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

El Salvador: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural was 0.6% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.6%
Change on year
up 4.5%
World rank
57th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2017
All-time low
0.5%
in 1995
Years of data
20
1991–2017

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

00.20.40.61991200420171991: 0.513 % of rural workers in the service sector1995: 0.504 % of rural workers in the service sector1996: 0.556 % of rural workers in the service sector1998: 0.578 % of rural workers in the service sector1999: 0.585 % of rural workers in the service sector2000: 0.541 % of rural workers in the service sector2001: 0.565 % of rural workers in the service sector2002: 0.535 % of rural workers in the service sector2003: 0.554 % of rural workers in the service sector2004: 0.584 % of rural workers in the service sector2005: 0.573 % of rural workers in the service sector2006: 0.578 % of rural workers in the service sector2007: 0.571 % of rural workers in the service sector2008: 0.568 % of rural workers in the service sector2009: 0.558 % of rural workers in the service sector2012: 0.577 % of rural workers in the service sector2014: 0.582 % of rural workers in the service sector2015: 0.578 % of rural workers in the service sector2016: 0.575 % of rural workers in the service sector2017: 0.601 % of rural workers in the service sector

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

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 0.6% for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in 2017. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.

The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in El Salvador peaked at 0.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1995.

El Salvador ranks 57th of 84 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 services, aged 15-64, rural in El Salvador, year by year

Year % of rural workers in the service sector Change
1991 0.5% —
1995 0.5% -1.6%
1996 0.6% +10.2%
1998 0.6% +4.0%
1999 0.6% +1.1%
2000 0.5% -7.5%
2001 0.6% +4.5%
2002 0.5% -5.3%
2003 0.6% +3.5%
2004 0.6% +5.4%
2005 0.6% -1.9%
2006 0.6% +0.8%
2007 0.6% -1.2%
2008 0.6% -0.4%
2009 0.6% -1.8%
2012 0.6% +3.4%
2014 0.6% +1.0%
2015 0.6% -0.8%
2016 0.6% -0.4%
2017 0.6% +4.5%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7%, 91% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.6%, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

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

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 54 Philippines 0.7% compare
  2. 55 Kyrgyzstan 0.7% compare
  3. 56 Paraguay 0.6% compare
  4. 58 Panama 0.6% compare
  5. 59 Dominican Republic 0.6% compare
  6. 60 Thailand 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in El Salvador?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural in El Salvador was 0.6% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2017.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1995.
How does El Salvador rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural?
El Salvador ranks 57th out of 84 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 services, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural workers in the service sector)
Unit
% of rural workers in the service 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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