Jobless rate down

Sri Lanka's unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent in the second quarter 2010. This latest data was released after surveys were conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics in April, May and June 2010. The survey was not conducted in the Northern Province. The unemployment rate in 2009 was 5.7 percent.

The survey results revealed that the estimated economically active population (or labour force) was about 8.1 million in second quarter 2010. Of which 65.8 percent were males and 34.2 percent were females.www.priu.gov.lk