Informal employment in El Salvador
El Salvador: Informal employment was 94.9% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Informal employment in El Salvador, 2020–2024
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total agricultural employment.
Analysis
The most recent figure for informal employment in El Salvador is 94.9%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.4% over five years.
El Salvador ranks 8th of 44 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Informal employment in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of total agricultural employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 96.2% | — |
| 2021 | 96.7% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 95.8% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 95.6% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 94.9% | -0.7% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 94.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.0%, 100% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 94.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 64.8%, 1.5× the median. (6 countries reporting)
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 informal employment in El Salvador?
- Informal employment in El Salvador was 94.9% in 2024, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest informal employment recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 96.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest informal employment recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.9% in 2024.
- How does El Salvador rank for informal employment?
- El Salvador ranks 8th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Informal employment (% of total agricultural employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This indicator shows the share of workers at working age in informal employment in agricultural activities out of total employment in agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises persons 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).