While Sri Lanka's overall unemployment is low, disparity between genders and levels of education existOBGplus
Sri Lanka’s robust economic growth in recent years has boosted job creation, but the country still faces the challenges of high youth unemployment on one hand and skills shortages on the other. On The Job The number of people employed in Sri Lanka rose by 1.5% in 2016 to nearly 7.9m, up from 7.8m in 2015, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL). Job growth was driven by the industry…