Forms of work: An overview of the new statistical standards
An introduction to the conceptual frameworks for forms of work and labour force statistics, including labour underutilization.
Forms of work: An overview of the new statistical standards
An introduction to the conceptual frameworks for forms of work and labour force statistics, including labour underutilization.
Database descriptions, statistical standards (resolutions and guidelines), and guides and manuals – all the metadata to better understand the labour statistics presented on ILOSTAT.
Find resolutions, guidelines, meeting room documents and reports related to the International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).
Labour force survey (LFS) resources
Online resources for data producers to build or improve their labour force survey, such as PAPI and CAPI model questionnaires.
Online resources for data producers to improve their population census to be in line with the latest international statistical standards for labour.
Labour market information systems (LMIS)
Learn more about LMIS and what we can offer in terms of tools, capacity building activities and technical assistance in labour statistics.
Selected data tools
Access all ILOSTAT data, including detailed cross-tabulations and special requests not made available through other data tools. Recommended for researchers!
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Data catalogues by region
International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS)
The ICLS meets every 5 years to establish international standards on labour statistics. The 21st ICLS will be held this year from 11-20 October.
See the upcoming schedule for major events, training and workshops in labour statistics.
Capacity building and technical assistance
We provide training and support with the implementation of international statistical standards, data production, analysis and dissemination.
Learn about the ILO Department of Statistics’ role in the field of labour statistics, including contributions to capacity building and SDGs.
Learn more about the international standards on labour statistics (a. conventions and recommendations and b. resolutions and guidelines).
Learn more about the ILO’s programme of methodological research to identify and promote good practices in the collection and reporting of labour statistics.
Discover the main methods to compile and produce ILOSTAT data: automated data collection, microdata processing and an annual questionnaire.
Learn about ILOSTAT dissemination tools, including those available to data producers, and analytical products.
The ILO seeks partners to improve the production and dissemination of labour statistics for better evidence-based policy. See our current partnerships.
Instructions on how to make best use of the ILOSTAT website to find data, methods and resources for labour statistics.
This catalogue of national data sources presented in ILOSTAT provides an overview of worldwide sources available for labour statistics.
Find selected publications featuring ILOSTAT data.
Learn about the latest labour statistics trends using ILOSTAT data and get insights into methodological issues.
Forms of work: An overview of the new statistical standards
An introduction to the conceptual frameworks for forms of work and labour force statistics, including labour underutilization.
Database descriptions, statistical standards (resolutions and guidelines), and guides and manuals – all the metadata to better understand the labour statistics presented on ILOSTAT.
Find resolutions, guidelines, meeting room documents and reports related to the International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).
Labour force survey (LFS) resources
Online resources for data producers to build or improve their labour force survey, such as PAPI and CAPI model questionnaires.
Online resources for data producers to improve their population census to be in line with the latest international statistical standards for labour.
Labour market information systems (LMIS)
Learn more about LMIS and what we can offer in terms of tools, capacity building activities and technical assistance in labour statistics.
Selected data tools
Access all ILOSTAT data, including detailed cross-tabulations and special requests not made available through other data tools. Recommended for researchers!
Quickly find, filter, pivot, map and download data in various formats.
Data catalogues by region
International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS)
The ICLS meets every 5 years to establish international standards on labour statistics. The 21st ICLS will be held this year from 11-20 October.
See the upcoming schedule for major events, training and workshops in labour statistics.
Capacity building and technical assistance
We provide training and support with the implementation of international statistical standards, data production, analysis and dissemination.
Learn about the ILO Department of Statistics’ role in the field of labour statistics, including contributions to capacity building and SDGs.
Learn more about the international standards on labour statistics (a. conventions and recommendations and b. resolutions and guidelines).
Learn more about the ILO’s programme of methodological research to identify and promote good practices in the collection and reporting of labour statistics.
Discover the main methods to compile and produce ILOSTAT data: automated data collection, microdata processing and an annual questionnaire.
Learn about ILOSTAT dissemination tools, including those available to data producers, and analytical products.
The ILO seeks partners to improve the production and dissemination of labour statistics for better evidence-based policy. See our current partnerships.
Instructions on how to make best use of the ILOSTAT website to find data, methods and resources for labour statistics.
This catalogue of national data sources presented in ILOSTAT provides an overview of worldwide sources available for labour statistics.
Find selected publications featuring ILOSTAT data.
Learn about the latest labour statistics trends using ILOSTAT data and get insights into methodological issues.
Meeting documents from the International Conferences of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) from 1923 to the present are organized by session.
