Employment, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS19) (quarterly, ILOSTAT)

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousands of persons · ILO.EMP.ICLS19.LVL.Q

Exact publisher dimensions; one reviewed national survey/source per country. These are publisher-reported or processed national statistics, with publisher flags retained; M flags mean model-based extrapolation and I flags mean imputation. Unflagged does not establish a directly observed survey count. National estimates and adjusted survey series remain explicitly identified by their source labels. National age/coverage exceptions and breaks are in observation attributes. No seasonal adjustment or currency conversion is applied by SOTW. Coverage is incomplete and national surveys are not fully comparable. One pinned national source per dataset/age/country. At review, Labour Force Survey (BA) sources are preferred; within that class the latest observation then greatest post-2014 coverage then lexical source code are used. Without BA, apply the same recency/coverage ordering. Source choices are pinned below and never automatically changed during imports. Rejected alternate sources remain in retained raw captures. National age and survey exceptions remain in decoded observation notes. The publisher age category does not override country exceptions (for example USA minimum age 16).

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Latest reading by geography

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Employment, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS19) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): latest reading for 79 geographies, with the period of each. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
#Country or areaValue (thousands of persons)PeriodHistory
1United StatesUSA162,968.4522026-Q3History
2IndonesiaIDN122,317.7572022-Q1History
3BrazilBRA102,956.9842026-Q2History
4NigeriaNGA90,769.4082025-Q2History
5RussiaRUS73,755.2242025-Q4History
6PakistanPAK71,627.2022025-Q4History
7JapanJPN67,467.7802023-Q4History
8BangladeshBGD56,205.7042024-Q4History
9VietnamVNM52,091.6092024-Q4History
10GermanyDEU43,504.9582024-Q4History
11ThailandTHA40,890.4042026-Q1History
12United KingdomGBR34,164.1532026-Q1History
13EgyptEGY32,159.9312024-Q4History
14South KoreaKOR29,283.7552026-Q3History
15FranceFRA28,933.1622024-Q4History
16TanzaniaTZA27,962.5002025-Q4History
17ItalyITA24,071.5152026-Q1History
18SpainESP22,852.5582026-Q3History
19MyanmarMMR21,436.3342019-Q3History
20CanadaCAN21,262.0612026-Q2History
21PolandPOL17,234.3962026-Q2History
22South AfricaZAF16,934.9292026-Q2History
23AustraliaAUS14,703.9352026-Q1History
24KenyaKEN12,436.7712021-Q4History
25GhanaGHA11,533.8502024-Q4History
26NetherlandsNLD9,876.4782024-Q4History
27AngolaAGO9,562.7402026-Q1History
28ChileCHL9,403.2992026-Q2History
29EcuadorECU7,984.7862026-Q1History
30RomaniaROU7,692.6212024-Q4History
31GuatemalaGTM7,626.6942026-Q1History
32PortugalPRT5,399.2652026-Q2History
33CzechiaCZE5,272.5332024-Q4History
34SwedenSWE5,257.0182024-Q4History
35BelgiumBEL5,124.1592024-Q4History
36RwandaRWA4,924.4982025-Q4History
37SwitzerlandCHE4,911.2302025-Q4History
38HungaryHUN4,705.3612024-Q4History
39AustriaAUT4,516.8722025-Q4History
40GreeceGRC4,414.4512026-Q2History
41IsraelISR4,366.5162024-Q4History
42ZambiaZMB3,988.1752024-Q4History
43TunisiaTUN3,415.6822023-Q4History
44ZimbabweZWE3,187.7802025-Q2History
45DenmarkDNK3,083.1912024-Q4History
46BulgariaBGR2,929.1042024-Q4History
47NorwayNOR2,913.8592024-Q4History
48SerbiaSRB2,835.3232026-Q1History
49JordanJOR2,816.7222024-Q4History
50IrelandIRL2,776.4072024-Q4History
51SlovakiaSVK2,639.5502023-Q4History
52FinlandFIN2,590.8862024-Q4History
53SingaporeSGP2,384.4292025-Q4History
54Costa RicaCRI2,222.7122026-Q2History
55UruguayURY1,762.2802026-Q2History
56CroatiaHRV1,670.4512024-Q4History
57KosovoXKX1,657.4022024-Q4History
58LithuaniaLTU1,457.8832025-Q4History
59JamaicaJAM1,416.9772024-Q4History
60GeorgiaGEO1,402.1352025-Q4History
61MongoliaMNG1,357.9642025-Q4History
62Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH1,233.1392026-Q1History
63ArmeniaARM1,140.9712024-Q4History
64SloveniaSVN1,000.5892024-Q4History
65LatviaLVA873.9272024-Q4History
66MoldovaMDA788.2842025-Q4History
67BotswanaBWA739.8722020-Q4History
68The GambiaGMB730.2922026-Q1History
69EstoniaEST700.4192024-Q4History
70Trinidad and TobagoTTO570.1082024-Q4History
71CyprusCYP490.3322024-Q4History
72LuxembourgLUX325.9322024-Q4History
73MaltaMLT320.6402024-Q4History
74GuyanaGUY246.0412021-Q3History
75IcelandISL221.3532023-Q4History
76DjiboutiDJI171.2842025-Q4History
77BelizeBLZ166.7112026-Q1History
78BarbadosBRB131.2292024-Q3History
79SeychellesSYC52.4322026-Q1History

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). 79 geographies, periods 2019-07-01 to 2026-07-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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