# Employment-population ratio, ages 15 and over in Sri Lanka

Employment-population ratio, ages 15 and over in Sri Lanka was 46.6% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `employment_population_ratio_15_plus`
- Place id: `lk`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Employed people as a percentage of the population aged 15 and over. ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, annual.
- Note: A separate series from employment_population_ratio, which is the US civilian series for ages 16 and over from the Current Population Survey. This one covers ages 15 and over for countries and the World.
- Source: World Bank, Employment to population ratio, 15+, total, %, modeled ILO estimate (SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Employment to population ratio, 15+, total, %, modeled ILO estimate (SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employment-population-ratio-15-plus/sri-lanka
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employment_population_ratio_15_plus&place=lk

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 46.6 |
| 2024 | 46.5 |
| 2023 | 45.3 |
| 2022 | 47.5 |
| 2021 | 47.4 |
| 2020 | 47.8 |
| 2019 | 49.8 |
| 2018 | 49.5 |
| 2017 | 51.8 |
| 2016 | 51.4 |
| 2015 | 51.2 |
| 2014 | 49.5 |
| 2013 | 49.9 |
| 2012 | 50.5 |
| 2011 | 50.7 |
| 2010 | 50.7 |
| 2009 | 50.4 |
| 2008 | 50.9 |
| 2007 | 50.8 |
| 2006 | 50.7 |
| 2005 | 50.3 |
| 2004 | 50.1 |
| 2003 | 50.4 |
| 2002 | 50.3 |
| 2001 | 51 |
| 2000 | 51.3 |
| 1999 | 52.2 |
| 1998 | 53.4 |
| 1997 | 49.4 |
| 1996 | 49.1 |
| 1995 | 48.1 |
| 1994 | 49.6 |
| 1993 | 48.9 |
| 1992 | 48.6 |
| 1991 | 50.4 |