Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador

El Salvador: Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban was 0.9586 in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.9586
Change on year
up 3.5%
World rank
5th
of 67 countries
All-time high
0.9777
in 2015
All-time low
0.7667
in 1995
Years of data
20
1991–2017

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador, 1991–2017

00.20.40.60.811991200420171991: 0.7821995: 0.7671996: 0.7971998: 0.7781999: 0.92000: 0.882001: 0.8392002: 0.8822003: 0.9242004: 0.8812005: 0.9152006: 0.9442007: 0.9212008: 0.9162009: 0.9252012: 0.9552014: 0.9432015: 0.9782016: 0.9272017: 0.959

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2017, female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador stood at 0.9586.

That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador peaked at 0.9777 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.7667, in 1995.

El Salvador ranks 5th of 67 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador, 1991 to 2017.
Year Value Change
1991 0.7817
1995 0.7667 -1.9%
1996 0.7973 +4.0%
1998 0.7779 -2.4%
1999 0.9 +15.7%
2000 0.8798 -2.2%
2001 0.8391 -4.6%
2002 0.8817 +5.1%
2003 0.9241 +4.8%
2004 0.8806 -4.7%
2005 0.9146 +3.9%
2006 0.9437 +3.2%
2007 0.9215 -2.4%
2008 0.9161 -0.6%
2009 0.9248 +1.0%
2012 0.9548 +3.2%
2014 0.9429 -1.2%
2015 0.9777 +3.7%
2016 0.9266 -5.2%
2017 0.9586 +3.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.8047 0.7667 0.9 5
2000s 0.9026 0.8391 0.9437 10
2010s 0.9521 0.9266 0.9777 5

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 2 Jordan 1 compare
  2. 3 Palestine, State of 0.9615 compare
  3. 4 Mongolia 0.96 compare
  4. 6 Belize 0.9556 compare
  5. 7 Panama 0.9526 compare
  6. 8 Guatemala 0.9524 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador?
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador was 0.9586 in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.9777 in 2015.
What is the lowest female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7667 in 1995.
How does El Salvador rank for female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban?
El Salvador ranks 5th out of 67 countries with data for 2017.
Is female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. 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 Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Female to male gender wage gap, aged 15-64, urban
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
67 places, 879 data points, 1981–2021
Last refreshed