World Bank Group data on Sri Lanka's labor supply, including employed and unemployed individuals seeking work. The dataset likely contains indicators compiled by the International Labour Organization from surveys, censuses, and administrative records. It was last updated on HDX in April 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze labor force participation rates based on the described categories of employed and unemployed workers.
- Model unemployment trends based on data sourced from labor force surveys and administrative records.
- Benchmark social protection policies using indicators compiled from multiple international sources.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from the World Bank, a major international institution.
- Compilation methods include labor force surveys, censuses, and administrative records, suggesting multiple data sources.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Compiled by the International Labour Organization from labor force surveys, censuses, establishment censuses and surveys, and administrative records.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 06:20:48.611521; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Sri Lanka