About this Dataset

Labour Indicators Rates - Regions

This dataset provides participation rate, employment to population ratio and unemployment rate, for large regions (TL2) and small regions (TL3) when available.

Data definition and source

The labour force status is presented by sex, for 15-64 year-olds and 15+ year-olds age ranges, the latter having less country coverage. Data is based on a labour force survey using ILO guidelines and collected from Eurostat (reg_lmk) for EU countries and via delegates of the OECD Working Party on Territorial Indicators (WPTI), as well as from national statistical offices' websites.

Definition of regions

Regions are subnational units below national boundaries. OECD countries have two regional levels: large regions (territorial level 2 or TL2) and small regions (territorial level 3 or TL3). The OECD regions are presented in the OECD Territorial grid (pdf) and in the OECD Territorial correspondence table (xlsx).

Territorial typologies

Small TL3 regions are categorized based on shared characteristics into regional typologies. See the demographic indicators aggregated by territorial typology at country level on the access to City typology (link) and by urban-rural typology (link).

Cite this dataset

OECD Regions and Cities databases http://oe.cd/geostats

Further information

The interactive web-tool OECD Regions and Cities Statistical Atlas
The report OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance

Contact: RegionStat@oecd.org

Tables

Observations

@oecd.oecd_cfe_eds_dsd_reg_lab_df_rates_v2_0.observations

1.78 MB
751,506 rows
15 columns

CREATE TABLE observations (
  "dataflow" VARCHAR,
  "freq" VARCHAR,
  "territorial_level" VARCHAR,
  "ref_area" VARCHAR,
  "territorial_type" VARCHAR,
  "measure" VARCHAR,
  "age" VARCHAR,
  "sex" VARCHAR,
  "unit_measure" VARCHAR,
  "time_period" BIGINT,
  "obs_value" DOUBLE,
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "obs_status" VARCHAR,
  "unit_mult" BIGINT,
  "decimals" BIGINT
);