International Labour Organization

Employed migrants refer to the number of persons who changed their country of usual residence and were also employed during a specified brief period. Data are disaggregated by country of origin. A person's country of origin is that from which the person originates, i.e. the country of his or her citizenship (or, in the case of stateless persons, the country of usual residence).

The employed comprise all persons of working age who, during a specified brief period, were in the following categories: a) paid employment (whether at work or with a job but not at work); or b) self-employment (whether at work or with an enterprise but not at work). Employed migrants refer to individuals who changed their country of usual residence and were also employed during a specified brief period. Data are disaggregated by economic activity according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC Rev.4). Economic activity refers to the main activity of the establishment in which the person worked during the reference period (it does not depend on the specific duties or functions of the person's job, but on the characteristics of the economic unit in which this person works).

For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.

Data disaggregated by occupation are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO). Data may have been regrouped from the national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISCO. For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.

For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.

Data disaggregated by level of education are provided on the highest level of education completed, classified according to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED). Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISCED. For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.

Inflow of migrants refer to the number of immigrants who changed their country of usual residence during the reference period. A person's country of usual residence is the country in which the person has a place to live where he or she normally spends the daily period of rest. Temporary travel abroad for purposes of recreation, holiday, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage does not entail a change in the country of usual residence. Data are disaggregated by sex and country of origin. A person's country of origin is that from which the person originates, i.e. the country of his or her citizenship (or, in the case of stateless persons, the country of usual residence).

Inflow of return migrants refers to the number of migrants who returned from a period of residence abroad to live again in their country of citizenship (or country of birth, depending on the context). For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.

For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.

Data disaggregated by level of education are provided on the highest level of education completed, classified according to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED). Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISCED. For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.

Inflow of working-age migrants refer to the number of immigrants who are 15 years old and over and changed their country of usual residence during the reference period. Data are disaggregated by sex and education. Education refers to the highest level completed, classified according to the latest version of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011).

Migrants comprise individuals who changed their country of usual residence. A person's country of usual residence is the country in which the person has a place to live where he or she normally spends the daily period of rest. Temporary travel abroad for purposes of recreation, holiday, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage does not entail a change in the country of usual residence. Data are disaggregated by country of origin. A person's country of origin is that from which the person originates, i.e. the country of his or her citizenship (or, in the case of stateless persons, the country of usual residence).

The outflows of nationals for any given country refer to the number of its legal citizens who changed their country of usual residence to outside of that country during the reference period. A person's country of usual residence is the country in which the person has a place to live where he or she normally spends the daily period of rest. Temporary travel abroad for purposes of recreation, holiday, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage does not entail a change in the country of usual residence. For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.

The outflows of nationals for employment for any given country refer to the number of its citizens who changed their country of usual residence to outside of that country during the reference period for the purpose of employment. For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.

The resident population comprises persons who were usual residents living in the country, regardless of their legal residency status or citizenship. The migrant population refers to persons who changed their country of usual residence. A person's country of usual residence is the country in which the person has a place to live where he or she normally spends the daily period of rest. Temporary travel abroad for purposes of recreation, holiday, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage does not entail a change in the country of usual residence. Data refer to the total population (0+) and are disaggregated by sex.

Stock of nationals abroad comprise the persons whose country of usual residence is not the same as their country of origin for any given country of origin. A person's country of residence is the country in which the person has a place to live where he or she normally spends the daily period of rest. A person's country of origin is that from which the person originates, i.e. the country of his or her citizenship (or, in the case of stateless persons, the country of usual residence). For more information, refer to the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) database description.