Employers, female (% of female employment) in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Employers, female (% of female employment) was 1.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Sri Lanka, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 1.0% for employers, female (% of female employment) in 2025.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, female (% of female employment) in Sri Lanka peaked at 1.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2001.
That places Sri Lanka 145th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.9% | — |
| 1992 | 0.9% | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.9% | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.9% | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.9% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.9% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.9% | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.6% | -30.7% |
| 1999 | 0.6% | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | +31.3% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | -35.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | +53.5% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | +15.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | -13.4% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | +27.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +16.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -17.7% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -21.2% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | +27.3% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 1.0% | +0.7% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 44% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 1.0% is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.6%, 1.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, female (% of female employment) in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +53.5% | 0.5% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More work & labour data for Sri Lanka
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.5555 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.5407 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.5702 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.3 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,575 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 14,218 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 10,672 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 10,578 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 21,249 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, female (% of female employment) in Sri Lanka?
- Employers, female (% of female employment) in Sri Lanka was 1.0% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2001.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for employers, female (% of female employment)?
- Sri Lanka ranks 145th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, female (% of female 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 rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).