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Labour Force Survey - Annual Report 2015
Sri Lanka
Labour Force Survey
Annual Report - 2015
(With Provincial and District level data)
Department of Census and Statistics
Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs
Labour Force Survey - Annual Report 2015
Labour Force Survey - Annual Report 2015
Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey
Annual Report - 2015
(With Provincial and District level data)
Department of Census and Statistics
Ministry of National Policies & Economic Affairs
Labour Force Survey - Annual Report 2015
ISBN 978-955-577-997-5
Labour Force Survey - Annual Report 2015
Preface
In the past, information on labour force characteristics, employment and unemployment etc. were collected through
labour force and socio - economic surveys conducted at five yearly time intervals. However, the employment and
unemployment data are required at very short intervals to monitor the programs implemented in the employment
generating policies of the government. Therefore, to satisfy this need, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS)
designed a labour force survey (LFS) on a quarterly basis, to measure the levels and trends of employment,
unemployment and labour force in Sri Lanka on a continuous basis. This survey was commenced from the first quarter of
1990 and is being continued by the DCS.
Though certain changes were made over the years to improve the accuracy and usefulness of the data, most of the survey
concepts and methods are very similar to those introduced at the beginning of the survey in 1990.
Beginning in January 2006, some significant improvements were made to the labour force survey schedule focusing on
literacy, household economic activities, informal sector employment and underemployment etc. This revised version had
been continued until 2012. In 2013, new improvements were done for the structure of this survey schedule. Some
conceptual and classification changes were also incorporated. For example aged 15 and above population is considered as
working age population. Also for the first time a re-weighting is applied to LFS data series from 2011 onward. This was
done in order to adjust the estimated population figures with 2012 Census of Population & Housing and mid- year
population estimates of Register General‟s Office. This report consists with reweighted statistics.
Field work of the survey was carried out from January to December 2015, for 12 months period in all districts. This
report is based on a sample of 25,000 housing units and provides national, provincial and district level estimates with a
stipulated standard errors of labour force characteristics as reported in the relevant reference period.
A.J. Satharasinghe
Director General
Department of Census and Statistics
Department of Census and Statistics,
„Sankyana Mandiraya‟
No.306/71
Polduwa Road,
Battaramulla.
17 / 11 / 2016.
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Labour Force Survey - Annual Report 2015
Acknowledgements
This “Annual Report of the Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey, 2015” with provincial and district level data is
based on the total annual sample of 25,000 housing units, covering all districts of the country.
Planning and execution of the survey was done by staff of the Sample Survey Division under the direction of
Mr. H.R.Dias, Director, Sample Surveys Division and Mr. M.D. Sunil Senanayake Deputy Director, Sample
Surveys Division.
The survey activities were organized and supervised by Mrs. W.A.C.Wijebandara, Mr. K.S.R.L.Senadeera,
Mrs. M.D.D.D.Deepawansa, Mrs. C.Jayawickrama, Mr. A.K.D.C.N.S.Karunarathna, Mr. K.Weerasiri, Mrs.
U.S.Dilrukshi, Mr. M.L.K.P.Kumara, Ms. M.W.L.C.M. Chandrarathne Statisticians & Senior Statistician,
of the sample surveys division.
The computer data processing and final tabulations were done by Mrs. W.A.S.M.P. Gunasekara, Mr.
A.M.A.E.Atapattu, Statistical Officers and Mrs. A.N. Ekanayake, Statistical Assistant of the Sample Surveys
Division, under the supervision of Mrs. W.A.C.Wijebandara, Statistician. The statistical officers, statistical
assistants, Information and Communication Technology assistants, Data Entry Officers/Coding clerks and
development officers (iii), of the sample survey division are acknowledged for their valuable contribution
during the whole survey process.
The Information & Communication Technology Division, under the direction of Mr. S.A.S. Bandulasena,
Additional Director General (ICT) and under the supervision of Mr. P.M.R.Fernando, Deputy Director
(ICT) and Mr. W.H.P.N. Weerasiri Deputy Director (ICT), was responsible for the survey data entry and
preparation of data entry and computer edits programmes. Data entry was decentralized and manual editing,
coding & data entry were done by responsible officers at district secretariats in all districts. Developing of
sample selection programme and its related computer software was done by Mr. K.M.R. Wickramasinghe,
Deputy Director (ICT).
This publication was organized and prepared by Mrs. W.A.C. Wijebandara Statistician, Sample Surveys
Division, assisted by Mrs. W.A.S.M.P. Gunasekara, Mr. A.M.A.E.Atapattu, Statistical officers & Mrs.
Asanthi Ekanayaka, Statistical Assistant. Mr. H.L.R Perera, Statistical officer prepared the thematic maps of
the report.
District staff of the Department who worked on the survey deserves a special word of thanks, The Deputy
Directors/ Senior Statisticians/ Statisticians supervised the survey and field Statistical Officers, worked hard
at the data collection stage, to make this survey a success. Printing of the report was done at the staff of
Printing Division, under the supervision of Mr. M.J.M Fernando, Statistician.
