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Table 064 (Labor, Employ. both Sexes)
Employed Persons by Major Occupational Groups both Sexes) (1990-2001) (%) 
Lab064e  ( % )
Year Total Senior Officials & Managers Professionals Technicians & Associate Professionals Clerks Sales & Service Workers Skilled Agricultural & Fishery Workers Craft & Related Workers Plant & Machine Operators & Assemblers Elementary Occupations Unidentified
1990 100 0.4 4.6 3.2 3.4 9.2 29.2 11.8 5.4 32.6 0.2
1991 100 1.8 4.6 3.2 4.1 9.7 24.9 13.8 4.1 33.5 0.3
1992 100 2.4 5.1 3.2 3.7 9.6 29.2 15.2 4.2 23.1 4.2
1993 100 1.4 5.9 3.7 4.0 10.3 30.6 14.4 4.8 21.5 3.3
1994 100 1.3 5.3 3.3 4.6 12.2 25.2 15.7 4.8 24.1 3.6
1995 100 1.5 5.5 3.4 4.8 12.3 24.7 15.7 4.3 26.1 1.7
1996 100 1.3 5.6 3.9 4.7 11.8 23.5 16.2 5.1 25.8 2.1
1997 100 1.7 5.4 4.2 4.6 11.7 22.7 15.7 6.1 25.6 2.4
1998 100 1.5 5.4 4.3 4.0 12.0 24.9 14.3 5.8 25.3 2.6
1999  1st Quarter 100 1.0 5.1 4.6 4.0 10.1 28.0 13.9 6.1 23.7 3.4
2nd Quarter 100 1.3 5.8 5.4 4.7 13.4 22.5 15.2 5.9 22.2 3.7
3rd Quarter 100 1.1 5.3 5.1 4.0 13.9 19.3 15.4 6.1 25.2 4.4
4th Quarter 100 1.5 5.7 5.1 4.0 12.7 18.8 14.7 5.9 27.2 4.5
1999* 100 1.2 5.5 5.0 4.2 12.5 22.1 14.8 6.0 24.7 4.0
2000  1st Quarter 100 1.2 5.1 4.8 4.0 13.2 24.8 15.3 5.1 23.3 3.2
2nd Quarter 100 1.1 5.5 5.0 3.9 11.4 27.9 15.1 5.1 23.3 1.9
3rd Quarter 100 1.3 6.1 4.4 4.3 11.7 23.9 17.8 5.9 22.9 1.7
2000* 100 1.2 5.4 4.8 4.1 12.1 25.7 16.1 5.5 23.1 2.1
2001* 100 1.4 5.7 5.5 4.8 12.5 22.8 15.9 6.6 22.8 2.0
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
   Sri Lanka Labor Force Survey ( Quarterly Report ) 2000 , Census & Statistics Department
*: Sri Lanka Labor Force Survey Department of Census And Statistics
Revised:  2008(y)/03(m)/10(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
      Head, Department of Management Studies
      University of Peradeniya.