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

El Salvador: Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural was 0.5% in 2017. ▬ Flat

Latest (2017)
0.5%
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
31st
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2004
All-time low
0.4%
in 2002
Years of data
20
1991–2017

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

00.20.40.61991200420171991: 0.503 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector1995: 0.477 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector1996: 0.456 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector1998: 0.419 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector1999: 0.435 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2000: 0.41 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2001: 0.404 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2002: 0.357 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2003: 0.428 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2004: 0.518 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2005: 0.451 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2006: 0.512 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2007: 0.424 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2008: 0.426 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2009: 0.411 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2012: 0.423 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2014: 0.441 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2015: 0.458 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2016: 0.47 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector2017: 0.464 % of rural workers in the agricultural sector

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

Analysis

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

That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural in El Salvador peaked at 0.5% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2002.

El Salvador ranks 31st of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the agricultural sector) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2017.
Year % of rural workers in the agricultural sector Change
1991 0.5%
1995 0.5% -5.0%
1996 0.5% -4.4%
1998 0.4% -8.2%
1999 0.4% +3.9%
2000 0.4% -5.7%
2001 0.4% -1.7%
2002 0.4% -11.6%
2003 0.4% +19.8%
2004 0.5% +21.1%
2005 0.5% -12.9%
2006 0.5% +13.3%
2007 0.4% -17.1%
2008 0.4% +0.5%
2009 0.4% -3.6%
2012 0.4% +2.9%
2014 0.4% +4.3%
2015 0.5% +3.9%
2016 0.5% +2.5%
2017 0.5% -1.3%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3%, 1.4× the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

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

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural in El Salvador?
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural in El Salvador was 0.5% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2004.
What is the lowest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural 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, rural?
El Salvador ranks 31st out of 84 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
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, rural (% of rural 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, rural (% of rural workers in the agricultural sector)
Unit
% of rural workers in the agricultural sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
84 places, 1,136 data points, 1970–2021
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