Annual labour force survey, summary tables

<p>The “ALFS Summary tables” dataset is a subset of the Annual Labour Force Statistics database which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total).</p><p>Data are presented in thousands of persons, in percentage or as indices with base year 2015=100.</p><p>Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes.</p><p>This dataset contains estimates from the OECD for the latest years when countries did not provide data. These estimates are necessary to compile aggregated statistics for the geographical areas for a complete span of time.</p><p>Since 2003, employment data by sector for the United States are compiled following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); therefore they are not strictly comparable with other countries’ data.</p>

Cite as: OECD, Annual labour force survey, summary tables (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_ALFS@DF_SUMTAB).