El Salvador vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Labor force, total, per square kilometre

El Salvador
140.2 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
15.89 units per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
31st
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
33rd

Labor force, total, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
050100150199020062023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 140.2 units per square kilometre against 15.89 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 124.31 units per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 8.8 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 34 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 31st and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 33rd of 186 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 102.49 units per square kilometre 9.78 units per square kilometre 92.71 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 114.51 units per square kilometre 12.36 units per square kilometre 102.16 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 125.53 units per square kilometre 14.5 units per square kilometre 111.02 units per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 133.29 units per square kilometre 15.4 units per square kilometre 117.89 units per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher labor force, total, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 140.2 units per square kilometre against 15.89 units per square kilometre in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in labor force, total, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
124.31 units per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for labor force, total, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 31st and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 33rd of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Labor force, total, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
234 places, 7,804 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Labor force, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.