Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in El Salvador

El Salvador: Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male was 0.7% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.7%
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
16th
of 38 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 1991
All-time low
0.7%
in 2016
Years of data
20
1991–2017

Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in El Salvador, 1991–2017

00.20.40.60.81991200420171991: 0.763 % of male employed population in working age1995: 0.734 % of male employed population in working age1996: 0.755 % of male employed population in working age1998: 0.66 % of male employed population in working age1999: 0.661 % of male employed population in working age2000: 0.667 % of male employed population in working age2001: 0.678 % of male employed population in working age2002: 0.674 % of male employed population in working age2003: 0.665 % of male employed population in working age2004: 0.675 % of male employed population in working age2005: 0.678 % of male employed population in working age2006: 0.684 % of male employed population in working age2007: 0.67 % of male employed population in working age2008: 0.672 % of male employed population in working age2009: 0.695 % of male employed population in working age2012: 0.704 % of male employed population in working age2014: 0.655 % of male employed population in working age2015: 0.665 % of male employed population in working age2016: 0.655 % of male employed population in working age2017: 0.661 % of male employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of male employed population in working age.

Analysis

In 2017, informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in El Salvador stood at 0.7%.

The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in El Salvador peaked at 0.8% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2016.

El Salvador ranks 16th of 38 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.

Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2017.
Year % of male employed population in working age Change
1991 0.8%
1995 0.7% -3.9%
1996 0.8% +2.9%
1998 0.7% -12.7%
1999 0.7% +0.1%
2000 0.7% +0.9%
2001 0.7% +1.7%
2002 0.7% -0.5%
2003 0.7% -1.4%
2004 0.7% +1.5%
2005 0.7% +0.3%
2006 0.7% +0.9%
2007 0.7% -2.0%
2008 0.7% +0.3%
2009 0.7% +3.4%
2012 0.7% +1.3%
2014 0.7% -7.0%
2015 0.7% +1.5%
2016 0.7% -1.5%
2017 0.7% +0.9%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6%, 1.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.6%, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

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

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 13 Peru 0.7% compare
  2. 14 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% compare
  3. 15 Egypt 0.7% compare
  4. 17 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% compare
  5. 18 Dominican Republic 0.7% compare
  6. 19 Gambia 0.6% compare

See the full ranking of 38 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in El Salvador?
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male in El Salvador was 0.7% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest informal job workers, aged 15-64, male recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1991.
What is the lowest informal job workers, aged 15-64, male recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2016.
How does El Salvador rank for informal job workers, aged 15-64, male?
El Salvador ranks 16th out of 38 countries with data for 2017.
Is informal job workers, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age)
Unit
% of male employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
38 places, 450 data points, 1981–2021
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