Employment, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (monthly, ILOSTAT)

Reviewed series · Labor · Monthly · thousands of persons · ILO.EMP.LVL.M

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 (ICLS13) (monthly, ILOSTAT): latest reading for 36 geographies, with the period of each. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
#Country or areaValue (thousands of persons)PeriodHistory
1United StatesUSA164,183.0002026-10History
2NigeriaNGA77,936.6262017-11History
3RussiaRUS73,694.3412025-12History
4JapanJPN68,960.0002026-09History
5MexicoMEX61,239.2302026-06History
6PhilippinesPHL48,058.0812023-04History
7South KoreaKOR29,365.6612026-09History
8ColombiaCOL23,685.3382026-08History
9CanadaCAN21,112.5392026-09History
10PeruPER18,070.0212026-06History
11UkraineUKR16,104.7002016-12History
12MalaysiaMYS15,190.0002020-09History
13AustraliaAUS14,806.3722026-02History
14TaiwanTWN11,524.0002021-04History
15AlgeriaDZA10,858.0002017-09History
16MoroccoMAR10,402.3172017-08History
17ChileCHL9,297.5202026-08History
18EcuadorECU8,665.0042026-05History
19KazakhstanKAZ8,541.3002017-11History
20BoliviaBOL6,941.5882024-12History
21Dominican RepublicDOM5,261.1052026-06History
22SwedenSWE4,821.0002015-12History
23AzerbaijanAZE4,792.7002017-05History
24IsraelISR4,402.5442024-12History
25Hong KongHKG3,627.7002020-09History
26TunisiaTUN3,480.0002017-11History
27New ZealandNZL2,912.1002023-09History
28QatarQAT2,047.3482017-11History
29UruguayURY1,765.2302026-06History
30Puerto RicoPRI1,182.5032026-09History
31BahrainBHR725.1132015-11History
32Trinidad and TobagoTTO602.9002017-05History
33MauritiusMUS545.8882024-12History
34BarbadosBRB128.8002017-05History
35St. LuciaLCA88.0452017-08History
36San MarinoSMR20.2512015-03History

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). 36 geographies, periods 2015-03-01 to 2026-10-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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