Table 062 (Labor, Employ. both Sexes)

Employed Persons by Major Industrial Groups (both Sexes) (1990-2001) (%)

Lab062e

( % )

Year

Total

Agriculture

Manufacturing

Mining & Quarrying

Electricity Gas & Water

Construction

Trade & Hotels

Transport Storage & Communication

Insurance & Real Estate

Personal Services

Not Defined

1990

100

46.7

13.3

1.6

0.6

3.9

9.6

4.1

1.3

15.7

3.2

1991

100

42.5

15.0

1.1

0.4

4.7

10.7

4.1

1.9

14.8

4.8

1992

100

42.1

13.1

1.6

0.4

4.8

11.2

4.4

1.5

16.9

4.0

1993

100

41.5

13.3

1.5

0.6

4.4

11.1

4.1

1.6

17.4

4.5

1994

100

39.5

14.3

0.8

0.6

4.1

12.2

4.7

1.8

18.1

4.0

1995

100

36.7

14.7

1.7

0.5

5.3

12.2

4.7

1.5

17.3

5.4

1996

100

35.4

15.7

1.6

0.5

5.4

12.8

4.9

2.0

18.2

3.5

1997

100

36.2

16.3

1.6

0.6

5.6

12.4

4.8

1.7

17.3

3.5

1998

100

39.4

14.9

1.4

0.6

5.0

11.6

4.9

1.9

17.1

3.2

1999 1st Quarter

100

41.3

13.7

1.1

0.5

4.5

9.4

5.4

1.4

18.0

4.7

2nd Quarter

100

35.0

14.6

1.7

0.5

5.1

12.7

4.6

1.6

19.4

4.8

3rd Quarter

100

33.8

15.4

1.1

0.5

6.1

13.1

4.9

1.6

18.7

4.8

4th Quarter

100

35.0

15.6

1.1

0.5

5.5

13.2

5.5

2.0

17.7

3.9

1999^＊

100

36.3

14.8

1.8

5.3

12.1

5.1

1.6

18.4

4.5

2000 1st Quarter

100

36.3

16.2

1.2

0.4

5.1

12.2

4.4

1.9

18.2

4.1

2nd Quarter

100

37.3

15.2

0.7

0.5

5.0

12.9

4.7

1.9

18.8

3.0

3rd Quarter

100

33.5

18.3

0.9

0.5

6.5

12.2

5.1

2.4

17.9

2.7

2000^＊

100

36.0

16.6

1.6

5.5

12.7

4.9

2.1

17.5

3.2

2001^＊

100

32.6

17.0

1.8

5.2

13.0

6.2

2.3

18.5

3.4

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.