Labour Force
Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey was designed to measure the levels and trends of employment, unemployment and labour force in Sri Lanka. This survey is being conducted quarterly by the Sample Survey division since the first quarter of 1990. Survey Questionnaire used to collect data on labour force, and international classification of Industries and Occupations are given below.
Sample Surveys Division : Tel: + 94 11 2147458, e-mail: sample.survey@statistics.gov.lk
Department of Census & Statistics,
"Sankayana Mandiraya",
No. 306/71,
Polduwa Road,
Battaramulla.
"Sankayana Mandiraya",
No. 306/71,
Polduwa Road,
Battaramulla.
Labour Force
- Explanatory Notes: Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (2013 Onward)
- Explanatory Notes: Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (Before 2013)
- Survey Schedule - Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (2013 Onward)
- Survey Schedule - Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (Before 2013)
- Sri Lanka Standard Classification of Industry Revision - 4
- Sri Lanka Standard Classification of Industry Revision - 3
- Sri Lanka Standard Classification of Occupation (SLSCO - 08)
- Intenational Standard Classification of Occupation (ISCO - 88)
Other Tables
Other Tables
- District and Provincial level tables of the Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey 2004
- Employment and Unemployment in Sri Lanka
- Historical table of labour force status (current) of the household population 10 years and over -Both sexes, Males, Females
- Labour force participation rate by province (from 1996 to 2000)
- Unemployment rate by province (from 1996 to 2000)