El Salvador SV: Unemployment

1985 - 2016 | Yearly | Person th | International Monetary Fund

El Salvador SV: Unemployment data was reported at 204.640 Person th in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 146.858 Person th for 2008. El Salvador SV: Unemployment data is updated yearly, averaging 163.729 Person th from Dec 1985 (Median) to 2016, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 280.200 Person th in 1985 and a record low of 28.270 Person th in 1986. El Salvador SV: Unemployment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.IMF.IFS: Labour Force, Employment and Unemployment: Annual.

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Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
204.64 2016	146.86 2008	28.27 1986	280.20 1985	Person th	yearly	1985 - 2016

Related Indicators for El Salvador SV: Unemployment

Related indicators	Last	Frequency	Range
El Salvador SV: Unemployment (Person th)	204.64 2016	yearly	1985 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Labour Force (Person th)	2,495.91 2008	yearly	1991 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Employment (Person th)	2,726.83 2016	yearly	1985 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Unemployment Rate (%)	7.33 2009	yearly	1985 - 2009
El Salvador SV: Unemployment Rate: % Change over Previous Period (%)	24.237 2009	yearly	1986 - 2009
El Salvador SV: Unemployment Rate: % Change (%)	24.237 2009	yearly	1986 - 2009
El Salvador SV: Unemployment: % Change over Previous Period (%)	-5.908 2008	yearly	1986 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Unemployment: % Change (%)	-5.908 2008	yearly	1986 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Employment: % Change over Previous Period (%)	1.764 2008	yearly	1986 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Employment: % Change (%)	1.764 2008	yearly	1986 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Labour Force: % Change over Previous Period (%)	1.279 2008	yearly	1992 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Labour Force: % Change (%)	1.279 2008	yearly	1992 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Employment Index (2010=100)	122.869 2023	yearly	1975 - 2023

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El Salvador Key Series

National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: GDP PPP Per Capita (PPP Intl $)	13,945.219 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	6,325.792 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	1.965 2027	yearly	1980 - 2027

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Government Expenditure (SVC bn)	14.164 2029	yearly	1990 - 2029
Forecast: Government Net Debt (SVC bn)	39.320 2029	yearly	1991 - 2029
Forecast: Government Revenue (SVC bn)	12.133 2029	yearly	1990 - 2029

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Population (Person mn)	6.471 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028
Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%)	5.216 2029	yearly	1988 - 2029

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Consumer Price Index Growth (%)	1.700 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-1.305 2029	yearly	1980 - 2029

