Compensation of employees (current LCU) in El Salvador
El Salvador: Compensation of employees (current LCU) was 4.01 billion current LCU in 2024. ▲ Rising
Compensation of employees in El Salvador, 1998–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for compensation of employees in El Salvador is 4.01 billion current LCU, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 82.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in El Salvador peaked at 4.01 billion current LCU in 2024 and was at its lowest, 829.46 million current LCU, in 1998.
El Salvador ranks 128th of 156 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Compensation of employees (current LCU) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | current LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 829.46 million current LCU | — |
| 1999 | 1.05 billion current LCU | +26.6% |
| 2000 | 1.11 billion current LCU | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 1.42 billion current LCU | +28.0% |
| 2002 | 1.11 billion current LCU | -22.0% |
| 2003 | 1.10 billion current LCU | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 1.12 billion current LCU | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 1.18 billion current LCU | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 1.32 billion current LCU | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 1.39 billion current LCU | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 1.51 billion current LCU | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 1.64 billion current LCU | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 1.70 billion current LCU | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 1.90 billion current LCU | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 2.02 billion current LCU | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 2.12 billion current LCU | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 2.20 billion current LCU | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 2.33 billion current LCU | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 2.45 billion current LCU | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 2.54 billion current LCU | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 2.64 billion current LCU | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 2.73 billion current LCU | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 2.93 billion current LCU | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 3.35 billion current LCU | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 3.57 billion current LCU | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 3.84 billion current LCU | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 4.01 billion current LCU | +4.4% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 4.01 billion current LCU is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.94 billion current LCU, 4% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 4.01 billion current LCU is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 34.98 billion current LCU, 11% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Compensation of employees (current LCU) in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +28.0% | 1.11 billion current LCU | 1.42 billion current LCU |
| 1999 | +26.6% | 829.46 million current LCU | 1.05 billion current LCU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 939.80 million current LCU | 829.46 million current LCU | 1.05 billion current LCU | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.29 billion current LCU | 1.10 billion current LCU | 1.64 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.26 billion current LCU | 1.70 billion current LCU | 2.73 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.54 billion current LCU | 2.93 billion current LCU | 4.01 billion current LCU | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in El Salvador?
- Compensation of employees in El Salvador was 4.01 billion current LCU in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest compensation of employees recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 4.01 billion current LCU in 2024.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 829.46 million current LCU in 1998.
- How does El Salvador rank for compensation of employees?
- El Salvador ranks 128th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Compensation of employees (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an enterprise to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.