Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in El Salvador

El Salvador: Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below was 1.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.0%
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
27th
of 107 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2019
All-time low
0.9%
in 1991
Years of data
22
1991–2019

Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in El Salvador, 1991–2019

00.20.40.60.811991200520191991: 0.916 % of labor force with low education in working age1995: 0.929 % of labor force with low education in working age1996: 0.93 % of labor force with low education in working age1998: 0.929 % of labor force with low education in working age1999: 0.935 % of labor force with low education in working age2000: 0.953 % of labor force with low education in working age2001: 0.946 % of labor force with low education in working age2002: 0.959 % of labor force with low education in working age2003: 0.933 % of labor force with low education in working age2004: 0.96 % of labor force with low education in working age2005: 0.929 % of labor force with low education in working age2006: 0.968 % of labor force with low education in working age2007: 0.967 % of labor force with low education in working age2008: 0.966 % of labor force with low education in working age2009: 0.962 % of labor force with low education in working age2012: 0.971 % of labor force with low education in working age2014: 0.967 % of labor force with low education in working age2015: 0.967 % of labor force with low education in working age2016: 0.968 % of labor force with low education in working age2017: 0.968 % of labor force with low education in working age2018: 0.97 % of labor force with low education in working age2019: 0.971 % of labor force with low education in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of labor force with low education in working age.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 1.0% for employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in El Salvador peaked at 1.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 1991.

That places El Salvador 27th out of 107 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of labor force with low education in working age) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2019.
Year % of labor force with low education in working age Change
1991 0.9%
1995 0.9% +1.5%
1996 0.9% +0.1%
1998 0.9% -0.2%
1999 0.9% +0.7%
2000 1.0% +1.9%
2001 0.9% -0.7%
2002 1.0% +1.3%
2003 0.9% -2.7%
2004 1.0% +2.9%
2005 0.9% -3.2%
2006 1.0% +4.2%
2007 1.0% -0.1%
2008 1.0% -0.2%
2009 1.0% -0.4%
2012 1.0% +0.9%
2014 1.0% -0.4%
2015 1.0% +0.0%
2016 1.0% +0.1%
2017 1.0% -0.1%
2018 1.0% +0.2%
2019 1.0% +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 5
2000s 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% 10
2010s 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 7

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Frequently asked questions

What is employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in El Salvador?
Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below in El Salvador was 1.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2019.
What is the lowest employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 1991.
How does El Salvador rank for employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below?
El Salvador ranks 27th out of 107 countries with data for 2019.
Is employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of labor force with low education in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Employment rate, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of labor force with low education in working age)
Unit
% of labor force with low education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
107 places, 1,474 data points, 1970–2021
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