Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Messina

Messina: Labour market - FUAs — Employment was 79,827 Persons in 2017. ▼ Falling

Latest (2017)
79,827 Persons
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
574th
of 577 regions
All-time high
94,907 Persons
in 2006
All-time low
79,577 Persons
in 2016
Years of data
18
2000–2017

Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Messina, 2000–2017

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k2000200820172000: 85.3k Persons2001: 91.3k Persons2002: 92.5k Persons2003: 85.7k Persons2004: 89.0k Persons2005: 93.8k Persons2006: 94.9k Persons2007: 94.3k Persons2008: 89.7k Persons2009: 88.2k Persons2010: 87.6k Persons2011: 88.0k Persons2012: 86.8k Persons2013: 80.9k Persons2014: 79.9k Persons2015: 81.6k Persons2016: 79.6k Persons2017: 79.8k Persons

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.

Analysis

Messina recorded 79,827 Persons for labour market - fuas — employment in 2017.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, labour market - fuas — employment in Messina peaked at 94,907 Persons in 2006 and was at its lowest, 79,577 Persons, in 2016.

Messina ranks 574th of 577 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 90,474 Persons 85,254 Persons 94,907 Persons 10
2010s 83,012 Persons 79,577 Persons 88,024 Persons 8

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Frequently asked questions

What is labour market - fuas — employment in Messina?
Labour market - fuas — employment in Messina was 79,827 Persons in 2017, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in Messina?
The highest recorded value was 94,907 Persons in 2006.
What is the lowest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in Messina?
The lowest recorded value was 79,577 Persons in 2016.
How does Messina rank for labour market - fuas — employment?
Messina ranks 574th out of 577 regions with data for 2017.
Is labour market - fuas — employment rising or falling in Messina?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Messina data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Labour market - FUAs — Employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Labour market - FUAs — Employment
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
580 places, 11,884 data points, 2000–2024
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<p align="justify">This dataset provides labour market indicators for FUAs of more than 250 000 inhabitants, including labour force, participation rate, employment, employment to population ratio, unemployment and unemployment rate.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify"> When labour statistics are unavailable at a more granular level than FUAs (e.g. municipal level), the indicators are estimated by adjusting the regional (OECD TL2 and TL3 regions) values to the FUA boundaries, based on the population distribution in each region. Regional values (labour force, employment and unemployment) in TL3 regions are used as data inputs and combined with gridded population data <a href=https://doi.org/10.2760/098587>(European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023)</a>. FUA boundaries are intersected with TL3 borders to compute the share of the regional population that lives within FUAs in each region. This share is then applied to the variable of interest (e.g. employment) and allocated to the FUA. In case several regions intersect the FUA, the adjusted values of intersecting regions are summed. For countries where TL3-level data is not available, data for TL2 regions is used. This approach assumes that the variable of interest has the same spatial distribution as population. Therefore, the modelled indicators should be interpreted with caution.<br /><br /> When a more granular level is available, data is aggregated for each FUA. For example in the United States, labour market data is available at the county-level (<a href=https://www.bls.gov/lau/#cntyaa>US Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>), and then aggregated by FUA. </p> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href="http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/1dx">Labour market - FUAs</a>), <a href="http://oe.cd/geostats">http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>