Unemployment rate: Sri Lanka
4.005% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.005 |
| 2024 | 4.239 |
| 2023 | 4.528 |
| 2022 | 4.528 |
| 2021 | 4.981 |
| 2020 | 5.364 |
| 2019 | 4.67 |
| 2018 | 4.318 |
| 2017 | 4.046 |
| 2016 | 4.242 |
| 2015 | 4.519 |
| 2014 | 4.157 |
| 2013 | 4.186 |
| 2012 | 3.88 |
| 2011 | 4.118 |
| 2010 | 4.784 |
| 2009 | 5.85 |
| 2008 | 5.22 |
| 2007 | 5.97 |
| 2006 | 6.5 |
| 2005 | 7.67 |
| 2004 | 8.38 |
| 2003 | 8.22 |
| 2002 | 8.76 |
| 2001 | 7.9 |
| 2000 | 7.74 |
| 1999 | 8.88 |
| 1998 | 9.17 |
| 1997 | 10.6 |
| 1996 | 11.35 |
| 1995 | 12.27 |
| 1994 | 13.03 |
| 1993 | 13.82 |
| 1992 | 14.22 |
| 1991 | 14.661 |