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

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousands of persons · ILO.EMP.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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Employment, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): latest reading for 116 geographies, with the period of each. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
#Country or areaValue (thousands of persons)PeriodHistory
1IndiaIND486,091.9822025-Q4History
2United StatesUSA162,968.4522026-Q3History
3IndonesiaIDN144,335.4752024-Q3History
4BrazilBRA102,956.9842026-Q2History
5NigeriaNGA94,284.7882025-Q2History
6PakistanPAK74,385.8462025-Q4History
7RussiaRUS73,755.2242025-Q4History
8JapanJPN68,650.0002026-Q3History
9BangladeshBGD68,085.9002024-Q4History
10MexicoMEX61,234.2102026-Q2History
11VietnamVNM55,748.0982024-Q4History
12PhilippinesPHL48,753.5752025-Q4History
13GermanyDEU42,168.5002026-Q2History
14ThailandTHA40,922.8392026-Q1History
15United KingdomGBR34,164.1532026-Q1History
16EgyptEGY33,381.5072024-Q4History
17TürkiyeTUR32,654.2002026-Q2History
18TanzaniaTZA31,897.2852025-Q4History
19FranceFRA29,513.1002026-Q2History
20South KoreaKOR29,283.7552026-Q3History
21IranIRN24,881.0052024-Q4History
22ItalyITA24,447.4002026-Q2History
23ColombiaCOL24,439.6752026-Q2History
24SpainESP22,779.0002026-Q2History
25MyanmarMMR22,019.8392019-Q3History
26CanadaCAN21,262.0612026-Q2History
27KenyaKEN19,384.6312021-Q4History
28PeruPER18,235.7242026-Q2History
29South AfricaZAF17,653.2442026-Q2History
30UkraineUKR15,707.9002020-Q2History
31MalaysiaMYS15,136.6672020-Q3History
32AustraliaAUS14,703.9352026-Q1History
33AngolaAGO14,350.4502026-Q1History
34GhanaGHA13,947.6992025-Q3History
35ArgentinaARG13,541.5562026-Q2History
36TaiwanTWN11,520.6672021-Q1History
37Saudi ArabiaSAU11,484.6562016-Q1History
38AlgeriaDZA10,858.0002017-Q3History
39MoroccoMAR10,402.3172017-Q3History
40NetherlandsNLD9,914.4002026-Q2History
41ChileCHL9,430.2782026-Q2History
42KazakhstanKAZ8,773.4002019-Q4History
43EcuadorECU8,325.1162026-Q1History
44Burkina FasoBFA8,319.7062025-Q4History
45Sri LankaLKA8,069.8922024-Q4History
46ZambiaZMB8,066.5382024-Q4History
47GuatemalaGTM7,912.8732026-Q1History
48RomaniaROU7,671.6002026-Q2History
49BoliviaBOL6,886.9682026-Q1History
50RwandaRWA6,514.7822025-Q4History
51ZimbabweZWE5,820.3352025-Q2History
52PortugalPRT5,399.8002026-Q2History
53SwedenSWE5,379.6002026-Q2History
54CzechiaCZE5,330.7002026-Q2History
55Dominican RepublicDOM5,271.0052026-Q2History
56BelgiumBEL5,163.4002026-Q2History
57SwitzerlandCHE4,918.0002026-Q2History
58SenegalSEN4,793.9902025-Q4History
59AzerbaijanAZE4,792.7002017-Q2History
60HungaryHUN4,651.1002026-Q2History
61AustriaAUT4,499.5002026-Q2History
62GreeceGRC4,414.4512026-Q2History
63IsraelISR4,366.5162024-Q4History
64Hong KongHKG3,624.8002020-Q3History
65TunisiaTUN3,424.4102023-Q4History
66DenmarkDNK3,135.1002026-Q2History
67SerbiaSRB3,041.1372026-Q1History
68NorwayNOR2,947.0002026-Q2History
69BulgariaBGR2,917.9002026-Q2History
70New ZealandNZL2,891.0002026-Q1History
71IrelandIRL2,839.3002026-Q2History
72JordanJOR2,818.6142024-Q4History
73FinlandFIN2,628.5002026-Q2History
74SlovakiaSVK2,593.5002026-Q2History
75KyrgyzstanKGZ2,581.2622023-Q4History
76SingaporeSGP2,384.4292025-Q4History
77Costa RicaCRI2,222.7122026-Q2History
78QatarQAT2,049.3872019-Q2History
79GeorgiaGEO1,785.9442025-Q4History
80UruguayURY1,766.0502026-Q2History
81CroatiaHRV1,723.4002026-Q2History
82KosovoXKX1,704.4412024-Q4History
83LithuaniaLTU1,475.6002026-Q2History
84JamaicaJAM1,418.5002024-Q4History
85MoldovaMDA1,416.9262025-Q4History
86MongoliaMNG1,365.0232025-Q4History
87Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH1,288.1732026-Q1History
88Puerto RicoPRI1,184.5872026-Q3History
89AlbaniaALB1,163.6482024-Q4History
90ParaguayPRY1,098.7132016-Q4History
91ArmeniaARM1,001.4812017-Q4History
92SloveniaSVN1,000.6002026-Q2History
93LatviaLVA892.3002026-Q2History
94BotswanaBWA825.6162020-Q4History
95The GambiaGMB768.2362026-Q1History
96West Bank and GazaPSE737.9482025-Q4History
97BahrainBHR725.1132015-Q4History
98North MacedoniaMKD707.3752026-Q1History
99EstoniaEST697.4002026-Q2History
100Trinidad and TobagoTTO570.1082024-Q4History
101MauritiusMUS550.1122024-Q4History
102CyprusCYP520.8002026-Q2History
103MacaoMAC384.9002021-Q1History
104BhutanBTN374.8292025-Q4History
105MaltaMLT339.9002026-Q2History
106LuxembourgLUX330.7002026-Q2History
107MontenegroMNE278.7272024-Q4History
108GuyanaGUY250.5472021-Q3History
109IcelandISL224.4002026-Q2History
110DjiboutiDJI178.9522025-Q4History
111BelizeBLZ170.1062026-Q1History
112BarbadosBRB131.2292024-Q3History
113St. LuciaLCA99.6962026-Q2History
114GrenadaGRD74.3322024-Q1History
115SeychellesSYC52.4532026-Q1History
116San MarinoSMR20.0842015-Q1History

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). 116 geographies, periods 2015-01-01 to 2026-07-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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