Table 4a. Employment in manufacturing - from labour force surveys ('000)
ILO Bureau of Statistics, http://laborsta.ilo.org, periodic data, Feb.2009
2008
2009
Region
COUNTRY
Feb. March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Coverage
Africa
South Africa
1'988
1'968
1'917
Total
America Canada
1'918
1'919
1'919
2'002
2'041
2'008
2'041
2'010
1'987
1'939
1'916
1'793
Total
Canada
1'823
1'823
1'821
1'908
1'948
1'912
1'942
1'901
1'883
1'830
1'801
1'681
Paid empl.
Chile
856
880
865
873
865
866
854
856
859
865
Total
Mexico
6'947
7'150
6'891
6'752
Total
United States
15'976 16'072 16'042 15'998 16'187 16'205 16'226 15'958 15'745 15'526 14'941 14'406
Total
United States
15'669 15'759 15'720 15'651 15'843 15'873 15'891 15'647 15'457 15'252 14'655 14'094
Paid empl.
Asia
Hong Kong, China
195
196
191
Total
Indonesia
12'440
12'549
Total
Iran, Islamic Rep. of
6'585
6'554
6'724
Total
Israel
427
453
433
Total
Israel
397
421
403
Paid empl.
Japan
11'250 11'310 11'600 11'660 11'420 11'450 11'610 11'420 11'380 11'370 11'440
Total
Japan
10'550 10'610 10'950 11'040 10'760 10'780 10'940 10'810 10'740 10'720 10'740
Paid empl.
Korea, Republic of
4'116
4'100
4'099
4'097
4'107
4'097
4'020
4'047
4'079
4'036
4'028
Total
Korea, Republic of
3'486
3'502
3'477
Paid empl.
Macau, China
27
25
23
Total
Philippines
2'883
2'954
2'896
Total
Philippines
2'113
Paid empl.
Sri Lanka
1'334
1'371
1'441
Total
Taiwan, China
2'873
2'865
2'874
2'889
2'894
2'907
2'908
2'894
2'895
2'886
2'855
Total
Thailand
5'801
5'568
5'231
5'213
Total
Europe
Austria
683
696
705
Total
Austria
649
659
667
Paid empl.
Belgium
724
723
734
Total
Belgium
679
672
696
Paid empl.
Croatia
323
323
318
Total
Croatia
299
297
Paid empl.
Cyprus
36
37
39
Total
Cyprus
29
30
32
Paid empl.
Czech Republic
1'425
1'432
1'453
Total
Czech Republic
1'318
1'326
1'343
Paid empl.
Denmark
412
429
440
Total
Denmark
400
418
426
Paid empl.
Estonia
144
151
138
Total
Estonia
139
147
134
Paid empl.
Finland
430
448
450
Total
Finland
406
421
423
Paid empl.
France
3'945
3'942
3'929
Total
France
3'732
3'719
3'73