The youth unemployment rate in Sri Lanka saw no significant changes in 2023 in comparison to the previous year 2022 and remained at around 25.28 percent. However, 2023 marked the second consecutive increase of the youth unemployment rate. The youth unemployment rate of a country or region refers to the share of the total workforce aged 15 to 24 that is currently without work, but actively searching for employment. It does not include economically inactive persons such as full-time students or the long-term unemployed.
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Sri Lanka: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023
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World Bank. (October 24, 2024). Sri Lanka: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/813026/youth-unemployment-rate-in-sri-lanka/
World Bank. "Sri Lanka: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023." Chart. October 24, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/813026/youth-unemployment-rate-in-sri-lanka/
World Bank. (2024). Sri Lanka: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/813026/youth-unemployment-rate-in-sri-lanka/
World Bank. "Sri Lanka: Youth Unemployment Rate from 2004 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/813026/youth-unemployment-rate-in-sri-lanka/
World Bank, Sri Lanka: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/813026/youth-unemployment-rate-in-sri-lanka/ (last visited December 25, 2024)
Sri Lanka: Youth unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 [Graph], World Bank, October 24, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/813026/youth-unemployment-rate-in-sri-lanka/