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 "code": "LK.LAB.LFS.EMPLOYED.Q",
 "name": "Employed ''000 Persons",
 "unit": "Thousand persons",
 "frequency": "Quarterly",
 "base_year": null,
 "producer": "Department of Census and Statistics",
 "publisher": "Central Bank of Sri Lanka",
 "source_url": "https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/statistical-tables",
 "latest_vintage": "2026-08-12",
 "page": "/data/series/LK.LAB.LFS.EMPLOYED.Q/",
 "notice": "Compiled by Macro Lab; not an official publication of the source agency. Provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Not investment advice.",
 "observations": [
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  {"period": "2015-Q2", "value": 7887.85, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015-Q3", "value": 7807.346, "status": null},
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  {"period": "2016-Q1", "value": 7968.93054, "status": null},
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  {"period": "2016-Q3", "value": 7999.82147, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016-Q4", "value": 8007.0, "status": null},
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  {"period": "2017-Q2", "value": 8138.72825, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017-Q3", "value": 8164.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017-Q4", "value": 8299.91075, "status": null},
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  {"period": "2018-Q2", "value": 7970.15354, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018-Q3", "value": 8040.70357, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018-Q4", "value": 8088.44755, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019-Q1", "value": 8182.96951, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019-Q2", "value": 8203.01788, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019-Q3", "value": 8155.34106, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019-Q4", "value": 8181.44196, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020-Q1", "value": 8020.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020-Q2", "value": 7976.99979, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020-Q3", "value": 7967.69523, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020-Q4", "value": 8031.23252, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021-Q1", "value": 8181.49093, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021-Q2", "value": 8082.30283, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021-Q3", "value": 8043.868, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021-Q4", "value": 8146.36697, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022-Q1", "value": 8389.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022-Q2", "value": 8177.045, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022-Q3", "value": 8010.34, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022-Q4", "value": 8015.006, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023-Q1", "value": 8199.792, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023-Q2", "value": 8014.492, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023-Q3", "value": 8006.25, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023-Q4", "value": 7819.131, "status": null},
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  {"period": "2024-Q2", "value": 7988.626, "status": null},
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  {"period": "2024-Q4", "value": 8069.8915, "status": null},
  {"period": "2025-Q1", "value": 8139.605, "status": null},
  {"period": "2025-Q2", "value": 8172.638, "status": null},
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  {"period": "2025-Q4", "value": 8465.8081, "status": null},
  {"period": "2026-Q1", "value": 8103.0, "status": null}
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}