Dataset description and subject overview
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***Important*** The ILO's KILM Database at ESDS International is no longer updated. The October 2008 edition of this database was the last release via ESDS International as it has now been made available freely via the ILO's own interface at - http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/kilm/. Access to the legacy version of ILO KILM via Beyond 20/20 will be withdrawn on 31st July 2009.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) launched the Key Indicators of
the Labour Market (KILM) in 1999 to complement existing data collection programmes
and to improve dissemination of data on the key elements of the world’s
labour markets. The KILM has annual time series data running from 1980 onwards
for over 250 countries, areas and territories.
The data are presented using 20 KILM indicators:
- Labour force participation rate
- Employment-to-population ratio
- Status in employment
- Employment by sector
- Part-time workers
- Hours of work
- Employment in the informal economy
- Unemployment
- Youth unemployment
- Long-term unemployment
- Unemployment by educational attainment
- Time-related underemployment
- Inactivity rate
- Educational attainment and illiteracy
- Manufacturing wage trends
- Occupational wage and earning indices
- Hourly compensation costs
- Labour productivity and unit labour costs
- Employment elasticities
- Poverty, working poverty and income distribution
The ILO has assembled data on the KILM indicators for as many countries,
areas and territories as possible but there may be missing data for some economies,
usually because the economy involved was not in a position to provide information
for the indicator or because the information they could provide did not satisfy
the qualification criteria established for inclusion in KILM.
Countries, areas and territories covered by KILM vary by indicator - for
example, over 200 economies are covered in KILM Indicator 13, i.e. Inactivity
rate and only 29 economies are covered in KILM Indicators 17, i.e. Hourly
compensation costs. For most developed (industrialised) economies the KILM
data runs from 1980 to the latest available year, but time coverage remains relatively narrow for
many developing economies.
Within the KILM there are six major groupings of economies that were developed
purely for analytical convenience which have remained the same since the first
edition. The groupings comprise two developmental groupings - developed (industrialised)
economies and transition economies and four geographical groupings - Asia
and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, and
the Middle East and North Africa. Each economy appears in only one major grouping
The indicators are mostly expressed as ratios or percentage changes (for
example, labour force participation rates, proportions of part-time to total
employment, unemployment rates, inactivity rates, and indices of manufacturing
wages), though there are a few exceptions.
User Documentation
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The International Labour Organisation provides the following information
about the KILM:
- KILM
home page (www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/kilm/) which includes information
on each of the 20 indicators, their uses, definitions and sources and limitations
to comparability.
- Classifications for Labour Statistics (www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/class/index.htm).
- See the ILO
country and area designations pages (www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ctry-ndx.htm#Index Doscom) for further details on the geographical
coverage of the KILM.
The Key Indicators of the Labour Market hosted by ESDS International is delivered
via Beyond 20/20 WDS - a guide to accessing the KILM data is available (www.esds.ac.uk/international/support/user_guides/ilo/kilmwe.asp).
Note: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software to read documents in pdf format. It can be downloaded free of charge from the Adobe website. (www.adobe.co.uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html)
Accessing the KILM data
To access the ESDS International macro-economic datasets you must be a user from a UK higher or further education institution. We cannot provide data to users outside of this community due to the data re-distribution license agreements we have with our data providers. If you are a member of a UK higher or further education institution access to the macro-economic datasets is provided free of charge.
Access to data requires ESDS registration and uses the federated access management authentication system. Registration is a simple online process - go to the How to Register web page at www.esds.ac.uk/aandp/access/access.asp to begin the process.
Once you have registered with ESDS and attempt to access one of the macro-economic datasets, you will automatically be prompted to agree to additional dataset specific conditions if they apply.
Countries covered by the KILM Database
The ILO currently lists approximately 250 countries, areas and territories:
Afghanistan
Africa
Albania
Algeria
America (continent)
American Samoa
Andean countries
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Arab States
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Ascension
Asia
Australasia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Azores
Bahamas
Bahrain
Balkan countries
Baltic countries
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benelux
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Canary Islands
Cape Verde
Caribbean countries
Caroline Islands
Cayman Islands
Central Africa
Central America
Central Asia
Central African Republic
Chad
Channel Islands
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Africa
East Asia
Eastern Europe
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Europe
Faeroe Islands
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia
French Southern and Antarctic Territories
French Guiana
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Hungary
Iceland
Ifni
India
Indian Ocean countries
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latin America
Latvia
Lebanon
Leeward Islands
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Madeira
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mediterranean countries
Mexico
Micronesia
Middle East
Republic of Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Africa
North America
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oceania
Oman
Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)
Pakistan
Palestine
Panama
Panama Canal Zone
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Réunion
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Ryukyu Islands
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Sarawak
Saudi Arabia
Scandinavia
Senegal
Senegambia
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Sikkim
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South America
South Asia
Southern Africa
South Pacific
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Helena
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Transkei
Trinidad and Tobago
Tristan da Cunha
Trust Territory of Pacific Islands (Palau)
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
United States Virgin Islands
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Wallis and Futuna Islands
West Africa
Western Sahara
West Indies
Windward Islands
Yemen
Zambia
Zanzibar
Zimbabwe
See the ILO
country and area designations pages at www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ctry-ndx.htm#Index Doscom for further details on the geographical
coverage of the KILM.
Periodicity and Time Range
The Key Indicators of the Labour Market database contains annual time series
data from 1980 onwards.
***Important*** The ILO's KILM Database at ESDS International is no longer updated. The October 2008 edition of this database was the last release via ESDS International as it has now been made available freely via the ILO's own interface at - http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/kilm/. Access to the legacy version of ILO KILM via Beyond 20/20 will be withdrawn on 31st July 2009. | 
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