+94 112 104 800
Introduction:
The main responsibility of the Labour Statistics Division is to provide accurate and timely statistical information needed by the Department of Labour to make sound evidence-based decisions.
Main Functions of Labour Statistics Division
✔ Issuance of “Annual Survey of Private and Semi-Government Sector Employment”
The report contains information on employment, working hours, earnings, and labour cost borne by employers in the private and semi-government sectors. To collect the necessary data for this purpose, a sample survey, selected according to the statistical methodology is conducted annually by the Labour Statistics Division.
✔ Issuance of “Outlook on Labour Needs of Private and Semi-Government Sector”
The Labour Statistics Division releases information on labour needs in the private and semi-government sectors by occupation, gender, age, and required qualifications based on a sample survey selected according to statistical methodology from 2023 onwards. For the year 2022, due to bad situation that existed in the country, this survey was started as research using a google form.
✔ Issuance of “Labour Statistics” annual report
The report is prepared with the support of many government agencies including the Department of Census and Statistics, and the Department of Labour and includes information on Sri Lanka’s population, labour supply, earnings and living standards, and the enforcement of labour laws.
✔ Issuance of National Labour Indices
✔ Issuance of relevant data as per request by national and international institutions.
Contact Details
| Contact | Number/Details |
|---|---|
| Deputy Director | +94 112 104 876 |
| Statistician 1 | +94 112 104 884 |
| Statistician 2 | +94 112 104 883 |
| Statistics Division | +94 112 104 877 |
| stat@labourdept.gov.lk | |
| Fax | +94 112 368 055 |