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Employment
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Unemployment
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Wages
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Employed Population and
Employment Rate from 2000 - 2011 (Jan-June)
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Vocational
Training
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Year |
Employed Population |
Employment Rate
(% to total labour force) |
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Male |
Female |
Total |
Male |
Female |
Total |
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2000 |
4,241,477 |
2,068,667 |
6,310,145 |
94.2 |
89.0 |
92.4 |
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2001 |
4,248,877 |
1,986,711 |
6,235,588 |
93.8 |
88.5 |
92.1 |
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2002 |
4,395,164 |
2,124,250 |
6,519,415 |
93.4 |
87.1 |
91.2 |
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2003 |
4,496,136 |
2,113,330 |
6,609,466 |
94.0 |
87.7 |
91.9 |
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2004 |
4,512,082 |
2,191,924 |
6,704,006 |
94.0 |
87.9 |
91.9 |
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2005 |
4,546,397 |
2,241,722 |
6,788,119 |
94.7 |
89.3 |
92.8 |
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2006 |
4,610,643 |
2,494,679 |
7,105,322 |
95.3 |
90.3 |
93.5 |
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2007 |
4,653,067 |
2,388,807 |
7,041,874 |
95.7 |
91.0 |
94.0 |
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2008 |
4,663,277 |
2,511,429 |
7,174,706 |
96.4 |
92.0 |
94.8 |
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2009 |
4,609,198 |
2,530,339 |
7,139,537 |
95.7 |
91.8 |
94.3 |
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2010 |
4,770,376 |
2,465,265 |
7,235,641 |
96.5 |
92.5 |
95.1 |
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Jan - June, 2011 |
4,815,353 |
2,598,857 |
7,414,210 |
97.2 |
93.6 |
95.9 |
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Vocational
Training & Unemployment
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Source : Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Department of
Census & Statistics
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* Excluding Northern and Eastern province
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Employment Rate by Gender
from 2000 - 2010 (Excluding Northern & Eastern Provinces)
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Percentage Share of
Employment by Industrial Group (Based on ISIC Third Revision)
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Indus. Group No.
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Industrial Group
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2004***
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2005#
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2006*
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2007*
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2008*
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2009*
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2010* |
2011
(Jan - June)* |
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1
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Agriculture Forestry and Fishery |
33.5 |
30.7 |
32.6 |
31.3 |
32.7 |
32.5 |
32.5 |
32.9 |
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2
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Manufacturing |
17.7 |
18.4 |
19.2 |
18.9 |
18.9 |
18.2 |
17.6 |
18.0 |
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3
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Construction, Mining & Quarrying,
Electricity, Gas and Water supply |
6.4 |
7.2 |
7.4 |
7.7 |
7.4 |
7.3 |
7.0 |
6.8 |
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4
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Wholesale and Retail Trade |
12.3 |
12.0 |
13.4 |
13.2 |
12.9 |
12.8 |
13.6 |
13.7 |
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5
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Hotels and Restaurants |
1.6 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
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6
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Transport, Storage and Communication |
5.6 |
6.5 |
6.1 |
6.5 |
5.9 |
5.9 |
6.4 |
6.0 |
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7
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Financial International and Real Estate,
Renting and Business activities |
2.4 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
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8
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Public Administration and Defense |
7.2 |
6.8 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
6.4 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
6.6 |
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9
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Education |
3.7 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
3.7 |
3.9 |
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10
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Health and Social work |
1.4 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
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11 |
Other Community, Social and Personal
Services Activities Extra Territorial Organization & bodies |
1.6 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
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12 |
Private Households with Employed persons |
0.9 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
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13 |
Miscellaneous labour work |
4.4 |
4.3 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
2.1 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
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14
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Industries not Adequately Described |
1.2 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
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0.0 |
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Total
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100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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These
figures are to be treated with caution as the corresponding CV (Coefficient
of Variation) values are high |
