Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary in El Salvador

El Salvador: Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary was 0.5% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.5%
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
16th
of 29 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2000
All-time low
0.5%
in 2017
Years of data
20
1991–2017

Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary in El Salvador, 1991–2017

00.20.40.60.81991200420171991: 0.762 % of employed population with high education in working age1995: 0.58 % of employed population with high education in working age1996: 0.679 % of employed population with high education in working age1998: 0.65 % of employed population with high education in working age1999: 0.67 % of employed population with high education in working age2000: 0.778 % of employed population with high education in working age2001: 0.772 % of employed population with high education in working age2002: 0.772 % of employed population with high education in working age2003: 0.615 % of employed population with high education in working age2004: 0.74 % of employed population with high education in working age2005: 0.592 % of employed population with high education in working age2006: 0.743 % of employed population with high education in working age2007: 0.745 % of employed population with high education in working age2008: 0.769 % of employed population with high education in working age2009: 0.745 % of employed population with high education in working age2012: 0.709 % of employed population with high education in working age2014: 0.555 % of employed population with high education in working age2015: 0.542 % of employed population with high education in working age2016: 0.514 % of employed population with high education in working age2017: 0.51 % of employed population with high education in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of employed population with high education in working age.

Analysis

The most recent figure for employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary in El Salvador is 0.5%, measured in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 31.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary in El Salvador peaked at 0.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2017.

El Salvador ranks 16th of 29 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.

Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2017.
Year % of employed population with high education in working age Change
1991 0.8%
1995 0.6% -23.8%
1996 0.7% +17.1%
1998 0.6% -4.4%
1999 0.7% +3.1%
2000 0.8% +16.1%
2001 0.8% -0.8%
2002 0.8% -0.0%
2003 0.6% -20.3%
2004 0.7% +20.4%
2005 0.6% -20.0%
2006 0.7% +25.4%
2007 0.7% +0.3%
2008 0.8% +3.3%
2009 0.7% -3.1%
2012 0.7% -4.9%
2014 0.6% -21.7%
2015 0.5% -2.4%
2016 0.5% -5.2%
2017 0.5% -0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 5
2000s 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 10
2010s 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary in El Salvador?
Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary in El Salvador was 0.5% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2000.
What is the lowest employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2017.
How does El Salvador rank for employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary?
El Salvador ranks 16th out of 29 countries with data for 2017.
Is employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Employed workers with social security, aged 15-64, above primary education (% of employed population with high education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with high education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
29 places, 374 data points, 1981–2021
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