Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador

El Salvador: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban was 0.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.0%
World rank
80th
of 94 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 1999
All-time low
0.0%
in 2018
Years of data
22
1991–2019

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador, 1991–2019

00.20.40.61991200520191991: 0.603 % of urban employed population in working age1995: 0.602 % of urban employed population in working age1996: 0.612 % of urban employed population in working age1998: 0.636 % of urban employed population in working age1999: 0.647 % of urban employed population in working age2000: 0.62 % of urban employed population in working age2001: 0.634 % of urban employed population in working age2002: 0.62 % of urban employed population in working age2003: 0.625 % of urban employed population in working age2004: 0.614 % of urban employed population in working age2005: 0.591 % of urban employed population in working age2006: 0.633 % of urban employed population in working age2007: 0.634 % of urban employed population in working age2008: 0.614 % of urban employed population in working age2009: 0.593 % of urban employed population in working age2012: 0.604 % of urban employed population in working age2014: 0.63 % of urban employed population in working age2015: 0.618 % of urban employed population in working age2016: 0.621 % of urban employed population in working age2017: 0.617 % of urban employed population in working age2018: 0 % of urban employed population in working age2019: 0 % of urban employed population in working age

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

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 0.0% for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador peaked at 0.6% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2018.

El Salvador ranks 80th of 94 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2019.
Year % of urban employed population in working age Change
1991 0.6%
1995 0.6% -0.3%
1996 0.6% +1.8%
1998 0.6% +3.9%
1999 0.6% +1.7%
2000 0.6% -4.2%
2001 0.6% +2.2%
2002 0.6% -2.1%
2003 0.6% +0.7%
2004 0.6% -1.7%
2005 0.6% -3.7%
2006 0.6% +7.0%
2007 0.6% +0.2%
2008 0.6% -3.2%
2009 0.6% -3.5%
2012 0.6% +2.0%
2014 0.6% +4.2%
2015 0.6% -1.8%
2016 0.6% +0.5%
2017 0.6% -0.7%
2018 0.0% -100.0%
2019 0.0%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6%. (29 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.6%. (20 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2018 -100.0% 0.6% 0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 5
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 10
2010s 0.4% 0.0% 0.6% 7

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador was 0.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 1999.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2018.
How does El Salvador rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban?
El Salvador ranks 80th out of 94 countries with data for 2019.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. 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 Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age)
Unit
% of urban employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,312 data points, 1970–2021
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