Tripartite Meeting of Experts in Labour Statistics on the Revision of the Standards for Statistics on Informality, Geneva, 7-10 February 2023:
The Director-General proposes the following agenda:
The Conference adopted four resolutions concerning statistics on work relationships, child labour and the methodology of SDG indicators on labour rights and youth employment.
Resolution I: Resolution concerning statistics on work relationships
Resolution II: Resolution concerning the methodology of the SDG Indicator 8.8.2 on labour rights
Resolution III: Resolution concerning the methodology of the SDG Indicator 8.b.1 on youth employment
Resolution IV: Resolution to amend the 18th ICLS Resolution concerning statistics of child labour
Guidelines concerning statistics on international labour migration
Guidelines concerning the measurement of forced labour
Guidelines concerning measurement of qualifications and skills mismatches of persons in employment
After 100 years of the ILO, what is the future of labour statistics?
The future of informal work, the future of statistics on informal work
The Future of Labor Statistics: Inclusivity, Capacity, Usability and Funding
“After 100 years of the ILO, what is the future of labour statistics?”
Big Data and the Future of Labor Market Statistics
Measuring informality-Revision of the statistical framework of informality
International Standard Classification of Occupations, 2008 (ISCO-08)
Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX) – Global Data Structure Definition (DSD)
Labour market information systems (LMIS)
Statistics on multinational enterprises
ILO capcity building on statistics in Europe and Central Asia
Activities carried out in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region 2013 – 2017
International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO) – Capacity Building for Statistics
ILO Statistical Capacity Initiatives in the Asia and the Pacific Region, for the period 2013-2018
Regional Perspectives on capacity building – Regional Bureau for Arab States
ILO Statistical Capacity Building and Technical Support in Africa: 2014 – 2018
Proposed Indicators in the Draft Resolution on Work Relationships
Labour Statistics Standards: Conventions and Recommendations
Data Collection, Production and Dissemination
Launch of the ILO Guidebook on SDG Labour Market Indicators
Measurement of volunteer work: progress and challenges
Statistics on employment in the environmental sector and green jobs
Disability statistics – Labour market characteristics of persons with disabilities
Inter-secretariat Working Group on Household Surveys
Draft guidelines on measurement of forced labour
SDG Indicator 8.b.1: Proposed methodology
Reflecting Citizen Contributions to SDGs using Statistics on Volunteer Work
From ICSE-93 to Statistics on Work Relationships
19th ICLS implementation: National LFS practices and implementation plans
Draft Guidelines concerning Statistics on International Labour Migration
Gender Mainstreaming in Labour Statistics
Measurement of Decent Work and Measurement of Quality of Employment
Room document 1 – Methodology for SDG indicator 8.8.2 on labour rights
Room document 2 – Methodology for SDG indicator 8.b.1 on youth employment
Room document 3 – Rural-urban labour statistics
Room document 4 – Data collection guidelines for ICSE-18
Room document 5 – Conceptual framework for statistics on work relationships
Room document 6 – Statistical definition and measurement of dependent ‘self-employed’ workers
Room document 7 – Classification of owner-operators of corporations by status in employment
Room document 8 – The definition of domestic work and domestic workers for statistical purposes
Room document 9 – Multi-party work relationships; concepts, definitions and statistics
Room document 11 – Statistics on international labour migration
Appendix: Draft guidelines concerning statistics on international labour migration
Room document 12 – National practices in measuring volunteer work: A critical review
Room document 14 – Measurement of forced labour
Appendix: Draft guidelines concerning the measurement of forced labour
Room document 15 – Measurement of qualifications and skills mismatches of persons in employment
Room document 19 – Review of the case for revision of ISCO-08
Room document 20 – Statistics of cooperatives
Appendix: Draft guidelines concerning statistics of cooperatives
Provisional Programme (Subject to change)
Tentative Agenda of the Committee on Report II (Statistics on work relationships)
Draft Programme of work for the Committee on Review of the Methodology of Tier III SDG indicators
Conclusions of the Meeting of Experts in Labour Statistics (Geneva, 5–9 February 2018)
Resolution concerning statistics of child labour adopted by the 18th ICLS
Draft Labour Force Survey Module on disability (version March 2018)
Resolution I: Resolution concerning statistics on work relationships
Resolution II: Resolution concerning the methodology of the SDG Indicator 8.8.2 on labour rights
Resolution III: Resolution concerning the methodology of the SDG Indicator 8.b.1 on youth employment
Resolution IV: Resolution to amend the 18th ICLS Resolution concerning statistics of child labour
Guidelines concerning statistics on international labour migration
Guidelines concerning the measurement of forced labour
Guidelines concerning measurement of qualifications and skills mismatches of persons in employment
The Conference adopted five resolutions concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization; further work on forced labour, cooperatives and labour migration; and the functioning of the Conference.
