ILOSTAT Labour Statistics Intelligence

Fetch and normalize global labour statistics from the ILO ILOSTAT SDMX API. Covers 1,200+ indicators across 200+ countries — unemployment, employment, wages, working hours, labour force participation, child labour, and more. Data goes back to 1991.

No API key required. 100% public data from the International Labour Organization.

What You Get

• Unemployment rates — total, by sex, age, education, household type
• Employment statistics — by sector, status, occupation
• Labour force participation — demographic breakdowns
• Wages and compensation — minimum wages, hourly earnings
• Working time — hours worked, part-time rates
• Child labour — prevalence by age and sector
• Youth employment — NEET rates, school-to-work transitions
• Gender equality — pay gaps, participation rates
• Informal economy — informal employment, social protection
• Occupational safety — injury and fatality rates

Features

✅ 1,200+ dataflows — complete ILOSTAT catalogue
✅ 200+ countries — global coverage with ISO3 codes
✅ Time series — historical data from 1991 to present
✅ SDMX-JSON decoding — normalized flat records, no index notation
✅ Country name mapping — ISO3 → full country names
✅ Category tagging — automatic classification (unemployment, employment, wages, etc.)
✅ Human-readable output — formatted summary tables in run logs
✅ Machine-readable stats — JSON stats for dashboards and workflows
✅ Multi-dataflow support — fetch multiple indicators in one run
✅ Flexible filtering — by country, time period, observation count

Input

Field	Type	Description	Example
mode	select	listDataflows or getData	getData
dataflowId	string	ILOSTAT dataflow ID (one per line for multiple)	DF_EMP_TEMP_SEX_AGE_NB
countries	string	ISO3 codes, comma-separated (empty = all)	USA,GBR,DEU
startPeriod	string	Start year/period (e.g. 2015, 2020-Q1)	2020
endPeriod	string	End year/period	2023
lastNObservations	integer	Last N observations per series (overrides start/end)	5
maxResults	integer	Max records to return (0 = unlimited)	500

Example Input

{
  "mode": "getData",
  "dataflowId": "DF_EMP_TEMP_SEX_AGE_NB",
  "countries": "USA,GBR,DEU,JPN",
  "startPeriod": "2020",
  "endPeriod": "2023",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Output

Each record contains:

{
  "dataflowId": "DF_EMP_TEMP_SEX_AGE_NB",
  "category": "employment",
  "refArea": "USA",
  "countryName": "United States",
  "timePeriod": "2022",
  "measure": "EMP_TEMP",
  "obsValue": 158.7,
  "obsStatus": "A",
  "unit": "THOUSANDS",
  "sex": "_T",
  "age": "Y_GE15"
}

Available Dataflows

Use mode: listDataflows to browse all 1,200+ indicators. Common dataflows:

Dataflow ID	Description
DF_EMP_TEMP_SEX_AGE_NB	Temporary employment by sex and age
DF_XRU_XRU_RDB_SEX_AGE_RT	Unemployment rate by sex and age
DF_LFU_LFPA_SEX_AGE_RT	Labour force participation rate
DF_HOW_HOW_SEX_AGE_NB	Hours worked by sex and age
DF_WPI_WPI_SEX_OCC_NB	Wage indicators by occupation
DF_CLD_CLD_SEX_AGE_RT	Child labour prevalence
DF_YEM_YEM_SEX_AGE_RT	Youth employment indicators
DF_GED_GED_SEX_AGE_RT	Gender equality indicators

Use Cases

• HR & Recruiting — benchmark labour market conditions by country
• Economic Research — track unemployment, wages, participation trends
• Policy Analysis — compare labour indicators across regions
• Investment Research — assess labour market health for market entry
• Academic Research — access authoritative ILO data for studies
• Dashboards — feed normalized data into analytics platforms

Data Source

Data sourced from the International Labour Organization (ILO) ILOSTAT database via the official SDMX REST API. All data is publicly available under the ILO's open data terms.

Citation: "Data source: ILO ILOSTAT (sdmx.ilo.org)"

Pricing

$2.00 per 1,000 records — includes SDMX-JSON decoding, country normalization, and category tagging.

Support

For issues or questions, open an issue on the actor's repository or contact the developer.

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