Work & Labour in El Salvador 107 indicators covering work & labour for El Salvador. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 31.6% 2025 up 11.1% 105th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 53.3% 2025 down 3.1% 56th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.7% 2025 up 1.8% 80th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 53.3% 2025 up 10.2% 128th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.7% 2025 up 4.2% 62nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 66.2% 2025 up 7.0% 115th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 49.1% 2025 up 8.8% 121st Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 63.5% 2025 up 5.0% 144th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.3% 2025 up 3.6% 36th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 62.1% 2025 up 5.8% 89th Employers, female (% of female employment) 3.2% 2025 up 1.9% 30th Employers, male (% of male employment) 6.0% 2025 up 13.3% 48th Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.8% 2025 up 9.5% 43rd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 42.3% 2025 down 10.7% 72nd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 30.8% 2025 down 13.2% 101st Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 35.7% 2025 down 11.8% 88th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 57.7% 2025 up 9.6% 115th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 69.2% 2025 up 7.2% 86th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 64.3% 2025 up 8.0% 99th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 4.9% 2025 down 38.3% 86th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 3.0% 2025 down 50.6% 78th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 3.8% 2025 down 44.5% 82nd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 15.7% 2025 down 19.3% 42nd Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 28.6% 2025 up 18.5% 64th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 23.1% 2025 up 4.3% 55th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 79.7% 2025 up 4.0% 78th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 50.7% 2025 up 6.6% 99th Employment in services (% of total employment) 63.0% 2025 up 5.5% 86th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 10.3% 2025 up 4.4% 116th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 6.4% 2025 down 20.5% 146th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 7.8% 2025 down 9.8% 140th GDP per person employed 26,535 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 10.7% 120th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.7% 2024 down 34.8% 153rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.4% 2024 down 50.0% 148th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.1% 2024 down 2.5% 148th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 46.5% 2024 down 1.1% 139th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 76.4% 2024 down 1.5% 48th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 60.0% 2024 down 1.5% 122nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 32.5% 2024 up 1.4% 98th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 56.1% 2024 down 8.5% 41st Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 60.9% 2024 up 0.4% 158th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 44.3% 2024 down 4.4% 65th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 6.5% 2024 down 34.1% 130th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 5.5% 2024 down 46.0% 127th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 8.2% 2024 down 11.2% 122nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 32.2% 2025 down 23.1% 46th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 12.0% 2025 down 23.8% 115th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 21.8% 2025 down 23.6% 74th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 28.3% 2025 up 10.5% 94th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 49.9% 2025 down 1.4% 50th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 39.4% 2025 up 2.8% 69th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 47.3% 2025 up 8.7% 110th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 74.9% 2025 up 4.9% 35th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 60.1% 2025 up 6.6% 73rd Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 39.0% 2025 down 11.6% 72nd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 24.8% 2025 down 17.8% 105th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 30.8% 2025 down 14.4% 88th Unemployment with basic education 2.1% 2024 down 46.1% 109th Unemployment with basic education, male 1.9% 2024 down 62.2% 109th Unemployment with intermediate education 3.9% 2024 down 43.7% 99th Page 1 of 2 Next →