El Salvador — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1978–2031 · 49 observations
About this series
The unemployment rate is the number of people without work who are available for and seeking work, divided by the labour force. It is expressed as a percentage.
The latest unemployment rate reading for El Salvador was 3.3% in 2025. The previous reading was 4.65% in 2024; the period change was −1.35 percentage points.
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- Annual data, 1978–2031
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Latest observations
2022–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 4.78 % |
| 2030 | 4.78 % |
| 2029 | 4.67 % |
| 2028 | 4.55 % |
| 2027 | 4.43 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2022
| 2026 | 4.32 % |
| 2025 | 3.3 % |
| 2024 | 4.65 % |
| 2023 | 5.22 % |
| 2022 | 5.05 % |