El Salvador Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in El Salvador decreased to 6.40 percent in 2018 from 7 percent in 2017. Unemployment Rate in El Salvador averaged 6.87 percent from 1995 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 7.97 percent in 1997 and a record low of 5.88 percent in 2008.

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El Salvador Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	6.40	7.00	7.97	5.88	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	190724.00	208694.00	208694.00	146858.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	61.90	62.20	63.60	52.40	percent	[+]
Population	6.42	6.39	6.42	2.20	Million	[+]
Wages High Skilled	831.00	828.00	831.00	792.00	SVC/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	291.00	303.00	305.00	273.00	SVC/Month	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	14.40	14.20	15.00	8.90	percent	[+]
Living Wage Family	515.00	530.00	530.00	475.00	SVC/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	325.00	325.00	325.00	290.00	SVC/Month	[+]
Employed Persons	275209.00	272702.00	275209.00	146858.00		[+]
Employment Rate	45.24	44.98	45.24	40.40	percent	[+]

In El Salvador, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - El Salvador Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. El Salvador Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	6.40	7.00	7.97	5.88	1995 - 2018	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	29.00	Jun/19	27.6	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.02	Jun/19	14.7	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	13.00	Jun/19	12.8	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	11.80	Jul/19	12	13.7 : 6.2	%
Argentina	10.60	Jun/19	10.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
Italy	9.90	Jul/19	9.8	13.1 : 5.8	%
France	8.50	Jun/19	8.7	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.50	Jul/19	7.5	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.00	Dec/18	5	8.3 : 3.53	%
Canada	5.70	Aug/19	5.7	13.1 : 2.9	%
Saudi Arabia	5.60	Jun/19	5.7	6.3 : 4.35	%
Australia	5.30	Aug/19	5.2	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.30	Aug/19	4.5	14.1 : 4.3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	Jul/19	3.9	12 : 3.4	%
Mexico	3.70	Jul/19	3.6	6.42 : 2.22	%
United States	3.70	Aug/19	3.7	10.8 : 2.5	%
China	3.61	Jun/19	3.67	4.3 : 3.61	%
Netherlands	3.50	Aug/19	3.4	7.9 : 3.3	%
South Korea	3.10	Aug/19	4	7.1 : 3	%
Germany	3.00	Jul/19	3.1	11.5 : 0.4	%
Japan	2.20	Jul/19	2.3	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Jun/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%
Switzerland	2.10	Aug/19	2.1	5.7 : 1.5	%