Work & Labour in Sri Lanka

108 indicators covering work & labour for Sri Lanka.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Unemployment with intermediate education 7.2% 2023 down 3.3% 48th
Unemployment with basic education, female 4.2% 2023 down 8.0% 90th
Unemployment with advanced education 6.2% 2023 up 52.2% 43rd
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 10.2% 2023 down 6.7% 34th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 17.2% 2024 down 41.7% 50th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 5.3% 2023 up 4.9% 58th
Labor force with basic education, female 27.0% 2023 down 12.6% 88th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 22.4% 2024 down 41.5% 46th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 11.9% 2024 down 41.0% 66th
Labor force with basic education, male 71.2% 2023 down 5.5% 35th
Labor force with basic education 48.9% 2023 down 7.2% 64th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 27.7% 2024 down 11.9% 159th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 65.4% 2024 down 6.9% 99th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-a 32.6% 2023 down 10.6% 115th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 65.3% 2023 down 5.5% 104th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age popula 47.1% 2023 down 7.1% 117th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 4.5% 2023 up 80.3% 55th
Labor force with advanced education, male 81.7% 2023 down 3.4% 69th
Labor force with advanced education 81.0% 2023 down 1.5% 38th
Labor force with advanced education, female 80.4% 2023 up 0.2% 25th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 45.3% 2024 down 8.4% 152nd
Unemployment with advanced education, female 7.6% 2023 up 37.4% 43rd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 18.6% 2024 down 26.3% 141st
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 26.0% 2024 down 24.8% 137th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 11.3% 2024 down 31.0% 140th
Part time employment, female 23.2% 2024 up 28.2% 63rd
Part time employment, male 10.0% 2024 up 90.4% 73rd
Part time employment, total 14.3% 2024 up 48.6% 72nd
Female share of employment in senior and middle management 29.2% 2024 up 21.6% 70th
Coverage of social protection and labor programs 37.5% 2019 up 25.7% 35th
Coverage of social safety net programs 30.0% 2019 up 26.8% 27th
Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile 48.8% 2019 up 9.2% 28th
Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile 39.8% 2019 up 22.9% 27th
Coverage of social safety net programs in 3rd quintile 30.0% 2019 up 32.9% 27th
Coverage of social safety net programs in 4th quintile 19.7% 2019 up 44.7% 27th
Coverage of social safety net programs in richest quintile 11.7% 2019 up 133.0% 25th
Adequacy of social protection and labor programs 17.1% 2019 up 7.2% 27th
Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs to poorest q 10.1% 2019 up 57.5% 17th
Coverage of social insurance programs 8.5% 2019 up 28.0% 25th
Coverage of social insurance programs in poorest quintile 2.9% 2019 up 45.4% 23rd
Coverage of social insurance programs in 2nd quintile 4.5% 2019 up 24.8% 24th
Coverage of social insurance programs in 3rd quintile 7.0% 2019 up 46.3% 24th
Coverage of social insurance programs in 4th quintile 10.9% 2019 up 12.6% 25th
Coverage of social insurance programs in richest quintile 17.1% 2019 up 30.8% 26th
Adequacy of social safety net programs 6.5% 2019 up 91.2% 23rd
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile 30.6% 2019 down 5.1% 8th
Adequacy of social insurance programs 33.6% 2019 down 4.0% 24th
Benefit incidence of social insurance programs to poorest quintile 3.4% 2019 up 38.1% 14th