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Sri Lanka: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

53.80percent · 2025-7.1% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202553.798
202453.743
202352.25
202254.64
202154.717
202055.114
201956.817
201856.264
201758.362
201658.013
201557.912
201455.681
201355.855
201256.349
201156.636
201056.973
200957.154
200857.338
200757.524
200657.715
200557.911
200458.113
200358.319
200258.524
200158.734
200058.954
199960.794
199862.434
199758.51
199658.671
199558.081
199460.413
199360.011
199259.876
199162.467
199064.99

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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