Employed population by economic activity

The infra-annual dataflow on employed population by economic activity is a subset of the infra-annual labour statistics database, which contains predominantly monthly and quarterly statistics on the working age population by economic activity (Agriculture, Manufacturing, Industry including and excluding construction, Construction and Services) and associated statistical methodological information, for the OECD member countries and for selected other economies.

The employed population commonly comprises employed persons “at work”(i.e. who worked in a job for at least one hour) and employed persons “not at work” due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements (such as shift work, flexitime and compensatory leave for overtime).

The infra-annual labour statistics compiled for all OECD member countries, are drawn from Labour Force Surveys based on definition provided by the 19th Conference of Labour Statisticians in 2013. The uniform application of these definitions across all OECD member countries results in estimates that are internationally comparable. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), namely Revision 4.