Working-age population, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador

El Salvador: Working-age population, aged 15-64, total was 0.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.7%
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
38th
of 113 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2019
All-time low
0.5%
in 1991
Years of data
22
1991–2019

Working-age population, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador, 1991–2019

00.20.40.61991200520191991: 0.539 % of total population1995: 0.565 % of total population1996: 0.571 % of total population1998: 0.57 % of total population1999: 0.578 % of total population2000: 0.577 % of total population2001: 0.584 % of total population2002: 0.584 % of total population2003: 0.588 % of total population2004: 0.591 % of total population2005: 0.587 % of total population2006: 0.592 % of total population2007: 0.599 % of total population2008: 0.601 % of total population2009: 0.611 % of total population2012: 0.636 % of total population2014: 0.647 % of total population2015: 0.65 % of total population2016: 0.656 % of total population2017: 0.656 % of total population2018: 0.661 % of total population2019: 0.663 % of total population

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of total population.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 0.7% for working-age population, aged 15-64, total in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, working-age population, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador peaked at 0.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1991.

El Salvador ranks 38th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Working-age population, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Working-age population, aged 15-64, total (% of total population) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2019.
Year % of total population Change
1991 0.5%
1995 0.6% +4.9%
1996 0.6% +1.1%
1998 0.6% -0.3%
1999 0.6% +1.5%
2000 0.6% -0.1%
2001 0.6% +1.1%
2002 0.6% +0.1%
2003 0.6% +0.6%
2004 0.6% +0.4%
2005 0.6% -0.5%
2006 0.6% +0.7%
2007 0.6% +1.2%
2008 0.6% +0.3%
2009 0.6% +1.7%
2012 0.6% +4.0%
2014 0.6% +1.8%
2015 0.6% +0.5%
2016 0.7% +0.9%
2017 0.7% +0.0%
2018 0.7% +0.8%
2019 0.7% +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 5
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 10
2010s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 7

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Frequently asked questions

What is working-age population, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador?
Working-age population, aged 15-64, total in El Salvador was 0.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest working-age population, aged 15-64, total recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2019.
What is the lowest working-age population, aged 15-64, total recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1991.
How does El Salvador rank for working-age population, aged 15-64, total?
El Salvador ranks 38th out of 113 countries with data for 2019.
Is working-age population, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. 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 Working-age population, aged 15-64, total (% of total population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Working-age population, aged 15-64, total (% of total population)
Unit
% of total population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
113 places, 1,668 data points, 1970–2021
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