Female share of low pay earners in El Salvador
El Salvador: Female share of low pay earners was 48.08 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Female share of low pay earners in El Salvador, 2010–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, female share of low pay earners in El Salvador stood at 48.08. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.5% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female share of low pay earners in El Salvador peaked at 48.08 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 36.15, in 2021.
That places El Salvador 40th out of 70 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Female share of low pay earners in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 38.65 | — |
| 2011 | 40.55 | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 40.65 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 39.86 | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 38.21 | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 37.62 | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 37.76 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 39.24 | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 36.52 | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 37.19 | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 36.15 | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 40.09 | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 46.82 | +16.8% |
| 2024 | 44.74 | -4.4% |
| 2025 | 48.08 | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 38.62 | 36.52 | 40.65 | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.18 | 36.15 | 48.08 | 5 |
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More gender data for El Salvador
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,446 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -1.44 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 5,040 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 5,040 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 47,387 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 49,616 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 47,477 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 49,704 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 47,581 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female share of low pay earners in El Salvador?
- Female share of low pay earners in El Salvador was 48.08 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest female share of low pay earners recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 48.08 in 2025.
- What is the lowest female share of low pay earners recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.15 in 2021.
- How does El Salvador rank for female share of low pay earners?
- El Salvador ranks 40th out of 70 countries with data for 2025.
- Is female share of low pay earners rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Female share of low pay earners. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This measure of earnings dispersion refers to the percentage of low pay workers, among all low pay workers, who are female. For more information, refer to the Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination Indicators (GEND) database description.