Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in El Salvador

El Salvador: Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural was 0.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9%
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
24th
of 94 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2008
All-time low
0.9%
in 1991
Years of data
22
1991–2019

Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in El Salvador, 1991–2019

00.20.40.60.811991200520191991: 0.866 % of rural youth labor force1995: 0.875 % of rural youth labor force1996: 0.884 % of rural youth labor force1998: 0.899 % of rural youth labor force1999: 0.893 % of rural youth labor force2000: 0.925 % of rural youth labor force2001: 0.933 % of rural youth labor force2002: 0.936 % of rural youth labor force2003: 0.893 % of rural youth labor force2004: 0.948 % of rural youth labor force2005: 0.866 % of rural youth labor force2006: 0.955 % of rural youth labor force2007: 0.952 % of rural youth labor force2008: 0.959 % of rural youth labor force2009: 0.949 % of rural youth labor force2012: 0.95 % of rural youth labor force2014: 0.935 % of rural youth labor force2015: 0.943 % of rural youth labor force2016: 0.938 % of rural youth labor force2017: 0.926 % of rural youth labor force2018: 0.932 % of rural youth labor force2019: 0.924 % of rural youth labor force

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of rural youth labor force.

Analysis

In 2019, youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in El Salvador stood at 0.9%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in El Salvador peaked at 1.0% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 1991.

That places El Salvador 24th out of 94 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural (% of rural youth labor force) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2019.
Year % of rural youth labor force Change
1991 0.9%
1995 0.9% +1.1%
1996 0.9% +1.0%
1998 0.9% +1.7%
1999 0.9% -0.7%
2000 0.9% +3.6%
2001 0.9% +0.8%
2002 0.9% +0.4%
2003 0.9% -4.6%
2004 0.9% +6.2%
2005 0.9% -8.6%
2006 1.0% +10.3%
2007 1.0% -0.3%
2008 1.0% +0.8%
2009 0.9% -1.0%
2012 0.9% +0.0%
2014 0.9% -1.5%
2015 0.9% +0.8%
2016 0.9% -0.5%
2017 0.9% -1.3%
2018 0.9% +0.7%
2019 0.9% -0.8%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9%, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9%, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 5
2000s 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 10
2010s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 7

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 21 Honduras 0.9% compare
  2. 22 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.9% compare
  3. 23 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.9% compare
  4. 25 Mongolia 0.9% compare
  5. 26 Iceland 0.9% compare
  6. 27 Paraguay 0.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in El Salvador?
Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural in El Salvador was 0.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2008.
What is the lowest youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 1991.
How does El Salvador rank for youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural?
El Salvador ranks 24th out of 94 countries with data for 2019.
Is youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. 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 Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural (% of rural youth labor force). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Youth employment rate, aged 15-24, rural (% of rural youth labor force)
Unit
% of rural youth labor force
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
94 places, 1,311 data points, 1970–2021
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