Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19)
Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 52.39 against 52.17 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.22.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2020 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 55th and El Salvador ranks 57th of 71 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher employment-to-population ratio (current ilo definition - icls19), Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- Costa Rica, at 52.39 against 52.17 in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in employment-to-population ratio (current ilo definition - icls19) between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 0.22, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for employment-to-population ratio (current ilo definition - icls19)?
- Costa Rica ranks 55th and El Salvador ranks 57th of 71 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) (15+). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series includes only countries for which the 19th ICLS definitions are applied. The employment-to-population ratio is the number of persons who are employed as a percent of the total of working-age population. Persons in employment are defined as all those of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit. They comprise employed persons who worked in a job for at least one hour and employed persons not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. For more information, refer to the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database description.