Labour Force (Total) rose 3.01% to 2.66 mil in El Salvador in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in El Salvador reached an all time high of 2.73 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 1.83 mil in 1990. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Costa Rica amounted to 2.43 mil, 6.67 mil in Guatemala, 4.31 mil in Honduras and 3.04 mil in Nicaragua in 2021.
El Salvador has been ranked 113th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 7 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belize | mil | 0.157 | 0.163 | 0.167 | 0.171 | 0.176 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | mil | 2.31 | 2.22 | 2.27 | 2.38 | 2.50 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | mil | 2.60 | 2.65 | 2.67 | 2.67 | 2.73 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | mil | 6.02 | 6.18 | 6.36 | 6.53 | 6.69 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | mil | 3.92 | 3.98 | 4.16 | 4.41 | 4.30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil | 52.0 | 52.8 | 53.5 | 54.5 | 55.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | mil | 2.78 | 2.84 | 2.91 | 2.95 | 3.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | mil | 1.79 | 1.83 | 1.85 | 1.94 | 2.03 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 160 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 166 |
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