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In 2025, the unemployment rate in El Salvador was 4.2 percent. Between 1988 and 2025, the figure dropped by 5.95 percentage points, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory. From 2025 to 2031, the rate will rise by 0.58 percentage points, showing an overall upward trend with periodic ups and downs.

This indicator describes the unemployment rate, which can be defined by either the national definition, the ILO harmonized definition, or the OECD harmonized definition. The latter defines it as the number of unemployed people divided by the total labor force.