ILOSTAT Key Labour Market Indicators

Curated wide-format table of key labour market statistics from ILOSTAT for 189+ countries and years 1990-2025. One row per country per year. Covers unemployment rate, employment-to-population ratio, labour force participation rate, employment/unemployment/labour force counts (thousands), average monthly earnings (local currency), and average weekly hours worked - each broken down by total, male and female.

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Source

Name
International Labour Organization - ILOSTAT
URL
https://ilostat.ilo.org/
License
CC BY 4.0

Size and Format

Rows
6,879
Columns
26
Size (bytes)
430,724
Formats
parquet, csv

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0.0100 USD
Max rows per query
1000
Free
No
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Yes

Temporal Coverage

end
2025
start
1990
frequency
annual

Geographic Coverage

level
country
coding
ISO Alpha-3
region
Global (189+ countries)

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Schema (Columns)

Column Type Description Filterable
ref_area string ISO Alpha-3 country code (e.g. USA, BRA, DEU) Yes
year integer Year of observation Yes
unemployment_rate_female float Unemployment rate, female, ages 15+ (%) No
unemployment_rate_male float Unemployment rate, male, ages 15+ (%) No
unemployment_rate float Unemployment rate, total, ages 15+ (%) No
employment_ratio_female float Employment-to-population ratio, female, ages 15+ (%) No
employment_ratio_male float Employment-to-population ratio, male, ages 15+ (%) No
employment_ratio float Employment-to-population ratio, total, ages 15+ (%) No
lfp_rate_female float Labour force participation rate, female, ages 15+ (%) No
lfp_rate_male float Labour force participation rate, male, ages 15+ (%) No
lfp_rate float Labour force participation rate, total, ages 15+ (%) No
employment_thousands_female float Total employment, female, ages 15+ (thousands) No
employment_thousands_male float Total employment, male, ages 15+ (thousands) No
employment_thousands float Total employment, total, ages 15+ (thousands) No
unemployment_thousands_female float Total unemployment, female, ages 15+ (thousands) No
unemployment_thousands_male float Total unemployment, male, ages 15+ (thousands) No
unemployment_thousands float Total unemployment, total, ages 15+ (thousands) No
labour_force_thousands_female float Labour force, female, ages 15+ (thousands) No
labour_force_thousands_male float Labour force, male, ages 15+ (thousands) No
labour_force_thousands float Labour force, total, ages 15+ (thousands) No
avg_monthly_earnings_lcu_female float Average monthly earnings of employees, female (local currency unit) No
avg_monthly_earnings_lcu_male float Average monthly earnings of employees, male (local currency unit) No
avg_monthly_earnings_lcu float Average monthly earnings of employees, total (local currency unit) No
avg_weekly_hours_female float Mean weekly hours usually worked per employed person, female No
avg_weekly_hours_male float Mean weekly hours usually worked per employed person, male No
avg_weekly_hours float Mean weekly hours usually worked per employed person, total No

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