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

El Salvador: Informal job workers, aged 15-64, rural was 0.8% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.8%
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
13th
of 34 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 1991
All-time low
0.8%
in 2017
Years of data
20
1991–2017

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

00.20.40.60.811991200420171991: 0.924 % of rural employed population in working age1995: 0.894 % of rural employed population in working age1996: 0.899 % of rural employed population in working age1998: 0.845 % of rural employed population in working age1999: 0.856 % of rural employed population in working age2000: 0.855 % of rural employed population in working age2001: 0.854 % of rural employed population in working age2002: 0.846 % of rural employed population in working age2003: 0.843 % of rural employed population in working age2004: 0.842 % of rural employed population in working age2005: 0.836 % of rural employed population in working age2006: 0.846 % of rural employed population in working age2007: 0.849 % of rural employed population in working age2008: 0.852 % of rural employed population in working age2009: 0.87 % of rural employed population in working age2012: 0.865 % of rural employed population in working age2014: 0.847 % of rural employed population in working age2015: 0.838 % of rural employed population in working age2016: 0.836 % of rural employed population in working age2017: 0.823 % of rural employed population in working age

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for informal job workers, aged 15-64, rural in El Salvador is 0.8%, measured in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, informal job workers, aged 15-64, rural in El Salvador peaked at 0.9% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2017.

That places El Salvador 13th out of 34 countries with data for 2017, putting it 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, rural in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Informal job workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2017.
Year % of rural employed population in working age Change
1991 0.9%
1995 0.9% -3.3%
1996 0.9% +0.6%
1998 0.8% -6.0%
1999 0.9% +1.3%
2000 0.9% -0.1%
2001 0.9% -0.1%
2002 0.8% -0.9%
2003 0.8% -0.4%
2004 0.8% -0.1%
2005 0.8% -0.7%
2006 0.8% +1.2%
2007 0.8% +0.4%
2008 0.9% +0.3%
2009 0.9% +2.1%
2012 0.9% -0.7%
2014 0.8% -2.0%
2015 0.8% -1.1%
2016 0.8% -0.2%
2017 0.8% -1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9% 0.8% 0.9% 5
2000s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 10
2010s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 5

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 10 Honduras 0.9% compare
  2. 11 Guatemala 0.9% compare
  3. 12 Colombia 0.8% compare
  4. 14 Paraguay 0.8% compare
  5. 15 Gambia 0.8% compare
  6. 16 Mexico 0.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is informal job workers, aged 15-64, rural in El Salvador?
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, rural in El Salvador was 0.8% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest informal job workers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 1991.
What is the lowest informal job workers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2017.
How does El Salvador rank for informal job workers, aged 15-64, rural?
El Salvador ranks 13th out of 34 countries with data for 2017.
Is informal job workers, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. 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, rural (% of rural employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age)
Unit
% of rural employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 410 data points, 1981–2021
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