Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in El Salvador
El Salvador: Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) was 0.0195 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in El Salvador, 2005–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.0195 units per person for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in El Salvador peaked at 0.0195 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0158 units per person, in 2005.
El Salvador ranks 31st of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.0158 units per person | — |
| 2006 | 0.0161 units per person | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0163 units per person | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0164 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0159 units per person | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0162 units per person | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0165 units per person | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0166 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.017 units per person | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.017 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.017 units per person | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0172 units per person | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0172 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0173 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.018 units per person | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0169 units per person | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0182 units per person | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0187 units per person | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0192 units per person | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0193 units per person | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 0.0195 units per person | +0.9% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.0195 units per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0174 units per person, 1.1× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.0195 units per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0176 units per person, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0161 units per person | 0.0158 units per person | 0.0164 units per person | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.017 units per person | 0.0162 units per person | 0.018 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0186 units per person | 0.0169 units per person | 0.0195 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 28 Colombia 0.0197 units per person compare
- 29 Iceland 0.0196 units per person compare
- 30 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0195 units per person compare
- 32 Burkina Faso 0.0192 units per person compare
- 33 Bangladesh 0.0191 units per person compare
- 34 Tanzania 0.019 units per person 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 total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in El Salvador?
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) in El Salvador was 0.0195 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0195 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0158 units per person in 2005.
- How does El Salvador rank for total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled)?
- El Salvador ranks 31st out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ilo modelled) rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Total weekly hours worked of employed persons International Labour Organization
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled estimates) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.