Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in El Salvador
El Salvador: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 3.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in El Salvador, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 3.0% for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.8% on the previous year and down 50.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in El Salvador peaked at 10.4% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2025.
That places El Salvador 78th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7.8% | — |
| 1992 | 7.7% | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 7.4% | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 7.9% | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 8.9% | +13.1% |
| 1996 | 10.0% | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 8.6% | -14.4% |
| 1998 | 8.3% | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 8.1% | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 8.0% | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 10.4% | +30.8% |
| 2002 | 9.0% | -14.1% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 9.0% | +18.9% |
| 2006 | 8.5% | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 8.7% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 7.6% | -12.3% |
| 2009 | 6.6% | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 6.5% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 7.0% | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 7.6% | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 7.1% | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 6.9% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 6.1% | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 6.2% | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 5.0% | -18.5% |
| 2019 | 4.6% | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 4.6% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 3.7% | -19.4% |
| 2022 | 3.4% | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 3.2% | -6.1% |
| 2025 | 3.0% | -6.8% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 3.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 1.3× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 3.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.0%, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.3% | 7.4% | 10.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 8.3% | 6.6% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.3% | 4.6% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 3.0% | 4.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More work & labour data for El Salvador
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.8121 % change on previous year (2100)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in El Salvador?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in El Salvador was 3.0% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 10.4% in 2001.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2025.
- How does El Salvador rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- El Salvador ranks 78th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.6%. 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, male (% of male 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.