Finally, I wish to express my appreciation to all the respondents of the survey for their valuable cooperation.
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SUMMARY STATISTICS
Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey - 2015
Summary Statistics on Labour Force Characteristics
All districts are included
15 years & over population
Indicator
Total
Male
Female
Urban
Rural
15,281,945
7,036,945
8,245,001
2,578,460
12,703,486
Labour force in this age group
8,214,473
5,255,593
2,958,880
1,253,519
6,960,954
Labour force participation rate
53.8
74.7
35.9
48.6
54.8
7,830,976
5,097,798
2,733,178
1,196,449
6,634,527
95.3
97.0
92.4
95.4
95.3
383,496
157,795
225,702
57,070
326,427
4.7
3.0
7.6
4.6
4.7
7,067,473
1,781,352
5,286,121
1,324,940
5,742,532
Total
Male
Female
Urban
Rural
13,745,751
6,262,880
7,482,871
2,327,767
11,417,985
Labour force in this age group
7,983,680
5,103,139
2,880,542
1,221,809
6,761,871
Labour force participation rate
58.1
81.5
38.5
52.5
59.2
7,655,740
4,979,641
2,676,099
1,170,002
6,485,739
95.9
97.6
92.9
95.8
95.9
327,940
123,498
204,442
51,807
276,132
4.1
2.4
7.1
4.2
4.1
5,762,071
1,159,741
4,602,330
1,105,958
4,656,113
Population (15 years & over)
Employed population
Employment rate
Unemployed population
Unemployment rate
Not in labour force
20 years & over population
Indicator
Population (20 years & over)
Employed population
Employment rate
Unemployed population
Unemployment rate
Not in labour force
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Labour Force Survey - Annual Report 2015
Selected Labour Force Indicators …
Year
Indicator
20061
20071
20082
20092
20102
20113
20123
20133
20143
20153
Labour force participation rate
By Gender
Total
57.1
55.5
55.1
54.1
53.4
52.9
52.5
53.7
53.2
53.8
Male
76.7
76.2
76.1
74.7
75.0
74.0
74.9
74.9
74.6
74.7
Female
39.5
37.0
36.6
36.2
34.4
34.3
32.9
35.4
34.6
35.9
Total
57.1
55.5
55.1
54.1
53.4
52.9
52.5
53.7
53.2
53.8
Urban
50.5
50.0
50.8
48.4
46.8
47.8
48.3
47.7
48.7
48.6
Rural
58.1
56.3
55.7
54.9
54.4
53.8
53.4
54.9
54.1
54.8
Total
6.5
6.0
5.4
5.9
4.9
4.2
4.0
4.4
4.3
4.7
Male
4.7
4.3
3.7
4.3
3.5
2.7
2.8
3.2
3.1
3.0
Female
9.7
9.0
8.4
8.6
7.7
7.1
6.3
6.6
6.5
7.6
By residential sector
Unemployment Rate
By Gender
By selected age Group (Year)
20 – 29
15.9
15.0
13.7
15.4
13.8
12.4
11.3
13.1
13.6
14.2
20 – 24
21.0
21.1
18.1
21.4
19.1
17.7
16.7
19.3
19.9
19.7
25 – 29
11.0
9.4
9.5
10.3
9.2
7.7
6.6
7.6
8.2
9.4
By selected educational level
A/L & above
Total
11.6
11.8
10.5
11.2
11.6
9.1
7.6
8.7
8.2
9.2
Male
6.9
6.6
6.0
7.0
7.8
5.4
4.6
5.7
5.4
4.7
16.8
17.5
15.3
15.5
15.8
13.2
10.8
11.8
11.1
13.5
Female
Employed population
By Gender
Total
7,084,346
7,026,733
7,628,683
7,579,835
7,696,142
7,591,591
7,488,704
7,681,279
7,700,489
7,830,976
Male
4,596,634
4,643,931
5,018,954
4,949,825
5,125,763
5,061,214
5,046,057
5,024,340
5,075,426
5,097,798
Female
2,487,711
2,382,801
2,609,729
2,630,010
2,570,379
2,530,377
2,442,647
2,656,938
2,625,064
2,733,178
7,026,733
7,628,683
7,579,835
7,696,142
7,591,591
7,488,704
7,681,279
7,700,489
7,830,976
By industry (Percentage)
Total
7,084,346
%
Agriculture
%
Industry
%
Services
%
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
2,269,752
2,192,739
2,474,446
2,459,824
2,512,546
2,511,266
2,333,342
2,321,215
2,222,859
2,244,547
