ILOSTAT Labour Statistics (ILO)

Key labour market indicators from the ILO ILOSTAT database, covering employment, unemployment, earnings/wages, hours of work, and labour force participation for 189+ countries. Annual data in long format. Subjects: EMP, UNE, EAR, HOW, EAP (labour force).

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GET /api/datasets/ilostat-labor-statistics — schema, filters, and pricing
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GET /api/datasets/ilostat-labor-statistics/members/{col} — valid values for a filterable column
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Source

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

Size and Format

Rows: 15,661,640
Columns: 10
Size (bytes): 51,978,458
Formats: parquet, csv

Pricing

Per query (USD): 0.0100 USD
Max rows per query: 1000
Free: No
Free sample: Yes

Temporal Coverage

end: 2025
start: 1969
frequency: annual

Geographic Coverage

level: country
coding: ISO Alpha-2
region: Global (189+ countries)

Query Filters

Columns you can use as query params in GET /api/datasets/ilostat-labor-statistics/query.

ref_area Members (JSON)
indicator Members (JSON)
subject Members (JSON)
sex Members (JSON)
classif1 Members (JSON)
time Members (JSON)

Schema (Columns)

Column	Type	Description	Filterable
`ref_area`	string	ISO Alpha-2 country or region code (e.g. US, CN, ZA)	Yes
`indicator`	string	ILOSTAT indicator code (e.g. UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT)	Yes
`indicator_label`	string	Human-readable indicator name	No
`subject`	string	Subject category code: EMP=employment, UNE=unemployment, EAR=earnings, HOW=hours, EAP=labour force	Yes
`sex`	string	Sex breakdown code: MF=total, M=male, F=female	Yes
`classif1`	string	Primary classification dimension (e.g. age group, occupation, economic activity)	Yes
`classif2`	string	Secondary classification dimension (empty if not applicable)	No
`time`	integer	Year of observation	Yes
`obs_value`	float	Observed value (units vary by indicator - rates are %, counts are thousands)	No
`obs_status`	string	Data quality flag: blank=normal, U=uncertain, B=break in series	No

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