Unemployment rate: El Salvador
3.303% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.303 |
| 2024 | 3.261 |
| 2023 | 2.992 |
| 2022 | 2.999 |
| 2021 | 4.327 |
| 2020 | 5.008 |
| 2019 | 4.17 |
| 2018 | 4.006 |
| 2017 | 4.385 |
| 2016 | 4.418 |
| 2015 | 3.998 |
| 2014 | 4.154 |
| 2013 | 3.693 |
| 2012 | 3.843 |
| 2011 | 4.297 |
| 2010 | 4.893 |
| 2009 | 7.33 |
| 2008 | 5.88 |
| 2007 | 6.41 |
| 2006 | 6.57 |
| 2005 | 7.22 |
| 2004 | 6.8 |
| 2003 | 6.9 |
| 2002 | 6.2 |
| 2001 | 6.96 |
| 2000 | 6.96 |
| 1999 | 7.3 |
| 1998 | 7.1 |
| 1997 | 7.98 |
| 1996 | 7.68 |
| 1995 | 7.65 |
| 1994 | 7.68 |
| 1993 | 9.94 |
| 1992 | 7.88 |
| 1991 | 7.53 |