Sri Lanka Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Sri Lanka increased to 4.70 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 4.60 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Unemployment Rate in Sri Lanka averaged 7.79 percent from 1991 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 16.60 percent in the second quarter of 1992 and a record low of 3.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-10-01	10:25 AM	Unemployment Rate Q2	4.6%	4.5%	4.4%
2019-01-02	10:00 AM	Unemployment Rate Q3	4.1%	4.6%
2019-04-01	07:45 AM	Unemployment Rate Q4	4.6%	4.1%	4%
2019-06-28	11:00 AM	Unemployment Rate Q1	4.7%	4.6%	5.00%
2019-09-27	11:00 AM	Unemployment Rate Q2		4.7%	4.6%
2019-12-27	11:00 AM	Unemployment Rate Q3			4.50%

Sri Lanka Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	4.70	4.60	16.60	3.70	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	8182970.00	8088448.00	8554179.00	4962105.00		[+]
Unemployed Persons	399784.00	389406.00	953794.00	282648.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	52.60	52.20	54.70	46.90	percent	[+]
Population	21.67	21.44	21.67	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	21.90	19.60	38.10	15.40	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	95.30	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	[+]

Sri Lanka Unemployment Rate

In Sri Lanka, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Sri Lanka Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Sri Lanka Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	4.70	4.60	16.60	3.70	1991 - 2019	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	29.00	Jun/19	27.6	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.02	Jun/19	14.7	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	13.00	Jun/19	12.8	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	11.80	Jul/19	12	13.7 : 6.2	%
Argentina	10.60	Jun/19	10.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
Italy	9.90	Jul/19	9.8	13.1 : 5.8	%
France	8.50	Jun/19	8.7	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.50	Jul/19	7.5	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.00	Dec/18	5	8.3 : 3.53	%
Canada	5.70	Aug/19	5.7	13.1 : 2.9	%
Saudi Arabia	5.60	Jun/19	5.7	6.3 : 4.35	%
Australia	5.30	Aug/19	5.2	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.30	Aug/19	4.5	14.1 : 4.3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	Jul/19	3.9	12 : 3.4	%
Mexico	3.70	Jul/19	3.6	6.42 : 2.22	%
United States	3.70	Aug/19	3.7	10.8 : 2.5	%
China	3.61	Jun/19	3.67	4.3 : 3.61	%
Netherlands	3.50	Aug/19	3.4	7.9 : 3.3	%
South Korea	3.10	Aug/19	4	7.1 : 3	%
Germany	3.00	Jul/19	3.1	11.5 : 0.4	%
Japan	2.20	Jul/19	2.3	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Jun/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%
Switzerland	2.10	Aug/19	2.1	5.7 : 1.5	%