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Source : Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Department of
Census & Statistics
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* Excluding North and Eastern
provinces
** Including Eastern province but Excluding
Northern province
***Mullativu and Kilinochchi districts were
excluded due to some problems observed in the sampling frame
# All the district are included
Note: [The tabulation groups based on ISIC (rev.3) are indicated as
A,B,C,....Q due to the limitation on reliability (based on CV), some of
these groups have been combined]
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Percentage Share of Employment by Industrial Group - 2011 (Jan-June)
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Percentage Share of Currently
Employed Persons by Occupational Group (Based on ISCO 88)
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Occu. Group No |
Occupational Group |
2004*** |
2005# |
2006* |
2007* |
2008* |
2009* |
2010* |
2011
(Jan - June)* |
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1 |
Senior Officials and Managers |
1.4 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.9 |
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2 |
Professionals |
5.5 |
6.3 |
5.3 |
5.2 |
5.8 |
5.9 |
5.5 |
6.0 |
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3 |
Technical and Associate
Professionals |
4.9 |
5.4 |
5.1 |
5.4 |
5.6 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
5.2 |
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4 |
Clerks |
4.4 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
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5 |
Proprietors and Managers of
Enterprises |
5.7 |
6.9 |
7.4 |
7.0 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
7.3 |
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6 |
Sales and Service Workers |
9.1 |
7.6 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
7.6 |
7.7 |
8.0 |
8.5 |
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7 |
Skilled Agriculture and Fishery
workers |
20.5 |
20.8 |
22.4 |
21.4 |
22.4 |
22.5 |
22.3 |
22.8 |
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8 |
Craft and Related Workers |
15.2 |
16.2 |
17.1 |
17.1 |
16.2 |
15.5 |
15.6 |
15.9 |
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9 |
Plant and Machine Operators and
Assemblers |
6.2 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
8.0 |
7.3 |
7.0 |
7.4 |
7.2 |
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10 |
Elementary Occupations |
26.4 |
23.4 |
22.2 |
22.4 |
22.0 |
22.7 |
22.7 |
20.0 |
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11 |
Unidentified |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
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Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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Source:
Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Department of Census & Statistics
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* Excluding North and Eastern provinces
** Including Eastern province but Excluding
Northern province
***Mullativu and Kilinochchi districts were
excluded due to some problems observed in the sampling frame
# All the district are included
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Percentage of Employment by Occupational Group - 2011 (Jan-June) |
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Percentage Distribution of Occupational
Nature by
main Occupational Category -
2011 (Jan-June)
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Occupation Category
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Permanent
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Temporary
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Casual
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No permanent Employer
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Total
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Senior Officials and Managers
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86.7 |
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-- |
100.0 |
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Professionals
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86.9 |
9.7 |
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100.0 |
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Technical and Associate Professionals
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83.0 |
12.3 |
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100.0 |
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Clerks
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72.5 |
21.1 |
6.1 |
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100.0 |
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Sales and Service workers |
42.0 |
38.3 |
16.8 |
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100.0 |
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Skilled Agriculture and Fishery workers.
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14.3 |
29.1 |
15.9 |
40.7 |
100.0 |
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Craft and Related workers.
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29.5 |
34.1 |
11.2 |
25.2 |
100.0 |
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Plant and Machine Operators
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37.8 |
38.0 |
16.1 |
8.2 |
100.0 |
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Elementary Workers
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27.8 |
28.3 |
12.8 |
31.1 |
100.0 |
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Unspecified
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56.4 |
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100.0 |
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Total
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44.7 |
26.6 |
10.8 |
17.9 |
100.0 |
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These figures are to be treated
with caution as the corresponding CV (Coefficient of Variation)
values are high |
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Source: QLFS, Department of Census & Statistics
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-- Negligible |
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* Excluding North provinces |
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Percentage Distribution of Occupation nature - 2011 (Jan-June)
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