Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment was 63.64 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Sri Lanka, 2010–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Sri Lanka is 63.64 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Sri Lanka peaked at 72.88 % in 2014 and was at its lowest, 63.64 %, in 2024.
Sri Lanka ranks 38th of 65 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 68.34 % | — |
| 2011 | 68.6 % | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 68.05 % | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 72.88 % | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 68.48 % | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 69.93 % | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 69.23 % | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 69.02 % | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 71.12 % | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 69.03 % | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 69.04 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 65.53 % | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 63.86 % | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 63.64 % | -0.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 63.64 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 72.61 %, 88% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 69.52 % | 68.05 % | 72.88 % | 9 |
| 2020s | 66.22 % | 63.64 % | 69.04 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Sri Lanka?
- Share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in Sri Lanka was 63.64 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 72.88 % in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.64 % in 2024.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment?
- Sri Lanka ranks 38th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment in [industry] by [sex]: Agricultural employment — Value — Female — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.