Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
El Salvador's youth unemployment rate stands at 7.81% as of 2025-12-31, up from 7.51% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1991 to 2025 (35 observations).
In 2025, El Salvador's youth unemployment rate was 7.81%, up from 7.51% in 2024.
In 2024, El Salvador's youth unemployment rate was 7.51%, up from 7.03% in 2023.
In 2023, El Salvador's youth unemployment rate was 7.03%, down from 7.48% in 2022.
In 2022, El Salvador's youth unemployment rate was 7.48%, down from 9.8% in 2021.
In 2021, El Salvador's youth unemployment rate was 9.8%, down from 11.08% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.81% | +0.302% |
| 2024 | 7.51% | +0.476% |
| 2023 | 7.03% | -0.449% |
| 2022 | 7.48% | -2.32% |
| 2021 | 9.8% | -1.28% |
| 2020 | 11.08% | +1.48% |
| 2019 | 9.6% | +0.322% |
| 2018 | 9.28% | -0.469% |
| 2017 | 9.75% | +0.248% |
| 2016 | 9.5% | +0.838% |
| 2015 | 8.66% | -0.936% |
| 2014 | 9.6% | +1.08% |
| 2013 | 8.51% | +0.077% |
| 2012 | 8.44% | -0.106% |
| 2011 | 8.54% | -1.62% |
| 2010 | 10.16% | -3.71% |
| 2009 | 13.87% | +3% |
| 2008 | 10.87% | -0.505% |
| 2007 | 11.37% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 11.57% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 12.67% | +0.837% |
| 2004 | 11.83% | -0.067% |
| 2003 | 11.9% | +1.12% |
| 2002 | 10.78% | -1.36% |
| 2001 | 12.14% | +0.166% |
| 2000 | 11.97% | -0.619% |
| 1999 | 12.59% | +0.391% |
| 1998 | 12.2% | -1.61% |
| 1997 | 13.8% | +0.516% |
| 1996 | 13.29% | +0.081% |
| 1995 | 13.21% | -0.083% |
| 1994 | 13.29% | -3.56% |
| 1993 | 16.85% | +3.38% |
| 1992 | 13.47% | +0.808% |
| 1991 | 12.66% | — |
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El Salvador's youth unemployment rate is 7.81% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 7.51% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 16.85% (1993); the lowest is 7.03% (2023), across data from 1991 to 2025.
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