El Salvador Youth Unemployment Rate 1960-2024

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.
  • El Salvador youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 7.49%, a 2.35% decline from 2021.
  • El Salvador youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 9.84%, a 1.26% decline from 2020.
  • El Salvador youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 11.10%, a 1.49% increase from 2019.
  • El Salvador youth unemployment rate for 2019 was 9.61%, a 0.31% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Djibouti 77.14%
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Republic of Congo 42.09%
Tunisia 40.58%
West Bank and Gaza 35.95%
Sudan 34.05%
Georgia 30.38%
Bhutan 29.61%
Cabo Verde 29.33%
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Mauritania 24.28%
Morocco 23.84%
Sao Tome and Principe 21.40%
India 17.83%
Egypt 15.72%
Indonesia 14.05%
Bangladesh 12.54%
Honduras 12.45%
Kenya 12.15%
Mongolia 11.53%
Vanuatu 10.99%
Uzbekistan 10.97%
Myanmar 10.02%
Nicaragua 9.70%
Pakistan 9.69%
Zambia 8.21%
Kyrgyz Republic 8.18%
El Salvador 7.49%
Philippines 7.19%
Nigeria 6.82%
Cameroon 6.61%
Ghana 6.60%
Lao PDR 6.32%
Bolivia 6.27%
Vietnam 5.92%
Papua New Guinea 4.93%
Timor-Leste 3.93%
Solomon Islands 3.07%
Moldova 2.82%
Cambodia 0.78%
Kosovo 0.00%
Kiribati 0.00%
Micronesia 0.00%
Ukraine 0.00%
El Salvador Youth Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24 Annual Change
2022 7.49% -2.35%
2021 9.84% -1.26%
2020 11.10% 1.49%
2019 9.61% 0.31%
2018 9.30% -0.47%
2017 9.77% 0.25%
2016 9.52% 0.84%
2015 8.68% -0.91%
2014 9.59% 1.07%
2013 8.52% 0.07%
2012 8.45% -0.10%
2011 8.55% -1.61%
2010 10.16% -3.73%
2009 13.88% 3.00%
2008 10.88% -0.50%
2007 11.38% -0.19%
2006 11.57% -1.09%
2005 12.66% 0.84%
2004 11.81% -0.06%
2003 11.87% 1.13%
2002 10.74% -1.34%
2001 12.08% 0.16%
2000 11.92% -0.61%
1999 12.53% 0.41%
1998 12.13% -1.60%
1997 13.73% 0.53%
1996 13.20% 0.07%
1995 13.13% -0.08%
1994 13.21% -3.55%
1993 16.76% 3.38%
1992 13.38% 0.81%
1991 12.58% 12.58%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%