In 2020, the percentage of informal employment in El Salvador stood at 68.5 percent of the total employed population. The share of employment informality reached its highest level in the decade in 2012, with 72.6 percent, and its lowest in 2018 and 2020, at 68.5 percent of the labor force considered informally employed. 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 2010 to 2020
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. (September 25, 2021). Informal employment as percentage of total employment in El Salvador from 2010 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039952/informal-employment-share-el-salvador/
ILO. "Informal employment as percentage of total employment in El Salvador from 2010 to 2020." Chart. September 25, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039952/informal-employment-share-el-salvador/
ILO. (2021). Informal employment as percentage of total employment in El Salvador from 2010 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039952/informal-employment-share-el-salvador/
ILO. "Informal Employment as Percentage of Total Employment in El Salvador from 2010 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039952/informal-employment-share-el-salvador/
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