ILO expands online database to include new data on economic sectors

Data are available for 17 sectors in 54 countries according to their national classifications, ranging from agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and construction to trade or transport, among others.

"This improved service is the result of a long standing partnership between our department and the ILO Sectoral Activities Department (SECTOR) to expand and provide in-depth labour market information on critical economic sectors", said Rafael Diez de Medina, Director of the ILO Department of Statistics (STATISTICS).

"We are confident that the new data will allow users to better monitor and analyze changes and trends in the different sectors of the labour markets. This is a critical aspect for ILO constituents who are permanently looking for reliable information to guide their sector-specific policy decision making" added Alette van Leur, Director of the ILO Sectoral Activities Department.

The new content is being introduced just a few months after the ILO Department of Statistics launched a renovated and expanded short-term indicators database aimed at providing analysts, policy-makers and the media with the latest labour statistics.

The database also contains labour market indicators for countries that release official information on a monthly or quarterly basis. Currently, it provides national profile for 75 countries and over 100 indicators disaggregated by gender. Users can obtain a printable page with the latest data or download Excel files. The ILO statistics tool also includes an interactive map containing most of the data organized by country and topic.

In the near future, both the ILO Department of Statistics and SECTOR plans to expand sectoral data to other indicators, sectors and countries.