Compensation of employees in El Salvador
El Salvador: Compensation of employees was 40.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Compensation of employees in El Salvador, 1998–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2023, compensation of employees in El Salvador stood at 40.9%.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, compensation of employees in El Salvador peaked at 65.4% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 34.6%, in 2020.
That places El Salvador 23rd out of 155 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Compensation of employees in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 63.2% | — |
| 1999 | 65.4% | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 62.6% | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 50.3% | -19.7% |
| 2002 | 43.2% | -14.1% |
| 2003 | 48.0% | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 41.5% | -13.4% |
| 2005 | 39.2% | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 36.5% | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 39.9% | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 36.9% | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 36.0% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 38.3% | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 37.5% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 41.3% | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 42.0% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 42.8% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 43.8% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 43.6% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 41.0% | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 41.0% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 41.0% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 34.6% | -15.6% |
| 2021 | 39.1% | +12.9% |
| 2022 | 40.8% | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 40.9% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.3% | 63.2% | 65.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 43.4% | 36.0% | 62.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.2% | 37.5% | 43.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.9% | 34.6% | 40.9% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is compensation of employees in El Salvador?
- Compensation of employees in El Salvador was 40.9% in 2023, 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 65.4% in 1999.
- What is the lowest compensation of employees recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.6% in 2020.
- How does El Salvador rank for compensation of employees?
- El Salvador ranks 23rd out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is compensation of employees rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 (% of expense). 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 as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.