Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) (World Bank WDI)
World Bank indicators. % of total labor force, annual.
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Data source: World Bank, wdi_lka.zip (8 Oct 2026)
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- Source World Bank, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit % of total labor force
- Date range 1991 – 2025
- Last checked 8 Oct 2026
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- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) (World Bank WDI)
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- World Bank: World Development Indicators and International Debt Statistics (World Bank)
- Source page
- https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka
- Licence
- Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Notes
- A modelled estimate (ILO or UN) of a measure DCS also publishes; the two can differ. World Bank, World Development Indicators, SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS, Sri Lanka. Data source (as the World Bank gives it): ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: January 17, 2026 Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: The World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka.
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