Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in El Salvador
El Salvador: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 3.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in El Salvador, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in El Salvador is 3.8%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.2% on the previous year and down 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in El Salvador peaked at 11.0% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2025.
That places El Salvador 82nd 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, total (% of total employment) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 8.8% | — |
| 1992 | 8.7% | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 8.4% | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 8.5% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 9.2% | +8.8% |
| 1996 | 10.3% | +11.8% |
| 1997 | 8.4% | -18.3% |
| 1998 | 8.3% | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 8.2% | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 8.1% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 11.0% | +35.5% |
| 2002 | 9.2% | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 9.0% | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 8.0% | -10.9% |
| 2005 | 9.9% | +24.0% |
| 2006 | 9.6% | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 9.6% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 8.3% | -13.8% |
| 2009 | 7.1% | -14.2% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 7.7% | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 7.7% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 7.4% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 6.9% | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 5.9% | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 5.7% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 5.4% | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 4.8% | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 4.3% | -10.6% |
| 2023 | 4.4% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 4.1% | -6.2% |
| 2025 | 3.8% | -7.2% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 3.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.4%, 1.1× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 3.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.9%, 2.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +35.5% | 8.1% | 11.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.8% | 8.2% | 10.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 9.0% | 7.1% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.0% | 5.7% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 3.8% | 5.4% | 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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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,073 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in El Salvador?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in El Salvador was 3.8% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 11.0% in 2001.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2025.
- How does El Salvador rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- El Salvador ranks 82nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.5%. 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, total (% of total 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.