Sri Lanka Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in Sri Lanka increased to 52.20 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 51.80 percent in the third quarter of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in Sri Lanka averaged 50.39 percent from 1990 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 54.70 percent in the first quarter of 2017 and a record low of 46.90 percent in the third quarter of 1992.

Labor Force Participation Rate in Sri Lanka is expected to be 53.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Labor Force Participation Rate in Sri Lanka to stand at 53.80 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Sri Lanka Labor Force Participation Rate is projected to trend around 51.90 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

Sri Lanka Labor Force Participation Rate

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Sri Lanka Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	4.60	4.10	16.60	3.70	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	8088448.00	8040704.00	8554179.00	4962105.00		[+]
Unemployed Persons	389406.00	346998.00	953794.00	282648.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	52.20	51.80	54.70	46.90	percent	[+]
Population	21.44	21.20	21.44	9.87	Million	[+]
Wages High Skilled	57500.00	60800.00	60800.00	52900.00	LKR/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	21500.00	23500.00	23500.00	21500.00	LKR/Month	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	19.60	22.50	38.10	15.40	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	95.90	95.40	96.30	91.00	percent	[+]
Living Wage Family	52100.00	52100.00	52100.00	52100.00	LKR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	29100.00	29100.00	29100.00	29100.00	LKR/Month	[+]
Minimum Wages	10000.00	10000.00	10000.00	10000.00	LKR/Month	[+]

The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides - Sri Lanka Labor Force Participation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Sri Lanka Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	52.20	51.80	54.70	46.90	1990 - 2018	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.20	Feb/19	79.3	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Mar/19	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Apr/19	71	71.1 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.50	Sep/18	68.4	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Canada	65.90	Apr/19	65.7	67.7 : 61.4	%
Australia	65.80	Apr/19	65.6	65.8 : 60.1	%
Italy	65.70	Mar/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	63.60	Apr/19	63.1	63.9 : 48.5	%
United States	62.80	Apr/19	63	67.3 : 58.1	%
Russia	62.10	Feb/19	61.9	70.3 : 61.9	%
Japan	61.90	Mar/19	61.4	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	61.70	Mar/19	61.6	61.9 : 60.8	%
Germany	61.50	Sep/18	60.9	61.7 : 56.9	%
Mexico	60.00	Mar/19	59.2	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	58.80	Mar/19	59.4	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.35	Mar/19	58.61	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.30	Sep/18	57.2	57.3 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	55.90	Dec/18	56.4	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.20	Feb/19	52.9	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9 : 50.9	%
Argentina	46.50	Dec/18	46.7	46.9 : 44.5	%