ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in forestry and in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in forestry and was 0.5 % in 2023. ◆ Volatile
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in forestry and in Sri Lanka, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.5 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in forestry and in 2023.
That represents a change of up 13.6% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in forestry and in Sri Lanka peaked at 41.54 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.34 %, in 2021.
Sri Lanka ranks 61st of 71 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in forestry and in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 41.54 % | — |
| 2011 | 40.2 % | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.67 % | -98.3% |
| 2014 | 0.37 % | -44.8% |
| 2015 | 0.42 % | +13.5% |
| 2016 | 0.48 % | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 0.39 % | -18.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5 % | +28.2% |
| 2019 | 0.49 % | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4 % | -18.4% |
| 2021 | 0.34 % | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 0.44 % | +29.4% |
| 2023 | 0.5 % | +13.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.45 % | 0.37 % | 41.54 % | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.42 % | 0.34 % | 0.5 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 58 Costa Rica 0.62 % compare
- 59 Zimbabwe 0.58 % compare
- 60 Kyrgyzstan 0.51 % compare
- 62 Pakistan 0.47 % compare
- 62 Senegal 0.47 % compare
- 64 Bangladesh 0.41 % compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 20.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0024 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate 13.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in forestry and in Sri Lanka?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in forestry and in Sri Lanka was 0.5 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in forestry and recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 41.54 % in 2010.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in forestry and recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.34 % in 2021.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in forestry and?
- Sri Lanka ranks 61st out of 71 countries with data for 2023.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment in forestry and rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in forestry and logging — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.