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Central America and the Caribbean > El Salvador > Labor

SALVADORAN LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 6% [38th of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 50.8 [56th of 162]
Source: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002
Employees, industry, female > % of female employment 21.7 % Time series [15th of 86]
Source: Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation
Employees, industry, male > % of male employment 25.1 % Time series [55th of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employees, services, female > % of female employment 75 % Time series [39th of 86]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in agriculture > % of total employment 19.1 % Time series [22nd of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Employment in industry > % of total employment 23.7 % Time series [33rd of 94]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Female decision makers 33% [20th of 67]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Female economic activity growth 23% [10th of 156]
Source: calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002
force with tertiary education > % of total 23.8 % Time series [16th of 52]
Source: calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva
force, total 2,771,291 Time series [96th of 184]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force 2,913,000 Time series [76th of 132]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 17.1%, industry 17.1%, services 65.8%
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Industry 23% Time series [8th of 29]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Labor force > By occupation > Services 58% Time series [13th of 29]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation 69 [13th of 123]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Regulation > Employment Conditions 75 [66th of 123]
Source: The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.
Unemployment rate 6.2% Time series [48th of 107]
Source: The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 6.8 % Time series [48th of 101]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 24,000,000 $ Time series [104th of 149]
Source: World Development Indicators database

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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; World Development Indicators database; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Republica de El Salvador

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