Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador

El Salvador: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total was 0.7% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.7%
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
65th
of 92 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2016
All-time low
0.6%
in 1991
Years of data
20
1991–2017

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador, 1991–2017

00.20.40.60.81991200420171991: 0.641 % of total workers in the industrial sector1995: 0.673 % of total workers in the industrial sector1996: 0.671 % of total workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.731 % of total workers in the industrial sector1999: 0.719 % of total workers in the industrial sector2000: 0.702 % of total workers in the industrial sector2001: 0.718 % of total workers in the industrial sector2002: 0.722 % of total workers in the industrial sector2003: 0.729 % of total workers in the industrial sector2004: 0.73 % of total workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.695 % of total workers in the industrial sector2006: 0.728 % of total workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.701 % of total workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.729 % of total workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.702 % of total workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.713 % of total workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.721 % of total workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.715 % of total workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.734 % of total workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.729 % of total workers in the industrial sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of total workers in the industrial sector.

Analysis

In 2017, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador stood at 0.7%.

The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador peaked at 0.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1991.

El Salvador ranks 65th of 92 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2017.
Year % of total workers in the industrial sector Change
1991 0.6%
1995 0.7% +5.1%
1996 0.7% -0.4%
1998 0.7% +8.9%
1999 0.7% -1.7%
2000 0.7% -2.3%
2001 0.7% +2.3%
2002 0.7% +0.6%
2003 0.7% +1.0%
2004 0.7% +0.1%
2005 0.7% -4.7%
2006 0.7% +4.6%
2007 0.7% -3.7%
2008 0.7% +4.1%
2009 0.7% -3.7%
2012 0.7% +1.5%
2014 0.7% +1.2%
2015 0.7% -0.9%
2016 0.7% +2.7%
2017 0.7% -0.7%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 95% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7%, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 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 wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador was 0.7% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2016.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1991.
How does El Salvador rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total?
El Salvador ranks 65th out of 92 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of total workers in the industrial sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,346 data points, 1970–2021
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