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List of statistical resources
The ILO provides online resources and personalized technical advice to support its member States with the implementation of international statistical standards, data production, analysis and dissemination.
LFS research and development
Learn more about the ILO’s programme of methodological research to identify and promote good practices in the collection and reporting of labour statistics.
Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
The ILO, in particular the Department of Statistics, is fully committed to the 10 fundamental principles of official statistics.
Catalogue of ILOSTAT sources
This catalogue of national data sources presented in ILOSTAT provides an overview of worldwide sources available for labour statistics.
International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS)
The ICLS meets every 5 years to establish international standards on labour statistics. The latest (21st) ICLS was held in October 2023.
ICLS documents
Find resolutions, guidelines, meeting room documents and reports related to the International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).
Labour force survey (LFS) questionnaire toolkit
Online resources for data producers to build or improve their labour force survey, such as PAPI and CAPI model questionnaires.
Capacity building and technical assistance
We provide training and support with the implementation of international statistical standards, data production, analysis and dissemination.
LFS questionnaire viewer
This viewer allows users to take a close look at questions in the ILO model LFS questionnaires for PAPI.
Measuring unpaid domestic and care work
Discover a practical tool for measuring unpaid domestic and care work and find out how we can assist you in making time-use data collection and analysis faster, easier, and more accurate.
Population Census resources
Online resources for data producers to improve their population census to be in line with the latest international statistical standards for labour.
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.
Labour market information systems (LMIS)
Learn more about LMIS and what the ILO can offer in terms of tools, capacity building activities and technical assistance in labour statistics.
SDMX tools
Tools based on the Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX) standard for data producers to generate and report labour statistics.
Concepts and definitions
Database descriptions, statistical standards (resolutions and guidelines), and guides and manuals – all the metadata to better understand the labour statistics presented on ILOSTAT.
Calendar
See the upcoming schedule for major events, training and workshops in labour statistics.
Blog
Learn about the latest labour statistics trends using ILOSTAT data and get insights into methodological issues.
