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

The latest reading SOTW holds for Australia is 15,402.756 thousands of persons for 2026-Q1, from ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousands of persons · ILO.LF.LVL.Q · AUS

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Latest
15,402.756
thousands of persons · 2026-Q1
Previous
15,327.972
thousands of persons · 2025-Q4
Earliest held
12,457.877
thousands of persons · 2015-Q1
Readings shown
45
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Australia · history

thousands of persons · Quarterly

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:23:49.857Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

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Labour force, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): Australia: 45 readings, newest first. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
PeriodValue (thousands of persons)Status
2026-Q115,402.756
2025-Q415,327.972
2025-Q315,239.752
2025-Q215,295.522
2025-Q115,175.874
2024-Q415,178.518
2024-Q315,048.314
2024-Q215,010.667
2024-Q114,803.444
2023-Q414,824.638
2023-Q314,604.157
2023-Q214,587.935
2023-Q114,423.332
2022-Q414,329.794
2022-Q314,143.482
2022-Q214,138.509
2022-Q113,984.161
2021-Q413,772.491
2021-Q313,596.079
2021-Q213,825.826
2021-Q113,800.959
2020-Q413,732.798
2020-Q313,457.285
2020-Q213,223.821
2020-Q113,714.240
2019-Q413,654.974
2019-Q313,582.704
2019-Q213,570.099
2019-Q113,446.850
2018-Q413,374.961
2018-Q313,251.364
2018-Q213,273.399
2018-Q113,225.506Series break (B)
2017-Q413,101.017
2017-Q312,960.949
2017-Q212,915.869
2017-Q112,800.943
2016-Q412,736.526
2016-Q312,645.514
2016-Q212,699.254
2016-Q112,682.398
2015-Q412,643.960
2015-Q312,506.141
2015-Q212,490.141
2015-Q112,457.877

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). All 45 readings held, 2015-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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