Low pay rate in El Salvador
El Salvador: Low pay rate was 16.23 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Low pay rate in El Salvador, 2010–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 16.23 for low pay rate in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, low pay rate in El Salvador peaked at 19.08 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15.44, in 2011.
That places El Salvador 52nd out of 84 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.
Low pay rate in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15.97 | — |
| 2011 | 15.44 | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 16.07 | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 16.25 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 16.99 | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 16.43 | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 18.24 | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 18.44 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 18.37 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 18.35 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 17.8 | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 16.98 | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 19.08 | +12.3% |
| 2024 | 16.94 | -11.2% |
| 2025 | 16.23 | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 17.06 | 15.44 | 18.44 | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.41 | 16.23 | 19.08 | 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)
- 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)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 49,800 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 47,804 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 50,031 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is low pay rate in El Salvador?
- Low pay rate in El Salvador was 16.23 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest low pay rate recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 19.08 in 2023.
- What is the lowest low pay rate recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.44 in 2011.
- How does El Salvador rank for low pay rate?
- El Salvador ranks 52nd out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Is low pay rate rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. 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 Low pay rate. 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 proportion of employees whose hourly earnings at all jobs were less than two-thirds of median hourly earnings. For more information, refer to the Wages and Working Time Statistics (COND) database description.