Type of indicator

Socio-economic

Indicator C11

Structure of employment

Definition 

This indicator shows employment figures for 3 sub-indicators: 

  1. total  employment
  2. employment by sector (primary, secondary, tertiary)
  3. employment  by type of region (predominantly rural, intermediate and predominantly urban)

 

Unit of measurement

1: number of persons (in thousands)

2: share  of total employment

3: share of total employment

 

Data source

1: Tables on EU policy

2: Eurostat – Labour Force Survey

3: Eurostat – Regional Economic Accounts

 

References/location of the data

1 : National data, Employment and activity by sex and age - annual data [lfsi_emp_a]

2: Eurostat website, Labour Force Survey: national data, Employment by sex, age and detailed economic activity (from 2008 onwards, NACE Rev. 2 two digit level) - 1 000 [lfsa_egan22d]

3:  Regional : table [nama_10r_3empers]

Regional data: table [lfst_r_lfe2en2] for totals; employment by economic activity on special request to Eurostat

Most recent urban-rural typology: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/rural-development/methodology

 

Data collection level

EU, national (NUTS 0) and regional (NUTS 1, 2 and 3)

Frequency

Annual

Delay

1 year (national data) and 3 years (regional data)

Comments/caveats

Sectors in NACE rev.2: 

Primary sector = branch A (agriculture, forestry and fishing); 

Secondary sector = branches B-E + F (industry + construction); 

Tertiary sector = branches G-I + J + K + L + M-N + O-Q + R-U.

The distribution of employment by type of region has been calculated using the Commission's urban-rural typology, which classifies NUTS 3 regions into predominantly rural, intermediate and predominantly urban.