Table 3a. Employment in non agricultural activities - 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
11'661
11'755
12'888
Total
America Canada
16'508 16'533 16'594 16'953 17'157 17'054 17'046 16'882 16'933 16'811 16'713 16'325
Total
Canada
14'117 14'144 14'181 14'528 14'736 14'622 14'597 14'429 14'483 14'359 14'255 13'861
Paid empl.
Chile
5'795
5'825
5'850
5'864
5'904
5'899
5'897
5'918
5'943
5'951
Total
Mexico
37'645
38'108
37'717
37'389
Total
United States
142'551 143'051 143'847 143'767 144'319 144'495 143'607 143'034 143'340 142'468 141'282 138'449
Total
United States
133'159 133'849 134'369 134'164 134'573 134'662 134'033 133'660 134'388 133'697 132'518 129'888
Paid empl.
Asia
Indonesia
59'360
60'751
Total
Iran, Islamic Rep. of
16'468
15'938
16'142
Total
Israel
2'716
2'735
2'730
Total
Israel
2'378
2'421
2'388
Paid empl.
Japan
60'650 60'870 61'390 61'680 61'480 61'440 61'510 61'430 61'410 61'530 61'870
Total
Japan
54'040 54'260 54'790 55'160 55'060 54'730 54'920 54'890 54'960 55'090 54'830
Paid empl.
Korea, Republic of
21'546 21'750 21'948 22'046 22'073 22'079 21'787 21'894 21'964 21'997 24'837
Total
Korea, Republic of
15'695 15'852 16'083
Paid empl.
Macau, China
317
321
308
Total
Philippines
21'630
22'499
22'212
Total
Philippines
14'409
Paid empl.
Sri Lanka
4'834
5'423
5'069
Total
Taiwan, China
9'813
9'842
9'856
9'878
9'881
9'906
9'937
9'874
9'889
9'872
9'811
Total
Thailand
23'024
22'733
21'770
21'744
Total
Europe
Austria
3'800
3'872
3'903
Total
Austria
3'428
3'494
3'528
Paid empl.
Belgium
4'361
4'330
4'395
Total
Belgium
3'793
3'758
3'802
Paid empl.
Bulgaria
3'290
Total
Croatia
1'393
1'419
1'445
Total
Croatia
1'235
1'239
Paid empl.
Cyprus
364
367
365
Total
Cyprus
300
304
300
Paid empl.
Czech Republic
4'790
4'839
4'848
Total
Czech Republic
4'030
4'066
4'078
Paid empl.
Denmark
2'720
2'766
2'756
Total
Denmark
2'527
2'577
2'568
Paid empl.
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