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Sri Lanka unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
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Observation period
Q3 2024
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
16.60 % on Jun 30, 1992
Lowest
3.70 % on Dec 31, 2013

About Sri Lanka unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Source
Department of Census and Statistics
Frequency
Quarterly
Units
%
In Sri Lanka, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

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Sri Lanka in figures — see more economic indicators tied to LKUR.
LKEMP
Employed Persons
LKEMR
Employment Rate
LKLFPR
Labor Force Participation Rate
LKLWF
Living Wage Family
LKLWI
Living Wage Individual
LKMW
Minimum Wages
LKPOP
Population
LKUP
Unemployed Persons
LKUR
Unemployment Rate
LKWAG
Wages
LKWHS
Wages High Skilled
LKWLS
Wages Low Skilled
LKYUR
Youth Unemployment Rate

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate Sri Lanka unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Sri Lanka unemployment rate is 3.70%.
The highest figure Sri Lanka unemployment rate has ever reached is 16.60%.
Last quarter Sri Lanka unemployment rate was 4.20%, and the quarter before it reached 4.70%.