In 2022, the percentage of informal employment in El Salvador stood at 67.45 percent of the total employed population. The share of employment informality reached its highest level in the study period in 2017, with 70.15 percent, and its lowest in 2022. El Salvador is one of the Latin American countries with the highest levels of informal employment.
Informal employment as percentage of total employment in El Salvador from 2014 to 2022
According to the source's definition: "Employment in the informal sector refers all persons who, during a given reference period, were employed in at least one informal sector enterprise, irrespective of their status in employment and whether it was their main or a secondary job. An informal sector enterprise is (1) an unincorporated enterprise and (2) a market enterprise (i.e., it sells at least some of the goods or services it produces), and (3) meets at least one of the following criteria: (i) the enterprise is not registered, (ii) the employees of the enterprise are not registered, or (iii) the number of persons engaged on a continuous basis is below a threshold determined by the country."
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ILO. (June 7, 2024). Informal employment as percentage of total employment in El Salvador from 2014 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039952/informal-employment-share-el-salvador/
ILO. "Informal employment as percentage of total employment in El Salvador from 2014 to 2022." Chart. June 7, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039952/informal-employment-share-el-salvador/
ILO. (2024). Informal employment as percentage of total employment in El Salvador from 2014 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039952/informal-employment-share-el-salvador/
ILO. "Informal Employment as Percentage of Total Employment in El Salvador from 2014 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039952/informal-employment-share-el-salvador/
ILO, Informal employment as percentage of total employment in El Salvador from 2014 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039952/informal-employment-share-el-salvador/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Informal employment as percentage of total employment in El Salvador from 2014 to 2022 [Graph], ILO, June 7, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039952/informal-employment-share-el-salvador/
