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Employment by economic sector in Sri Lanka 2017

Sri Lanka: Distribution of employment by economic sector from 2007 to 2017

The data displays the distribution of employment in Sri Lanka by economic sector from 2007 to 2017. In 2017, 26.68% of the employees in Sri Lanka were active in the agricultural sector, 25.65% in industry and 47.67% in the service sector.

2007	31.27	26.61	38.67
2008	32.68	26.31	26.79
2009	32.57	25.13	39.55
2010	32.7	24.22	40.4
2011	33.04	24.12	42.79
2012	30.99	26.07	42.93
2013	29.75	26.16	44.09
2014	28.49	26.47	45.05
2015	28.09	25.54	46.37
2016	27.52	25.45	47.03
2017	26.68	25.65	47.67

Employment by economic sector in Sri Lanka 2017

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