Statement:
There are more unemployed in Sri Lanka than in North Korea

In the Unemployment rate rating Sri Lanka holds position #108 2021 out of 176 and North Korea is #149 out of 176 2021.
Position of Sri Lanka is worse than position of North Korea.

Referencies:

  1. Unemployment rate 2021 by Unicef
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Total unemployed' in descending order.
    North Korea 'Total unemployed' value is 2.6
    Sri Lanka 'Total unemployed' value is 4.3