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

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

Latest (2017)
0.7%
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
13th
of 40 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 1991
All-time low
0.7%
in 1999
Years of data
20
1991–2017

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

00.20.40.60.81991200420171991: 0.769 % of total employed population in working age1995: 0.735 % of total employed population in working age1996: 0.756 % of total employed population in working age1998: 0.667 % of total employed population in working age1999: 0.66 % of total employed population in working age2000: 0.669 % of total employed population in working age2001: 0.676 % of total employed population in working age2002: 0.669 % of total employed population in working age2003: 0.668 % of total employed population in working age2004: 0.681 % of total employed population in working age2005: 0.68 % of total employed population in working age2006: 0.686 % of total employed population in working age2007: 0.679 % of total employed population in working age2008: 0.68 % of total employed population in working age2009: 0.702 % of total employed population in working age2012: 0.708 % of total employed population in working age2014: 0.671 % of total employed population in working age2015: 0.672 % of total employed population in working age2016: 0.678 % of total employed population in working age2017: 0.681 % of total employed population in working age

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

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 0.7% for informal job workers, aged 15-64, total in 2017.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, informal job workers, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador peaked at 0.8% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1999.

That places El Salvador 13th out of 40 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, total in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2017.
Year % of total employed population in working age Change
1991 0.8%
1995 0.7% -4.4%
1996 0.8% +2.8%
1998 0.7% -11.8%
1999 0.7% -1.0%
2000 0.7% +1.4%
2001 0.7% +1.0%
2002 0.7% -1.0%
2003 0.7% -0.2%
2004 0.7% +1.9%
2005 0.7% -0.1%
2006 0.7% +1.0%
2007 0.7% -1.0%
2008 0.7% +0.1%
2009 0.7% +3.2%
2012 0.7% +0.9%
2014 0.7% -5.3%
2015 0.7% +0.3%
2016 0.7% +0.8%
2017 0.7% +0.5%

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

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Frequently asked questions

What is informal job workers, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador?
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador was 0.7% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest informal job workers, aged 15-64, total recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1991.
What is the lowest informal job workers, aged 15-64, total recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1999.
How does El Salvador rank for informal job workers, aged 15-64, total?
El Salvador ranks 13th out of 40 countries with data for 2017.
Is informal job workers, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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, total (% of total employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
40 places, 509 data points, 1980–2021
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