Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in El Salvador

El Salvador: Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment was 10.22 % in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
10.22 %
Change on year
down 12.5%
World rank
19th
of 68 countries
All-time high
16.09 %
in 2020
All-time low
10.22 %
in 2024
Years of data
15
2010–2024

Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in El Salvador, 2010–2024

0510152010201720242010: 12.3 %2011: 11.4 %2012: 11.3 %2013: 12.2 %2014: 10.6 %2015: 11.9 %2016: 13.1 %2017: 12.9 %2018: 12.3 %2019: 14.3 %2020: 16.1 %2021: 15.4 %2022: 12.1 %2023: 11.7 %2024: 10.2 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2024, gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in El Salvador stood at 10.22 %. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.

The figure is down 12.5% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in El Salvador peaked at 16.09 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10.22 %, in 2024.

That places El Salvador 19th out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National in El Salvador, 2010 to 2024.
Year % Change
2010 12.29 %
2011 11.4 % -7.2%
2012 11.27 % -1.1%
2013 12.24 % +8.6%
2014 10.64 % -13.1%
2015 11.89 % +11.7%
2016 13.12 % +10.3%
2017 12.94 % -1.4%
2018 12.28 % -5.1%
2019 14.26 % +16.1%
2020 16.09 % +12.8%
2021 15.4 % -4.3%
2022 12.05 % -21.8%
2023 11.68 % -3.1%
2024 10.22 % -12.5%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 10.22 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is -4.64 %. (27 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 10.22 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -4.5 %. (17 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 12.23 % 10.64 % 14.26 % 10
2020s 13.09 % 10.22 % 16.09 % 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in El Salvador?
Gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in El Salvador was 10.22 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 16.09 % in 2020.
What is the lowest gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 10.22 % in 2024.
How does El Salvador rank for gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment?
El Salvador ranks 19th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
Is gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
77 places, 1,154 data points, 2000–2025
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The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.