El Salvador vs Panama: Informal employment rate
Informal employment rate over time
- El Salvador
- Panama
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 59.48 against 55.73 in Panama, a difference of 3.75.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 7th and Panama ranks 8th of 47 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher informal employment rate, El Salvador or Panama?
- El Salvador, at 59.48 against 55.73 in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in informal employment rate between El Salvador and Panama?
- 3.75, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Panama?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Panama rank globally for informal employment rate?
- El Salvador ranks 7th and Panama ranks 8th of 47 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as Informal employment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19). 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. This harmonized series for informal employment is derived using the same set of criteria across countries to improve comparability. The criteria used are based on employment status, institutional sector, destination of production, bookkeeping, registration, social security contribution, places of work and size. For more information, refer to the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database description.