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Source: UNECE Statistical Database, compiled from national and international (Eurostat and ILO) official sources.

Definition:
The employed are all the residents above a specified age who, during a specified brief period, either one week or one day, were in the following categories:
(a) paid employment:
(a1) at work: persons who, during the reference period, performed some work for wage or salary, in cash or in kind;
(a2) with a job but not at work: persons who, having already worked in their present job, were temporarily not at work during the reference period and had a formal attachment to their job;
(b) self-employment:
(b1) at work: persons who, during the reference period, performed some work for profit or family gain, in cash or in kind;
(b2) with an enterprise but not at work: persons with an enterprise, which may be a business enterprise, a farm or a service undertaking, who were temporarily not at work during the reference period for any specific reason.
For additional information, see the International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).
The occupation groups correspond to first-level categories in the 2008 version of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08).
For the EU and EFTA member-states the year of transition from ISCO-88 to ISCO-08 is 2011. For other countries please see Country footnotes. The transition to ISCO-08 could entail a break in time series.
General note: Data come from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) unless otherwise specified. Data from the LFS and from population censuses normally comply with the definition above.

Country: Albania

From 2010 occupational groups according to ISCO-08.

Country: Armenia

Break in methodlogy (2014): since 2014 data refer to the population aged 15-75 and are based on the Labour Force Survey.2001: data come from Population Census.

Country: Azerbaijan

Data compiled according to ISCO-08.

Country: Azerbaijan

Data are based on administrative registers.

Country: Belarus

Data compiled according to ISCO-88

Country: Belarus

2000 : data refer to 1999 and come from Population Census.

Country: Belgium

1980 : data refer to 1983.

Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

From year 2006 to 2010 data compiling using ISCO 88, from 2011 using ISCO 08.

Country: Bulgaria

1995 : data refer to 1997.

Country: Canada

Change in definition (1990 onwards): Data are annual averages. Cells with 0 are estimates with less than 1,500 employed.

Country: Canada

Data do not cover the three northern territories (Yukon, Northwest and Nunavuk )

Country: Cyprus

Data cover only the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus.
1990 : data refer to 1992.

Country: Estonia

1990 and 1995 : data refer to the population aged 15-69. From 2000 : data refer to the population aged 15-74.

Country: Finland

Data refer to the population aged 15-74.

Country: France

Since 2014, data include also the French overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, La Reunion), with the exception of Mayotte.

Country: Georgia

Data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Tshinvali).

Country: Germany

1980 : data refer to 1983.

Country: Iceland

Data refer to the population aged 16-74.
1990 : data refer to 1991.

Country: Israel

Break in methodlogy (2000): In 1998: 1) Changes in the weighting method; 2) Transition to the 1995 Population Census estimates; See explanations: http://www.cbs.gov.il/www/publications/saka_change/tch_e.pdf

Country: Israel

Break in methodlogy (2001): Changes in the weighting method. See explanations: http://www.cbs.gov.il/www/saka_y/e_intro_f1_comparison-mimi.f

Country: Israel

Break in methodlogy (2009): 1) Update of the definition of the civilian labour force characteristics; 2) Transition to the 2008 Population Census estimates. See explanations: http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications11/1460/pdf/intro05_e.pdf

Country: Israel

Break in methodlogy (2012): 1) Transitiom from a quarterly to a monthly LFS; 2) Changes in the definitions of labour force characteristics (including compulsory and permanent military service into labour force). See explanations: http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications/labour_survey04/labour_f--orce_survey/answer_question_e_2012.pdf

Country: Israel

Change in definition (2000 - 2012): Changes in the questionnaire (Highest Diploma Received, Discouraged Workers, Employees hired through employment agencies or employment contractors); See explanations: http://www.cbs.gov.il/www/saka_y/e_intro_e_changes.pdf

Country: Israel

Change in definition (2013): Changes in the Standard Classification of Occupations based on ISCO-08; See explanations: http://www.cbs.gov.il/publications12/occupations_class11/pd--f/draft_h.pdf (draft, Hebrew only)

Country: Kyrgyzstan

Up to 2015 ISCO-88 has been used

Country: Latvia

1995 : data refer to 1996.

Country: Lithuania

1995 : data refer to 1997.

Country: Portugal

1990 : data refer to 1992.

Country: Republic of Moldova

Data exclude the territory of the Transnistria and municipality of Bender

Country: Russian Federation

Change in definition (2000 - 2013): Data present the population aged 15-72 years

Country: Russian Federation

Territorial change (1995 - 2006): Data do not include the Chechen Republic

Country: Serbia

Data do not cover Kosovo and Metohija. Starting in 2013 data compiled according ISCO-08.

Country: Slovakia

1995 : the persons working in the armed forces are counted in the other groups.

Country: Sweden

Data refer to the population aged 16-64.

Country: Switzerland

1990 : data refer to 1991.

Country: Ukraine

Change in definition (2000 - 2012): Distribution by institutional sectors of the economy based on the assessment carried out in accordance with the National Classification of Occupations developed on the basis of ISCO 88.

Country: Ukraine

Territorial change (2000 - 2012): Data do not cover the area of radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl disaster.

Country: United Kingdom

Data refer to the population aged 16+.

Country: United States

Data refer to the population aged 16+.
Data do not cover the armed forces.
Occupation groups : 'Professionals' includes 'Technicians and associate professionals'; 'Craft and related workers' includes 'Plant machine operators and assemblers'.