Global Standard Classification of Occupations (GSCO)

GSCO is a multilingual research framework that aggregates national occupation classifications and harmonizes them to ISCO-08 for cross-country statistical comparison.

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263,608
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National Registries

CountryRegistryLanguageEntriesISCO Version
France ROME v4.60 fr 13120 ROME→ISCO-08
Uzbekistan OzMSt 641:2025 uz 10910 ISCO-08
Russia OKPDTR 2025 ru 9935 OKPDTR 2025 → ISCO-08
Ukraine DK 003:2010 (full) uk 9179 ISCO-08
Turkey ISCO-08 Turkey tr 7202 ISCO-08
Kenya KESCO en 6582 ISCO-08
Bangladesh BSCO bn, en 5387 ISCO-08
Mongolia YAMAT-08 mn 4844 ISCO-08
Moldova Moldova Classification ro 4369 ISCO-08
Serbia Nomenclature of Occupations sr 4313 ISCO-08
Latvia Latvijas profesiju klasifikators lv 4282 ISCO-08
Bosnia & Herzegovina (KZBiH-08) KZBiH-08 (full) bs 4246 ISCO-08
Latvia (2024) Profesiju klasifikators (MK Nr.264, red. 2024) lv 4102 ISCO-08
United Arab Emirates SCAD ISCO (Arabic) ar 4075 ISCO-08
Trinidad & Tobago T&T Classification en 3915 ISCO-08
Iraq ASCO 2008 ar 3765 ISCO-08
Estonia Ametite klassifikaator 2008 et, en, ru 3562 ISCO-08
India NCO 2015 en 3452 ISCO-08
Palestine ISCO-08 Palestine 2016 ar 3139 ISCO-08
Lithuania LPK 2023 lt 3044 ISCO-08
Cyprus ESCO v1.2.0 el 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Austria ESCO v1.2.0 de 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Portugal ESCO v1.2.0 pt 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Czech Republic ESCO v1.2.0 cs 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Belgium ESCO v1.2.0 nl 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Lithuania ESCO v1.2.0 lt 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Malta ESCO v1.2.0 mt 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Netherlands ESCO v1.2.0 nl 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Greece ESCO v1.2.0 el 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Estonia ESCO v1.2.0 et 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Ireland ESCO v1.2.0 en 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Slovakia ESCO v1.2.0 sk 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Romania ESCO v1.2.0 ro 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Denmark ESCO v1.2.0 da 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Luxembourg ESCO v1.2.0 fr 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Hungary ESCO v1.2.0 hu 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Slovenia ESCO v1.2.0 sl 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Sweden ESCO v1.2.0 sv 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Bulgaria ESCO v1.2.0 bg 2942 ESCO→ISCO-08
Thailand Thai Classification th 2812 ISCO-08
Honduras CNOH 2018 es 2791 ISCO-08
Pacific Islands PACSCO-2016 en 2756 ISCO-08
Ghana PHC 2010 Occupations en 2752 ISCO-08
Saudi Arabia SSCO 2024 en 2738 ISCO-08
Saudi Arabia (Arabic) SSCO 2019 (Arabic) ar 2618 ISCO-08
Brazil CBO 2002 pt 2614 ISCO-08 (adapted)
Poland KZiS 2024 pl 2567 ISCO-08
Nicaragua CUONIC es 2231 ISCO-08
Bolivia Bolivia Classification es 2214 ISCO-08
Macau Macau Classification zh, pt 2019 ISCO-08
Germany KldB 2010 rev.2020 de 2002 KldB→ISCO-08
South Korea KSCO 2024 (8th) ko 1765 ISCO-08
Guatemala CNO 2022 es 1753 ISCO-08
Tajikistan NKZ 2022 ru 1714 ISCO-08
Cambodia CSCO km 1709 ISCO-08
Jamaica JSOC 2015 (Jamaica Standard Occupational Classification) en 1662 ISCO-08
