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Asia > Sri Lanka > Labor

SRI LANKAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 49% [6th of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 38% [10th of 78]
Child employment in agriculture > % of economically active children ages 7-14 71.23 % Time series [3rd of 11]
Child employment in agriculture, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 71.38 % Time series [3rd of 11]
Child employment in agriculture, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 71.14 % Time series [3rd of 11]
Child employment in manufacturing > % of economically active children ages 7-14 13.11 % Time series [1st of 10]
Child employment in manufacturing, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 14.96 % Time series [1st of 10]
Child employment in manufacturing, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 11.97 % Time series [1st of 10]
Child employment in services > % of economically active children ages 7-14 14.97 % Time series [1st of 11]
Child employment in services, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 13.53 % Time series [1st of 11]
Child employment in services, male > % of male economically active children ages 7-14 15.84 % Time series [1st of 11]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 27.98 % Time series [25th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 138603000000 Time series
CPIA building human resources rating 4.5 Time series [2nd of 75]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 26.8 [121st of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 75.22 [67th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 77.88 [107th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 77.63 [116th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 35-39 76.74 [123rd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 72.73 [133rd of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 69.47 [132nd of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 61.18 [143rd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 50.79 [136th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 32.74 [124th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 15.62 [106th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14 2.23 [82nd of 92]
Economic activity > Men aged 15-19 33.41 [110th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 83.85 [76th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 94.73 [104th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 97.91 [36th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 98.1 [38th of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 98.33 [14th of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 97.19 [40th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 90.26 [119th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 77.7 [130th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 55.69 [116th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 27.22 [99th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 10-14 1.76 [82nd of 89]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 19.87 [133rd of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 66.35 [74th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 61.29 [103rd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 57.93 [115th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 56.94 [119th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 50.09 [128th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 44.79 [124th of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 34.6 [138th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 26.87 [123rd of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 11.39 [142nd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 5.12 [109th of 167]
Economically active children, female 13.4 % Time series [2nd of 34]
Economically active children, male 20.4 % Time series [2nd of 34]
Economically active children, study and work 94.6 % Time series [1st of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, female 95.3 % Time series [1st of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, male 94.1 % Time series [1st of 34]
Economically active children, total 17 % Time series [2nd of 34]
Economically active children, work only 5.4 % Time series [4th of 34]
Economically active children, work only, female 4.7 % Time series [4th of 33]
Economically active children, work only, male 5.9 % Time series [4th of 34]
Employees, agriculture, female > % of female employment 40 % Time series [10th of 86]
Employees, agriculture, male > % of male employment 31.6 % Time series [16th of 86]
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 35 % Time series [2nd of 86]
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 39.6 % Time series [11th of 86]
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 24.9 % Time series [80th of 86]
Employees, services, male > % of male employment 28.8 % Time series [81st of 86]
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 34.3 % Time series [16th of 94]
Employment in industry > % of total employment 23.4 % Time series [37th of 94]
Employment in services > % of total employment 38.7 % Time series [77th of 94]
Female decision makers 4% [68th of 67]
Female economic activity 42.9% [115th of 156]
Female economic activity growth 7% [52nd of 156]
Female professionals 49% [38th of 68]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 177.7 weeks of wages Time series [5th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 38.49 % Time series [160th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 81.9 % Time series [97th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 60.81 % Time series [153rd of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 67.5 % Time series [3rd of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 16.5 % Time series [32nd of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 12.3 % Time series [29th of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 30.4 % Time series [162nd of 184]
force, total 8,402,256 Time series [51st of 184]
    force, total (per capita) 0.428 per capita Time series [112nd of 184]
Industrial workers > Female 22% [15th of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 23% [68th of 79]
Labor force 7,489,000 Time series [45th of 132]
    Labor force (per capita) 357,874.762 per million people Time series [94th of 131]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 38%, industry 17%, services 45%
Labor force > By occupation > Agriculture 34.3% Time series [9th of 32]
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 25.3% Time series [5th of 29]
Labor force > By occupation > Services 40.4% Time series [19th of 29]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date February 11, 2000
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 14 [120th of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 12 weeks
Regulation 42 [95th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 52 [101st of 123]
Regulation > Firing 40 [53rd of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 33 [88th of 123]
regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 25.56 % Time series [3rd of 39]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date December 13, 1972
Rigidity of employment index 27 Time series [117th of 166]
Service workers > Female 27% [76th of 79]
Service workers > Male 37% [73rd of 79]
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector > % of total nonagricultural employment 43.2 % Time series [69th of 174]
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 21.33 % Time series [7th of 38]
Technicians in R&D > per million people 43.67 per million people Time series [25th of 49]
Unemployment rate 6% Time series [51st of 107]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 52.8 % Time series [3rd of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 61.5 % Time series [2nd of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 43.7 % Time series [3rd of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 13.5 % Time series [16th of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 6 % Time series [50th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 8.5 % Time series [35th of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 37.1 % Time series [3rd of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 20.1 % Time series [16th of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 26.2 % Time series [8th of 77]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 257,000,000 $ Time series [47th of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 10.946 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [43rd of 166]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita) 13.095 $ per 1,000 people Time series [74th of 167]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 2,088,000,000 $ Time series [34th of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 88.931 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [28th of 165]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita) 106.393 $ per capita Time series [58th of 167]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 1,968,490,000 BoP $ Time series [21st of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 83.841 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [21st of 142]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita) 100.303 BoP $ per 1,000 people Time series [27th of 143]

SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; World Development Indicators database; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

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