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

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousands of persons · ILO.LF.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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Labour force, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): latest reading for 115 geographies, with the period of each. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
#Country or areaValue (thousands of persons)PeriodHistory
1IndiaIND507,882.7322025-Q4History
2United StatesUSA170,193.5342026-Q3History
3IndonesiaIDN150,061.1752024-Q3History
4BrazilBRA108,776.5532026-Q2History
5NigeriaNGA98,127.3812025-Q2History
6PakistanPAK80,063.1862025-Q4History
7RussiaRUS75,335.1072025-Q4History
8BangladeshBGD70,706.3442024-Q4History
9JapanJPN70,380.0002026-Q3History
10MexicoMEX62,849.7292026-Q2History
11VietnamVNM56,569.2662024-Q4History
12PhilippinesPHL50,021.4712025-Q4History
13GermanyDEU43,880.3002026-Q2History
14ThailandTHA41,199.3802026-Q1History
15United KingdomGBR35,736.4662026-Q1History
16EgyptEGY35,415.1532024-Q4History
17TürkiyeTUR35,347.8002026-Q2History
18TanzaniaTZA32,687.1712025-Q4History
19FranceFRA32,082.8002026-Q2History
20South KoreaKOR29,936.8962026-Q3History
21IranIRN26,845.7162024-Q4History
22ColombiaCOL26,532.1962026-Q2History
23ItalyITA25,981.3002026-Q2History
24South AfricaZAF25,950.3582026-Q2History
25SpainESP25,274.3002026-Q2History
26CanadaCAN22,762.3892026-Q2History
27MyanmarMMR22,150.2022019-Q3History
28KenyaKEN20,696.9682021-Q4History
29PeruPER18,897.5412026-Q2History
30UkraineUKR17,420.2002020-Q2History
31AngolaAGO16,343.4692026-Q1History
32MalaysiaMYS15,878.0672020-Q3History
33AustraliaAUS15,402.7562026-Q1History
34ArgentinaARG14,704.8362026-Q2History
35GhanaGHA14,386.1492025-Q3History
36AlgeriaDZA12,298.0002017-Q3History
37Saudi ArabiaSAU12,164.8322016-Q1History
38TaiwanTWN11,960.6672021-Q1History
39MoroccoMAR11,637.8972017-Q3History
40ChileCHL10,436.7192026-Q2History
41NetherlandsNLD10,298.9002026-Q2History
42KazakhstanKAZ9,214.8002019-Q4History
43Burkina FasoBFA8,938.6612025-Q4History
44EcuadorECU8,585.9152026-Q1History
45ZambiaZMB8,477.9902024-Q4History
46Sri LankaLKA8,411.9412024-Q4History
47RomaniaROU8,229.7002026-Q2History
48GuatemalaGTM8,099.8862026-Q1History
49BoliviaBOL7,061.7972026-Q1History
50RwandaRWA6,852.5602025-Q4History
51ZimbabweZWE6,407.4832025-Q2History
52SwedenSWE5,929.9002026-Q2History
53PortugalPRT5,700.6002026-Q2History
54Dominican RepublicDOM5,571.8432026-Q2History
55BelgiumBEL5,495.3002026-Q2History
56CzechiaCZE5,493.8002026-Q2History
57SwitzerlandCHE5,170.1002026-Q2History
58SenegalSEN5,065.0292025-Q4History
59AzerbaijanAZE5,044.2002017-Q2History
60HungaryHUN4,869.3002026-Q2History
61GreeceGRC4,788.9332026-Q2History
62AustriaAUT4,771.7002026-Q2History
63IsraelISR4,486.6682024-Q4History
64TunisiaTUN4,081.8222023-Q4History
65Hong KongHKG3,884.6002020-Q3History
66JordanJOR3,390.6222024-Q4History
67DenmarkDNK3,355.9002026-Q2History
68SerbiaSRB3,284.3702026-Q1History
69NorwayNOR3,094.3002026-Q2History
70New ZealandNZL3,064.7002026-Q1History
71BulgariaBGR3,025.0002026-Q2History
72IrelandIRL2,990.2002026-Q2History
73FinlandFIN2,964.6002026-Q2History
74SlovakiaSVK2,746.3002026-Q2History
75KyrgyzstanKGZ2,675.6592023-Q4History
76SingaporeSGP2,446.9332025-Q4History
77Costa RicaCRI2,380.5532026-Q2History
78QatarQAT2,051.6192019-Q2History
79GeorgiaGEO1,944.4172025-Q4History
80KosovoXKX1,920.8412024-Q4History
81UruguayURY1,905.2282026-Q2History
82CroatiaHRV1,807.4002026-Q2History
83LithuaniaLTU1,571.3002026-Q2History
84JamaicaJAM1,469.7502024-Q4History
85MongoliaMNG1,447.2552025-Q4History
86Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH1,443.4362026-Q1History
87MoldovaMDA1,430.1822025-Q4History
88AlbaniaALB1,272.6352024-Q4History
89Puerto RicoPRI1,268.2342026-Q3History
90ArmeniaARM1,220.2052017-Q4History
91ParaguayPRY1,188.4262016-Q4History
92BotswanaBWA1,063.4032020-Q4History
93SloveniaSVN1,039.7002026-Q2History
94West Bank and GazaPSE1,017.5282025-Q4History
95LatviaLVA958.5002026-Q2History
96The GambiaGMB813.9312026-Q1History
97North MacedoniaMKD797.5892026-Q1History
98EstoniaEST746.3002026-Q2History
99Trinidad and TobagoTTO596.4282024-Q4History
100MauritiusMUS582.5502024-Q4History
101CyprusCYP540.1002026-Q2History
102MacaoMAC396.7002021-Q1History
103BhutanBTN389.7862025-Q4History
104LuxembourgLUX355.4002026-Q2History
105MaltaMLT351.4002026-Q2History
106MontenegroMNE315.6312024-Q4History
107GuyanaGUY292.2672021-Q3History
108DjiboutiDJI288.0552025-Q4History
109IcelandISL239.7002026-Q2History
110BelizeBLZ173.2682026-Q1History
111BarbadosBRB139.0052024-Q3History
112St. LuciaLCA105.6052026-Q2History
113GrenadaGRD77.2932024-Q1History
114SeychellesSYC54.2462026-Q1History
115San MarinoSMR21.6052015-Q1History

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). 115 geographies, periods 2015-01-01 to 2026-07-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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