El Salvador vs Guatemala: Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total)
El Salvador
69.6%
in 2018
Guatemala
78.3%
in 2017
El Salvador rank
5th
Guatemala rank
2nd
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) over time
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 78.3% against 69.6% in El Salvador, a difference of 8.7%.
That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
Across all 8 years both countries report, Guatemala has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 5th and Guatemala ranks 2nd of 27 countries.
Guatemala has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher informal employment by sector and gender (% of total), El Salvador or Guatemala?
- Guatemala, at 78.3% against 69.6% in El Salvador as of 2017.
- What is the difference in informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) between El Salvador and Guatemala?
- 8.7%, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guatemala?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2017.
- How do El Salvador and Guatemala rank globally for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total)?
- El Salvador ranks 5th and Guatemala ranks 2nd of 27 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/, published as Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Non-agriculture - Female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This indicator presents the share of non-agriculture (female) employment which is classified as informal employment in the total economy. Data is taken from the United Nations Sustainable Goals, representing Indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex.