Sri Lanka Labor Force Participation
Sri Lanka labor force participation data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 48.52%.
Sri Lanka · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
Sri Lanka · labor force participation data as percent of GDP.
Countries by labor force participation
full rankingData Navigator
Countries, indicators and comparisons
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Sri Lanka recorded 48.52% for Labor Force Participation in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator decreased by 0.08 percentage points, from 48.60% to 48.52%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (50.63%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 47.40% in 2023 and the high was 53.99% in 2017.