El Salvador: labor market gender gap index 2021, by area

In 2021, El Salvador scored 0.63 in the gender gap index area of economic participation and opportunity. This shows that women are 37 percent less likely to have equal economic participation and opportunities in comparison to men. That year, the country scored 0.61 in estimated earned income, which represents that, on average, women in El Salvador only earn 61 percent of the income earned by men.