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El Salvador: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1978–2024 · 42 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2024
4.65%percent
Change on 2023
−0.6 pointsfrom 5.22%
Average, 2015–2024
6.28%10 years
Record high and low
17.0% (1985)low 3.73% (1978)

Unemployment rate

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2%4%6%8%10%12%14%16%18%198019902000201020202030El SalvadorEl Salvador
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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20314.78Forecast
20304.78Forecast
20294.67Forecast
20284.55Forecast
20274.43Forecast
20264.32Forecast
20254.20Forecast
20244.65
20235.22
20225.05
20216.34
20207.04
20196.49
20186.50
20177.19
20167.14
20157.14

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1978–2024
  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1988–2017
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1988–2024
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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