Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in El Salvador
El Salvador: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 4.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in El Salvador, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in El Salvador stood at 4.9%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.5% on the previous year and down 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in El Salvador peaked at 11.9% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 4.9%, in 2025.
El Salvador ranks 86th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 10.6% | — |
| 1992 | 10.5% | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 10.1% | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 9.5% | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 9.7% | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 10.9% | +11.5% |
| 1997 | 8.2% | -24.4% |
| 1998 | 8.2% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 8.3% | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 8.4% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 11.9% | +42.3% |
| 2002 | 9.5% | -20.2% |
| 2003 | 10.1% | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 8.6% | -14.7% |
| 2005 | 11.2% | +30.1% |
| 2006 | 11.0% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 11.0% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 9.3% | -15.4% |
| 2009 | 7.8% | -16.2% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 8.1% | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 8.0% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 8.5% | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 8.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 8.9% | +11.7% |
| 2017 | 8.2% | -8.1% |
| 2018 | 7.2% | -11.4% |
| 2019 | 7.3% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 6.7% | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 6.5% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 5.7% | -12.7% |
| 2023 | 5.7% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 5.3% | -6.3% |
| 2025 | 4.9% | -7.5% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 4.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 1.0× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 4.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.0%, 1.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.6% | 8.2% | 10.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 9.9% | 7.8% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.0% | 7.2% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.8% | 4.9% | 6.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More work & labour data for El Salvador
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.8531 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.8121 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.893 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.2563 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 5,984 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,013 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,591 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,482 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,073 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in El Salvador?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in El Salvador was 4.9% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 11.9% in 2001.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9% in 2025.
- How does El Salvador rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- El Salvador ranks 86th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.