Share of youth not in education, employment or training … total in El Salvador
El Salvador: Share of youth not in education, employment or training … total was 19.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in El Salvador, 2009–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of youth population.
Analysis
In 2025, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in El Salvador stood at 19.1%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in El Salvador peaked at 28.9% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 19.1%, in 2025.
That places El Salvador 45th out of 126 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Share of youth not in education, employment or training … total in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of youth population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 28.9% | — |
| 2010 | 27.2% | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 25.9% | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 26.0% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 25.4% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 28.5% | +12.4% |
| 2015 | 28.5% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 28.2% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 28.4% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 27.1% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 27.9% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 25.2% | -9.9% |
| 2021 | 26.2% | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 23.5% | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 21.5% | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 20.5% | -4.6% |
| 2025 | 19.1% | -7.0% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 19.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.5%, 98% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 19.1% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.4%, 98% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.9% | 28.9% | 28.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 27.3% | 25.4% | 28.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.7% | 19.1% | 26.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 42 North Macedonia 19.5% compare
- 43 Costa Rica 19.4% compare
- 44 Kyrgyzstan 19.3% compare
- 46 Cote d'Ivoire 18.8% compare
- 47 Brazil 18.7% compare
- 48 Paraguay 18.6% compare
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 share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in El Salvador?
- Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total in El Salvador was 19.1% in 2025, according to Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 28.9% in 2009.
- What is the lowest share of youth not in education, employment or training, total recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.1% in 2025.
- How does El Salvador rank for share of youth not in education, employment or training, total?
- El Salvador ranks 45th out of 126 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of youth not in education, employment or training, total rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).