Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Informal employment, male
Informal employment, male over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 52.3% against 34.6% in Costa Rica, a difference of 17.7%.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.5 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 10th and El Salvador ranks 8th of 45 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher informal employment, male, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- El Salvador, at 52.3% against 34.6% in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in informal employment, male between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 17.7%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for informal employment, male?
- Costa Rica ranks 10th and El Salvador ranks 8th of 45 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Informal employment, male (% of total male non-agricultural employment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This indicator shows the share of workers at working age in informal employment in non-agricultural activities out of total employment in non-agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises workers whose main or secondary jobs are informal. For own-account workers and employers, informality is determined by enterprise characteristics (unincorporated, market-based, and unregistered); for contributing family workers, it is determined by the absence of written contracts and lack of coverage under labor legislation; and for employees, it is determined by whether the employment relationship is not subject to national labor legislation, income taxation, or social protection. The data are based on the statistical standards adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).