32.0
31.2
32.4
32.5
32.6
33.1
31.2
30.2
28.9
28.7
1,887,984
1,870,971
2,002,805
1,904,722
1,864,538
1,819,608
1,940,615
1,996,730
2,027,426
2,018,171
26.7
26.6
26.3
25.1
24.2
24.0
25.9
26
26.3
25.8
2,926,609
2,963,022
3,151,432
3,215,289
3,319,059
3,260,717
3,214,746
3,363,334
3,450,205
3,568,259
41.3
42.2
41.3
42.4
43.1
43.0
42.9
43.8
44.8
45.6
By no. of hours worked per week (percentage)
Total
0#
1–9
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
6.7
6.5
7.2
7.9
6.0
5.2
4.5
5.2
5.2
5.5
1.8
1.5
2.1
2.2
1.7
1.7
1.1
1.8
1.3
1.7
10 – 39
28.5
28.3
28.9
28.8
28.4
29.9
26.1
27.5
27.6
27.2
40 & above
63.0
63.8
61.8
61.2
63.9
63.2
68.3
65.5
65.9
65.7
1
3
Excluding Northern & Eastern Provinces
All Island
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Labour Force Survey - Annual Report 2015
Selected Labour Force Indicators …
(Excluding Northern & Eastern provinces)
Year
Indicator
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Labour force participation rate
By Gender
Total
57.1
55.5
55.7
54.5
53.8
48.9
48.2
54.9
54.2
54.9
Male
76.7
76.2
76.1
74.6
75.0
66.7
67.2
75.1
74.7
75.1
Female
39.5
37.0
37.8
37.1
35.3
32.9
31.3
37.6
36.3
37.7
Total
57.1
55.5
55.7
54.5
53.8
48.9
48.2
54.9
54.2
54.9
Urban
50.5
50.0
51.0
48.7
47.2
44.7
44.5
48.4
49.5
49.5
Rural
58.1
56.3
56.3
55.2
54.8
49.5
49.0
56.2
55.1
56.0
Total
6.5
6.0
5.2
5.7
4.9
4.0
3.8
4.4
4.2
4.6
Male
4.7
4.3
3.6
4.3
3.5
2.7
2.8
3.2
3.2
3.0
Female
9.7
9.0
8.0
8.2
7.5
6.3
5.8
6.3
6.2
7.2
By residential sector
Unemployment Rate
By Gender
By selected age Group (Year)
20 – 29
15.9
15.0
13.2
15.1
13.7
11.9
10.8
13.1
13.6
14.0
20 – 24
21.0
21.1
17.8
21.0
18.9
17.5
15.9
19.6
20.3
19.7
25 – 29
11.0
9.4
9.0
10.1
9.1
7.1
6.3
7.5
8.0
9.2
11.8
9.9
10.8
11.3
8.4
7.0
8.3
7.9
8.9
By selected educational level
A/L & above
Total
11.6
Male
6.9
6.6
5.6
6.6
7.5
5.1
3.9
5.4
4.9
4.4
16.8
17.5
14.4
15.1
15.6
12.1
10.2
11.3
10.8
13.0
Total
7,084,346
7,026,733
7,157,478
7,117,721
7,225,421
6,804,823
6,689,285
6,881,240
6,872,019
7,008,828
Male
4,596,634
4,643,931
4,650,504
4,596,392
4,764,384
4,441,645
4,432,723
4,405,682
4,453,376
4,481,712
Female
2,487,711
2,382,801
2,506,974
2,521,329
2,461,037
2,363,178
2,256,562
2,475,558
2,418,643
2,527,116
7,084,346
7,026,733
7,157,478
7,117,721
7,225,421
6,804,823
6,689,285
6,881,240
6,872,019
7,008,828
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
2,269,752
2,192,739
2,330,632
2,303,069
2,346,469
2,242,022
2,063,666
2,057,029
1,968,559
1,991,001
32.0
31.2
32.6
32.4
32.5
32.9
30.9
29.9
28.6
28.4
1,887,984
1,870,971
1,886,612
1,817,306
1,774,935
1,680,282
1,773,970
1,824,111
1,847,708
1,842,086
26.7
26.6
26.4
25.5
24.6
24.7
26.5
26.5
26.9
26.3
2,926,609
2,963,022
2,940,235
2,997,345
3,104,017
2,882,519
2,851,649
3,000,100
3,055,752
3,175,740
41.3
42.2
41.1
42.1
43.0
42.4
42.6
43.6
44.5
45.3
Female
Employed population
By Gender
By industry (Percentage)
Total
%
Agriculture
%
Industry
%
Services
%
By no. of hours worked per week (percentage)
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
6.7
6.5
7.4
7.9
6.1
5.2
4.6
10.0
5.3
5.7
1.8
1.5
2.2
2.3
1.7
1.8
1.2
20.0
1.4
1.7
10 – 39
28.5
28.3
29.2
28.9
28.6
30.0
25.8
30.0
27.4
27.0
40 & above
63.0
63.8
61.3
60.9
63.6
63.0
68.5
40.0
65.9
65.5
Total
0
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