Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) rose 0.291% to 48.6% in Sri Lanka in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) in Sri Lanka reached an all time high of 61.5% in 1990 and an all time low of 48.5% in 2020. When compared to Sri Lanka's main peers, Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) in India amounted to 45.6%, 64.7% in Malaysia, 56.2% in Maldives and 54.7% in Myanmar in 2021.
Sri Lanka has been ranked 145th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+), 11 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Participation Rate, Total (As % of Total Population Ages 15+) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bangladesh | % | 56.3% | 56.1% | 58.3% | 58.3% | 58.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | % | 79.6% | 81.7% | 81.4% | 81.3% | 81.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 70.3% | 70.1% | 69.8% | 69.4% | 69.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 49.8% | 49.2% | 48.6% | 48.0% | 48.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 66.6% | 66.3% | 66.8% | 67.7% | 68.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | 77.6% | 77.5% | 77.4% | 77.3% | 77.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 64.5% | 64.3% | 64.4% | 64.8% | 65.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | 56.8% | 57.6% | 57.7% | 57.5% | 57.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | 64.7% | 63.0% | 61.2% | 61.5% | 59.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 52.0% | 51.7% | 51.3% | 51.0% | 50.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 71.4% | 71.1% | 71.0% | 70.6% | 70.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 53.7% | 53.7% | 54.0% | 51.7% | 51.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | 69.2% | 68.3% | 67.5% | 67.8% | 67.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | 77.2% | 76.6% | 76.1% | 75.6% | 75.5% |
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