Table 2a. Employment - 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
Egypt
22'002
22'572
22'687
Total
Morocco
10'388
10'515
10'384
Total
Mauritius
508
559
559
Total
South Africa
13'623
13'729
13'655
Total
America Brazil
21'160 21'282 21'387 21'476 21'723 21'668 21'820 21'979 22'155 22'060 22'115
Total
Brazil
15'950 16'070 16'224 16'331 16'460 16'494 16'608 16'740 16'895 16'787 16'809
Paid empl.
Canada
16'811 16'845 16'916 17'290 17'499 17'418 17'392 17'230 17'271 17'118 17'011 16'601
Total
Canada
14'214 14'253 14'296 14'662 14'880 14'785 14'748 14'568 14'615 14'462 14'350 13'952
Paid empl.
Colombia
17'597 17'719 17'496 17'370 17'252 17'426 17'572 17'579 17'615
Total
Chile
6'638
6'632
6'606
6'583
6'601
6'607
6'604
6'636
6'691
6'740
Total
Chile
4'628
4'601
4'549
4'522
4'535
4'547
4'553
4'578
4'587
4'632
Paid empl.
Jamaica
1'167
1'135
1'163
Total
Mexico
43'321
43'867
43'626
43'256
Total
Mexico
28'699
28'905
28'654
29'472
Paid empl.
Puerto Rico
1'229
1'236
1'224
1'219
1'212
1'197
1'194
1'200
1'186
1'201
1'191
Total
United States
144'550 145'108 145'921 145'927 146'649 146'867 145'909 145'310 145'543 144'609 143'350 140'436
Total
Venezuela
11'344 11'593 11'680 11'710 11'661 11'680 11'750 11'885 11'899 11'770 12'042
Total
Asia
Hong Kong, China
3'535
3'537
3'534
3'533
3'533
3'546
3'543
3'547
3'533
3'544
3'530
Total
Indonesia
102'050
102'553
Total
Indonesia
28'515
28'184
Paid empl.
Iran, Islamic Rep. of
21'587
20'518
20'152
Total
Israel
2'761
2'781
2'777
Total
Israel
2'403
2'448
2'418
Paid empl.
Japan
62'920 63'360 64'290 64'780 64'510 64'060 64'050 63'930 63'880 63'910 64'160
Total
Japan
54'540 54'760 55'360 55'760 55'650 55'240 55'390 55'290 55'420 55'510 55'240
Paid empl.
Korea, Republic of
22'884 23'305 23'711 23'939 23'963 23'903 23'617 23'734 23'847 23'816 23'245
Total
Korea, Republic of
15'836 15'993 16'258 16'405 16'385 16'363 16'104 16'221 16'314 16'3