Resolution I: Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization
Resolution II: Resolution concerning further work on statistics of forced labour
Resolution III: Resolution concerning further work on statistics of cooperatives
Resolution IV: Resolution concerning further work on labour migration statistics
Guidelines concerning a statistical definition of employment in the environmental sector
Report I: General presentation
International Standard Classification of Occupations
Report II: Statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization
Unpaid household services and child labour
Monitoring and measuring decent work
Informal employment and informal sector
Statistics on labour migration
Statistics on work-related violence
MDG indicators & the post-2015 development agenda
Revision of the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93)
Room document 2 – Unpaid household and child labour
Room document 3 – Forced labour and human trafficking
Room document 6 – Statistics on cooperatives
Room document 7 – Work-related violence and its integration into existing surveys
Room document 8 – Revision of the International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93)
Room document 9 – Quality of employment
Room document 10 – Draft resolution (extract from Report II) in Arabic, Chinese, German and Russian
Room document 11 – Relevant resolutions and guidelines adopted by the ICLS
Room document 12 – Country practrices
Room document 13 – Identificaction of CharacteristicTourism Occupations – ISCO-08
The Conference adopted resolutions concerning statistics of working time and child labour; logistics of the Conference; and further work on measuring labour underutilization and decent work.
Resolution I: Resolution concerning the measurement of working time
Resolution II: Resolution concerning statistics of child labour
Resolution III: Resolution concerning the development of measures of labour underutilization
Resolution IV: Resolution concerning further work on the measurement of decent work
Resolution VI: Resolution concerning organization, frequency and duration of the ICLS
Report of the 7th session, 2006, «Groupe de Paris» – Extract on working time
Annual hours over eight centuries
Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work
Expressions of support for the proposed Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work
Beyond Unemployment: Measurement of Other Forms of Labour Underutilization
Standing orders for International Conferences of Labour Statisticians
Annotated agenda of the 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians
Provisional timetable of the 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians
Tripartite Meeting of Experts on the Measurement of Decent Work Seminar on ‘Employment and unemployment: Revisiting the relevance and conceptual basis of the statistics’
The JHU/ILO Volunteer Measurement Project
The Conference adopted three resolutions concerning: household income and expenditure statistics, consumer price indices, and further work on the International Standard Classification of Occupations.
Resolution concerning household income and expenditure statistics
Resolution concerning consumer price indices
Resolution concerning further work on the International Standard Classification of Occupations
Guidelines concerning a statistical definition of informal employment
Checklist of good practices for mainstreaming gender in labour statistics
Report I: General report, Seventeenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians
Report III: Consumer Price Indices, Seventeenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians
Report I: General report, Seventeenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians
I. Measurement of underemployment
II. Measurement of employment related income
III. Statistics of occupational injuries
Current International Recommendations on labour statistics, 2000
II. Statistics of strikes, lockouts and other forms of industrial action
III. Statistics of employment in the informal sectors
IV. Revision of the International Classification according to Status in Employment
III. Industrial disputes: statistics of strikes
IV. Revision of the International Standard Classification of Occupations, Part I
IV. Revision of the International Standard Classification of Occupations, Part II
II. Labour force, employment, unemployment and underemployment
III. Statistics of occupational injuries
IV. Revision of the ILO October Inquiry on occupational wages
V. International coding of labour statistics
VI. Statistics of paid holidays
Other documents:
Revision of the International Standard Classification of Occupations
Descriptions of selected occupations for the revised ILO October Inquiry on occupational wages
II. Statistics of wages and employee income
III. Revision of the International Standard Classification of Occupations
II. Statistics of employment injuries
III. Statistics of Hours of Work
IV. Special problems in the computation of consumer price index numbers
Other documents:
II. International Standard Classification of Occupations: major, minor and unit groups
III. International classification according to status
IV. Measurement of underemployment
V. Social security statistics: development and uses
Other documents:
II. International Standard Classification of Occupations: minor groups
III. International comparisons of real wages: a study of methods
IV. Employment and unemployment statistics
Other documents:
Some aspects of the International Standard Classification of Occupations
Methods of family living surveys
International standard classification of occupations
International Comparisons of Real Wages
Classification of industries
Family budget surveys
Statistics of collective agreements
Statistics of strikes and lockouts
Other documents:
Classification of industries
International comparisons of real wages
Other documents: