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

El Salvador: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban was 0.6% in 2017. ▬ Flat

Latest (2017)
0.6%
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
65th
of 86 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 1999
All-time low
0.6%
in 2005
Years of data
20
1991–2017

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

00.20.40.61991200420171991: 0.656 % of urban workers in the service sector1995: 0.626 % of urban workers in the service sector1996: 0.645 % of urban workers in the service sector1998: 0.645 % of urban workers in the service sector1999: 0.662 % of urban workers in the service sector2000: 0.632 % of urban workers in the service sector2001: 0.638 % of urban workers in the service sector2002: 0.615 % of urban workers in the service sector2003: 0.617 % of urban workers in the service sector2004: 0.614 % of urban workers in the service sector2005: 0.605 % of urban workers in the service sector2006: 0.64 % of urban workers in the service sector2007: 0.649 % of urban workers in the service sector2008: 0.626 % of urban workers in the service sector2009: 0.616 % of urban workers in the service sector2012: 0.622 % of urban workers in the service sector2014: 0.648 % of urban workers in the service sector2015: 0.631 % of urban workers in the service sector2016: 0.627 % of urban workers in the service sector2017: 0.625 % of urban workers in the service sector

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

Analysis

In 2017, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador stood at 0.6%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador peaked at 0.7% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2005.

That places El Salvador 65th out of 86 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban workers in the service sector) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2017.
Year % of urban workers in the service sector Change
1991 0.7%
1995 0.6% -4.6%
1996 0.6% +3.0%
1998 0.6% +0.1%
1999 0.7% +2.6%
2000 0.6% -4.5%
2001 0.6% +1.1%
2002 0.6% -3.7%
2003 0.6% +0.4%
2004 0.6% -0.5%
2005 0.6% -1.5%
2006 0.6% +5.7%
2007 0.6% +1.4%
2008 0.6% -3.5%
2009 0.6% -1.7%
2012 0.6% +0.9%
2014 0.6% +4.2%
2015 0.6% -2.6%
2016 0.6% -0.6%
2017 0.6% -0.4%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7%, 86% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7%, 90% of the median. (20 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

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

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 62 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% compare
  2. 63 Dominican Republic 0.6% compare
  3. 64 Rwanda 0.6% compare
  4. 66 India 0.6% compare
  5. 67 Thailand 0.6% compare
  6. 68 Nicaragua 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban in El Salvador was 0.6% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1999.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2005.
How does El Salvador rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban?
El Salvador ranks 65th out of 86 countries with data for 2017.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, urban rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. 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 services, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban 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, urban (% of urban workers in the service sector)
Unit
% of urban workers in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
86 places, 1,159 data points, 1970–2021
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