El Salvador - Employment in industry

Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in El Salvador was 17.67 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 26.85 in 1991, while its lowest value was 17.08 in 2016.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 26.85
1992 26.82
1993 26.76
1994 26.58
1995 26.37
1996 25.94
1997 25.50
1998 25.03
1999 24.27
2000 24.33
2001 22.15
2002 23.53
2003 21.89
2004 21.67
2005 20.09
2006 19.00
2007 20.34
2008 20.59
2009 18.31
2010 18.42
2011 18.75
2012 18.39
2013 17.51
2014 17.97
2015 19.50
2016 17.08
2017 18.07
2018 17.84
2019 17.67

Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in El Salvador was 26.03 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 26.49 in 2003, while its lowest value was 22.38 in 2009.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 23.34
1992 23.66
1993 23.82
1994 24.01
1995 24.28
1996 24.10
1997 24.13
1998 24.33
1999 25.45
2000 24.17
2001 24.63
2002 24.89
2003 26.49
2004 25.10
2005 23.73
2006 25.85
2007 25.59
2008 25.54
2009 22.38
2010 23.48
2011 23.09
2012 22.87
2013 22.48
2014 23.06
2015 24.12
2016 24.06
2017 24.65
2018 25.36
2019 26.03

Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in El Salvador was 22.51 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 25.06 in 1995, while its lowest value was 20.36 in 2013.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The industry sector consists of mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and public utilities (electricity, gas, and water), in accordance with divisions 2-5 (ISIC 2) or categories C-F (ISIC 3) or categories B-F (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 24.57
1992 24.79
1993 24.93
1994 24.98
1995 25.06
1996 24.78
1997 24.65
1998 24.60
1999 24.98
2000 24.24
2001 23.62
2002 24.34
2003 24.57
2004 23.69
2005 22.22
2006 22.98
2007 23.40
2008 23.47
2009 20.66
2010 21.35
2011 21.27
2012 20.98
2013 20.36
2014 20.89
2015 22.18
2016 21.10
2017 21.89
2018 22.20
2019 22.51

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity