Sri Lanka - Employment in industry

Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sri Lanka was 25.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 31.68 in 1991, while its lowest value was 22.68 in 1998.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 31.68
1992 23.27
1993 23.41
1994 26.65
1995 29.71
1996 24.96
1997 24.93
1998 22.68
1999 23.05
2000 23.43
2001 23.41
2002 23.47
2003 23.81
2004 24.15
2005 24.55
2006 24.92
2007 25.22
2008 25.54
2009 25.80
2010 25.80
2011 25.88
2012 26.07
2013 25.32
2014 26.15
2015 25.45
2016 25.55
2017 27.23
2018 26.03
2019 25.87

Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sri Lanka was 28.89 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 29.00 in 2017, while its lowest value was 17.24 in 1994.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 24.27
1992 18.62
1993 20.19
1994 17.24
1995 22.72
1996 22.55
1997 24.06
1998 23.28
1999 23.39
2000 23.69
2001 23.37
2002 23.37
2003 23.65
2004 23.92
2005 24.32
2006 24.85
2007 25.26
2008 25.62
2009 25.86
2010 25.43
2011 25.74
2012 26.07
2013 26.34
2014 26.42
2015 25.93
2016 26.81
2017 29.00
2018 28.91
2019 28.89

Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Sri Lanka was 27.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 28.41 in 2017, while its lowest value was 20.02 in 1992.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 26.58
1992 20.02
1993 21.15
1994 20.12
1995 24.82
1996 23.27
1997 24.32
1998 23.08
1999 23.28
2000 23.61
2001 23.38
2002 23.41
2003 23.70
2004 23.99
2005 24.40
2006 24.88
2007 25.25
2008 25.59
2009 25.84
2010 25.55
2011 25.79
2012 26.07
2013 26.00
2014 26.33
2015 25.77
2016 26.39
2017 28.41
2018 27.94
2019 27.87

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity