El Salvador vs Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries): Employers, female (% of female employment)

El Salvador
3.2%
in 2025
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
2.1%
in 2025
El Salvador rank
30th
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
29th

Employers, female (% of female employment) over time

  • El Salvador
  • Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 3.2% against 2.1% in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 1.1%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.6 times Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

Across all 35 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 30th and Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 29th of 187 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) Difference Ahead
1990s 2.5% 1.3% 1.2% El Salvador
2000s 2.8% 1.6% 1.2% El Salvador
2010s 3.1% 1.7% 1.4% El Salvador
2020s 3.0% 2.0% 1.1% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher employers, female (% of female employment), El Salvador or Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
El Salvador, at 3.2% against 2.1% in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2025.
What is the difference in employers, female (% of female employment) between El Salvador and Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
1.1%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for employers, female (% of female employment)?
El Salvador ranks 30th and Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 29th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).