worked 17.55 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 9.3% 84th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 13.2% 2025 down 28.4% 162nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 27.1% 2025 down 23.7% 153rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 20.2% 2025 down 25.0% 161st Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 29.0% 2025 down 11.4% 163rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 65.9% 2025 down 7.9% 90th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 46.6% 2025 down 9.1% 155th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 39.4% 2025 down 10.6% 70th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 39.2% 2025 up 0.2% 70th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 39.2% 2025 down 3.7% 67th Unemployment with basic education 3.2% 2023 up 4.0% 97th Unemployment with basic education, male 2.7% 2023 up 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