More Indicators for El Salvador

Indicators	Last	Frequency	Range
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: MFSM 2000: Deposits (USD mn)	0.00 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: Foreign Liabilities (USD mn)	280.69 2008	yearly	2000 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: MFSM 2000: Liabilities to Nonresid... (USD mn)	197.42 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: Central Government Deposits (USD mn)	11.92 2008	yearly	2000 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: MFSM 2000: Liabilities to Central ... (USD mn)	0.00 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: Credit from Monetary Authorities (USD mn)	103.65 2008	yearly	2000 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: Credit from Deposit Money Banks (USD mn)	6.46 2008	yearly	2001 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: MFSM 2000: Loans (USD mn)	98.84 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: MFSM 2000: Financial Derivatives (USD mn)	0.00 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: MFSM 2000: Insurance Technical Res... (USD mn)	10,362.94 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: MFSM 2000: Securities Other Than S... (USD mn)	0.00 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: Capital and Reserves (USD mn)	426.42 2008	yearly	2000 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: MFSM 2000: Shares and Other Equity (USD mn)	610.49 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: Insurance Technical Reserves (USD mn)	177.13 2008	yearly	2001 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: Other Items: Net (USD mn)	-39.64 2008	yearly	2000 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Other Financial Corporations: MFSM 2000: Other Items: Net (USD mn)	-307.71 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Money Supply: Broad Money (USD mn)	13,282.96 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Money Supply: Currency Issued by Central Government (USD mn)	0.00 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Money Supply: Deposits in Nonfinancial Corporation (USD mn)	0.00 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Money Supply: Securities Issued by Central Government (USD mn)	0.00 2017	yearly	2001 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Money Supply: M1 (USD mn)	2,799.10 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Money Supply: M2 (USD mn)	9,870.40 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Money Supply: M3 (USD mn)	10,599.50 2016	yearly	2001 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Money Market Rate (% pa)	5.28 2001	yearly	1997 - 2001
El Salvador SV: Deposit Rate: Foreign Currency (% pa)	4.42 2017	yearly	1996 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Lending Rate: Foreign Currency (% pa)	6.47 2017	yearly	1996 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Producer Price Index (2010=100)	100.33 2016	yearly	1999 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Wholesale Price Index: Include Coffee (2010=100)	108.45 2016	yearly	1950 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	109.95 2017	yearly	1950 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Consumer Price Index (CPI): % Change (%)	1.01 2017	yearly	1951 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Labour Force (Person th)	2,495.91 2008	yearly	1991 - 2008
El Salvador SV: Employment (Person th)	2,726.83 2016	yearly	1985 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Unemployment Rate (%)	7.33 2009	yearly	1985 - 2009
El Salvador SV: Exports: fob: USD (USD mn)	5,335.37 2016	yearly	1991 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Exports: fob: excluding Maquiladoras (USD mn)	4,180.31 2016	yearly	1948 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Imports: cif: USD (USD mn)	9,854.60 2016	yearly	1991 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Imports: cif: excluding Maquiladoras (USD mn)	9,271.59 2016	yearly	1948 - 2016
El Salvador SV: GDP: Exports of Goods and Services (USD mn)	6,663.16 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
El Salvador SV: GDP: Government Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	3,234.70 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
El Salvador SV: GDP: Gross Fixed Capital Formation (USD mn)	3,655.78 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
El Salvador SV: GDP: Changes in Inventories (USD mn)	0.00 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
El Salvador SV: GDP: Household Consumption Expenditure including NPISHs (USD mn)	23,787.90 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
El Salvador SV: GDP: Net Primary Income from Abroad (USD mn)	-1,225.40 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
El Salvador SV: GDP: Imports of Goods and Services (USD mn)	10,544.10 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Gross National Income (USD mn)	25,572.10 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (USD mn)	26,797.50 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
El Salvador SV:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductDeflator (2010=100)	111.06 2016	yearly	1951 - 2016
El Salvador SV: GDP: 1990 Prices (USD mn)	10,224.30 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
El Salvador SV:(GDP) Gross Domestic ProductVolume Index (2010=100)	112.65 2016	yearly	1951 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Population: Midyear Estimates (Person mn)	6.34 2016	yearly	1950 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Budgetary Central Government: Cash Receipts: Operating Activitie... (SVC mn)	4,001.47 2013	yearly	1990 - 2013
El Salvador SV: Budgetary Central Government: Cash Payments: Operating Activitie... (SVC mn)	4,319.29 2013	yearly	1990 - 2013
El Salvador SV: Budgetary Central Government: Net Incurrence of Liabilities (SVC mn)	317.82 2013	yearly	1990 - 2013
El Salvador SV: Budgetary Central Government: Net Incurrence of Liabilities: by ... (SVC mn)	355.67 2013	yearly	1990 - 2013
El Salvador SV: Budgetary Central Government: Net Incurrence of Liabilities: by ... (SVC mn)	-37.85 2013	yearly	1990 - 2013
El Salvador SV: Budgetary Central Government: Cash Surplus/Deficit (SVC mn)	-317.82 2013	yearly	1990 - 2013
El Salvador SV: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Europe: CIS: Ar... (USD mn)	0.00 2015	yearly	2005 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Export Earnings... (USD mn)	44.98 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Export Earnings... (USD mn)	5,617.81 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies (USD mn)	2,885.10 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies (USD mn)	2,764.18 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Western Hemisph... (USD mn)	2,615.29 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Middle East (USD mn)	3.47 2017	yearly	1967 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Emerging and De... (USD mn)	121.86 2017	yearly	1956 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Africa (USD mn)	7.41 2017	yearly	1966 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Europe: CIS (USD mn)	0.48 2017	yearly	1968 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Export Earnings... (USD mn)	272.80 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Export Earnings... (USD mn)	10,259.97 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Imports: cif: Advanced Economies (USD mn)	5,270.12 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies (USD mn)	5,254.84 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Western Hemisph... (USD mn)	4,016.94 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Middle East (USD mn)	19.86 2017	yearly	1967 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Emerging and De... (USD mn)	1,156.30 2017	yearly	1949 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Africa (USD mn)	6.38 2017	yearly	1964 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Imports: cif: Emerging and Developing Economies: Europe: CIS (USD mn)	19.58 2017	yearly	1978 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Depository Corporations Survey: Broad Money: % Change over Previ... (%)	3.07 2016	yearly	1950 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Fertilizer Consumption: per Hectare of Arable Land (kg/ha)	134.86 2015	yearly	2002 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Agricultural Land (sq km)	16,020.00 2015	yearly	1961 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Agricultural Land: % of Land Area (%)	77.32 2015	yearly	1961 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Arable Land (ha)	750,000.00 2015	yearly	1961 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Arable Land: Hectares per Person (ha)	0.12 2015	yearly	1961 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Arable Land: % of Land Area (%)	36.20 2015	yearly	1961 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Land under Cereal Production (ha)	390,803.00 2016	yearly	1961 - 2016
El Salvador SV: Permanent Cropland: % of Land Area (%)	10.38 2015	yearly	1961 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Forest Area (sq km)	2,650.00 2015	yearly	1990 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Forest Area: % of Land Area (%)	12.79 2015	yearly	1990 - 2015
El Salvador SV: Agricultural Irrigated Land: % of Total Agricultural Land (%)	1.34 2014	yearly	2003 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Average Precipitation in Depth (mm/Year)	1,784.00 2014	yearly	1962 - 2014
El Salvador SV: Land Area (sq km)	20,720.00 2017	yearly	1961 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Surface Area (sq km)	21,040.00 2017	yearly	1961 - 2017
El Salvador SV: Cereal Yield: per Hectare (kg/ha)	2,745.50 2016	yearly	1961 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Trade in Services: % of GDP (%)	15.67 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer... (%)	23.07 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments (USD mn)	1,358.57 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods and Services (USD mn)	10,544.09 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Insurance and Financial ... (%)	16.65 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods (USD mn)	8,823.05 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service (USD mn)	1,721.04 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Charges for the Use of Intellectual Proper... (USD mn)	94.10 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
El Salvador SV: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods, Services and Primary Incom... (USD mn)	11,902.66 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016

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