Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female in El Salvador

El Salvador: Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female was 0.5% in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
0.5%
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
36th
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 1991
All-time low
0.4%
in 2002
Years of data
20
1991–2017

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female in El Salvador, 1991–2017

00.20.40.60.81991200420171991: 0.701 % of female workers in the agricultural sector1995: 0.699 % of female workers in the agricultural sector1996: 0.6 % of female workers in the agricultural sector1998: 0.6 % of female workers in the agricultural sector1999: 0.619 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2000: 0.549 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2001: 0.396 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2002: 0.387 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2003: 0.48 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2004: 0.567 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2005: 0.496 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2006: 0.586 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2007: 0.461 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2008: 0.468 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2009: 0.465 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2012: 0.515 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2014: 0.465 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2015: 0.516 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2016: 0.475 % of female workers in the agricultural sector2017: 0.471 % of female workers in the agricultural sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of female workers in the agricultural sector.

Analysis

In 2017, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female in El Salvador stood at 0.5%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female in El Salvador peaked at 0.7% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2002.

That places El Salvador 36th out of 90 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.

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female (% of female workers in the agricultural sector) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2017.
Year % of female workers in the agricultural sector Change
1991 0.7%
1995 0.7% -0.2%
1996 0.6% -14.3%
1998 0.6% +0.1%
1999 0.6% +3.1%
2000 0.5% -11.2%
2001 0.4% -27.8%
2002 0.4% -2.5%
2003 0.5% +24.0%
2004 0.6% +18.2%
2005 0.5% -12.6%
2006 0.6% +18.2%
2007 0.5% -21.3%
2008 0.5% +1.5%
2009 0.5% -0.8%
2012 0.5% +10.9%
2014 0.5% -9.7%
2015 0.5% +11.0%
2016 0.5% -8.0%
2017 0.5% -0.9%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3%, 1.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 5
2000s 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 10
2010s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female in El Salvador?
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female in El Salvador was 0.5% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1991.
What is the lowest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2002.
How does El Salvador rank for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female?
El Salvador ranks 36th out of 90 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. 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 Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female (% of female workers in the agricultural sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, female (% of female workers in the agricultural sector)
Unit
% of female workers in the agricultural sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,258 data points, 1970–2021
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