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

Reviewed series · Labor · Monthly · thousands of persons · ILO.LF.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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Labour force, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (monthly, ILOSTAT): latest reading for 35 geographies, with the period of each. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
#Country or areaValue (thousands of persons)PeriodHistory
1United StatesUSA170,906.0002026-10History
2NigeriaNGA86,537.5382017-11History
3RussiaRUS75,269.6772025-12History
4JapanJPN70,640.0002026-09History
5MexicoMEX63,007.6432026-06History
6PhilippinesPHL49,204.6512023-04History
7South KoreaKOR29,963.3912026-09History
8ColombiaCOL26,021.5482026-08History
9CanadaCAN22,505.4222026-09History
10PeruPER18,753.2192026-06History
11UkraineUKR17,830.9002016-12History
12MalaysiaMYS15,927.5002020-09History
13AustraliaAUS15,526.0082026-02History
14AlgeriaDZA12,298.0002017-09History
15TaiwanTWN11,959.0002021-04History
16MoroccoMAR11,637.8972017-08History
17ChileCHL10,339.2232026-08History
18KazakhstanKAZ8,980.6002017-11History
19EcuadorECU8,915.9382026-05History
20BoliviaBOL7,144.5302024-12History
21Dominican RepublicDOM5,534.5422026-06History
22SwedenSWE5,165.8002015-12History
23AzerbaijanAZE5,044.2002017-05History
24IsraelISR4,520.8222024-12History
25TunisiaTUN4,119.0002017-11History
26Hong KongHKG3,885.5002020-09History
27New ZealandNZL3,028.3002023-09History
28QatarQAT2,049.8262017-11History
29UruguayURY1,896.4662026-06History
30Puerto RicoPRI1,263.5472026-09History
31Trinidad and TobagoTTO628.7002017-05History
32MauritiusMUS583.2502024-12History
33BarbadosBRB145.4002017-05History
34St. LuciaLCA105.8002017-08History
35San MarinoSMR21.6532015-03History

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). 35 geographies, periods 2015-03-01 to 2026-10-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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