Australia vs Canada: Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment

Australia
13,389 Persons
in 2025
Canada
19,350 Persons
in 2024
Australia rank
12th
Canada rank
9th

Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment over time

  • Australia
  • Canada
5.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k195519902025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 19,350 Persons against 13,389 Persons in Australia, a difference of 5,961 Persons.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.4 times Australia's.

Across all 59 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 12th and Canada ranks 9th of 33 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Canada Difference Ahead
1960s 4,268 Persons 6,403 Persons 2,135 Persons Canada
1970s 4,955 Persons 8,199 Persons 3,244 Persons Canada
1980s 5,739 Persons 10,588 Persons 4,849 Persons Canada
1990s 6,907 Persons 11,910 Persons 5,003 Persons Canada
2000s 8,577 Persons 14,429 Persons 5,852 Persons Canada
2010s 10,580 Persons 16,377 Persons 5,797 Persons Canada
2020s 12,294 Persons 18,139 Persons 5,844 Persons Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment, Australia or Canada?
Canada, at 19,350 Persons against 13,389 Persons in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment between Australia and Canada?
5,961 Persons, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do Australia and Canada rank globally for number of employees by activities (isic rev. 4) — employment?
Australia ranks 12th and Canada ranks 9th of 33 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
43 places, 2,002 data points, 1955–2025
Last refreshed

The dataflow "Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow shows the number of employees broken down by economic activities (ISIC Rev. 4). Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes. Historical data of employment statistics defined according to ISIC Rev. 2 are also available from 1970 to 2014 Historical data of employment statistics defined according to ISIC Rev. 3 are available from 1983 to 2023. Data for Canada are currently only available in ISIC Rev. 3