{
 "code": "LK.LAB.LFS.UNEMPLOYED.A",
 "name": "Unemployed ''000 Persons",
 "unit": "Thousand persons",
 "frequency": "Annual",
 "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.UNEMPLOYED.A/",
 "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": [
  {"period": "2013", "value": 352.5, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014", "value": 348.395, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015", "value": 383.496, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016", "value": 362.998677, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017", "value": 358.5, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018", "value": 372.593196, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019", "value": 411.317834, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020", "value": 467.512841, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021", "value": 440.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022", "value": 399.263723, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023", "value": 398.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2024", "value": 365.951, "status": null},
  {"period": "2025", "value": 329.0, "status": null}
 ]
}