Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — El Salvador

Employment in services in El Salvador in 2025 — 63%. Ranked 85 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 23.4 pp.

2025 63% +0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 85of 182
Period maximum 63%2025
Period minimum 39.6%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — El Salvador, 1991–2025304050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 39.6%1992: 40.1%1993: 42.3%1994: 44.5%1995: 45.2%1996: 45.4%1997: 48.7%1998: 49.4%1999: 51.9%2000: 53.2%2001: 53.6%2002: 54.9%2003: 56.3%2004: 56.2%2005: 56.9%2006: 57.2%2007: 57.6%2008: 56.9%2009: 57.5%2010: 57.9%2011: 57.1%2012: 58.1%2013: 60.1%2014: 60.3%2015: 59.7%2016: 60.2%2017: 59.5%2018: 61.1%2019: 61.2%2020: 60.9%2021: 61.2%2022: 61.6%2023: 62.5%2024: 62.7%2025: 63%
Change over the period: +23.4 pp Annual average: 0.69 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador

El Salvador 63%
World 50.6%
Central America computed 62%
Employment in services — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 63 +0.4 pp
2024 62.7 +0.2 pp
2023 62.5 +0.9 pp
2022 61.6 +0.4 pp
2021 61.2 +0.4 pp
2020 60.9 −0.3 pp
2019 61.2 +0.1 pp
2018 61.1 +1.5 pp
2017 59.5 −0.7 pp
2016 60.2 +0.5 pp
2015 59.7 −0.6 pp
2014 60.3 +0.3 pp
2013 60.1 +2 pp
2012 58.1 +0.9 pp
2011 57.1 −0.7 pp
2010 57.9 +0.3 pp
2009 57.5 +0.7 pp
2008 56.9 −0.7 pp
2007 57.6 +0.4 pp
2006 57.2 +0.3 pp
2005 56.9 +0.7 pp
2004 56.2 −0 pp
2003 56.3 +1.3 pp
2002 54.9 +1.3 pp
2001 53.6 +0.4 pp
2000 53.2 +1.3 pp
1999 51.9 +2.6 pp
1998 49.4 +0.6 pp
1997 48.7 +3.3 pp
1996 45.4 +0.2 pp
1995 45.2 +0.7 pp
1994 44.5 +2.2 pp
1993 42.3 +2.2 pp
1992 40.1 +0.6 pp
1991 39.6

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.