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Re:Most Salvadorans have already ditched their national Bitc... by moralestapia on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @10:23PM (#31268620)
>Most of the economy is informal, it's estimated to exceed 60% of their economy.

Highly doubt it, would like to see a source for that.

Edit: Found it, 40% [1], I'm honestly surprised, that's waaaay higher than I thought it'd be.

1:https://www.worldeconomics.com/Informal-Economy/El%20Salvado...

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Re:Most Salvadorans have already ditched their national Bitc... by notch656a on Thursday May 05, 2022 @11:51AM (#31274912)
Yes it exceeds 60% of the labor force [0] but you're right, it may not reach 60% of GDP. It can be difficult to measure informal economy.

[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039952/informal-employm....

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