Uruguay CNUO 1995 es 1650 ISCO-88
Singapore Singapore Standard Occupational Classification (SSOC) 2024 en 1617 ISCO-08
Mauritius NASCO-08 en 1596 ISCO-08
Panama CNO 2000 es 1534 ISCO-88
South Africa OFO 2017 en 1511 ISCO-08
New Zealand ANZSCO 2022 en 1425 ANZSCO→ISCO-08
Australia ANZSCO 2022 en 1425 ANZSCO→ISCO-08
Myanmar MSCO (ISCO-68) en 1407 ISCO-68
Brunei BDSOC 2011 ms 1381 ISCO-08
Bhutan bt_bsco en 1309 ISCO-08
Switzerland CH-ISCO-19 de 1252 ISCO-08
Colombia CUOC 2022 es 1133 ISCO-08
United States O*NET-SOC 2018 en 1016 SOC→ISCO-08
Angola CPA-Rev.1 pt 969 ISCO-08
Barbados Barbados Classification en 922 ISCO-08
Morocco Nomenclature Analytique des Professions (NAP 2014) fr 845 ISCO-08
Italy (CP2021) CP 2021 it 813 ISCO-08
Italy (ISCO-08) CP2011→ISCO-08 it 800 ISCO-08
Cabo Verde CNP CV-Rev.1 2010 (Classificação Nacional das Profissões) pt 699 ISCO-08 based
Mexico SINCO 2011 es 686 ISCO-08 (adapted)
Canada NOC 2021 en 678 NOC→ISCO-08
Tunisia Nomenclature d'Activités Tunisienne (NAT 2009) fr 662 N/A
Peru Peru Classification es 657 ISCO-08
International (ILO) ISCO-08 en 651 ISCO-08
Cuba CNUO 2022 es 635 ISCO-08
Turkmenistan TDS 696-2010 ru 634 ISCO-08
Paraguay Paraguay Classification es 628 ISCO-08
Montenegro SKZ 2011 sr 620 ISCO-08
Kosovo KPK (ISCO-08 sq) sq 620 ISCO-08
Jordan Jordan Standard Classification of Occupations (JSCO) ar 619 ISCO-08
ILO Arabic ISCO-08 (regional) iso08_ar_ilo ar, en 619 ISCO-08
Russia OKZ 2014 (rev. 2021) ru 618 ISCO-08
ru_okz2014 ru_okz2014 ru 617 ISCO-08
Rwanda Rwanda Customised International Standard Classification of Occupations (CISCO-08) en 612 ISCO-08
Pakistan pk_psco2015 en, ur 608 ISCO-08
Chile Chile Classification es 607 ISCO-08
Armenia HD-003-2013 hy 600 ISCO-08
Vietnam VSCO 2020 vi 595 ISCO-08
Saint Lucia ISCO-08 (Statistics Saint Lucia) en 590 ISCO-08
Armenia HD-009-2013 hy 588 ISCO-08
Norway STYRK-08 no 582 ISCO-08
Costa Rica COCR-2023 es 574 ISCO-08
Philippines Philippines Classification en, tl 572 ISCO-08
Croatia Croatia Classification hr 567 ISCO-08
Dominican Republic CNO-RD 2019 es 557 ISCO-08
Malaysia MASCO ms, en 548 ISCO-08
Togo Nomenclature des Professions et Métiers RGPH4 (Dec 2010) fr 548 ISCO-88 based
Djibouti Nomenclature de Métiers, Professions et Postes (WB Microdata 3463) fr 546 ISCO-88 based
Cote d'Ivoire Nomenclature des Metiers et Professions CI fr 540 CITP-08
Senegal NOMES fr 537 ISCO-08
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Classification en 511 ISCO-08
China GB/T 6565-2015 zh 511 ISCO-08 (adapted)
Spain CNO-11 es 502 ISCO-08
Bahrain BSOC (LMRA) ar 491 ISCO-08
Andorra ad_cno ca 477 ISCO-88
Albania LKP 2011 sq 472 ISCO-08
Kyrgyzstan GKZ ky 443 ISCO-08
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Classification az 438 ISCO-08
Ecuador CIUO-08 Ecuador es 438 ISCO-08
Sierra Leone SLE IHS 2014 ISCO-08 occupation codes en 437 ISCO-08
Lesotho LSO LFS 2024 ISCO unit groups en 436 ISCO-08
Finland TK 2010 fi 436 ISCO-08
Botswana BSCO 2016 en 436 ISCO-08
Georgia Georgia Classification ka 435 ISCO-08
Rwanda Rwanda ISCO-08 2012 en 435 ISCO-08
AFRISTAT (francophone Africa regional) ISCO-08 FR (AFRISTAT) fr 435 ISCO-08
North Macedonia NKZ 2015 mk 433 ISCO-08
Guyana ISCO-08 (adopted) en 428 ISCO-08
Eswatini SWZ LFS 2021 ISCO variable en 419 ISCO-08
Iran ISCO-08 Iran (1395 SH / 2016 CE) fa 413 ISCO-08
United Kingdom SOC 2020 en 411 SOC→ISCO-08
Iceland ÍSTARF21 is 409 ISCO-08
Grenada GRD LFS 2021 ISCO-08 occupation categories en 399 ISCO-08
Algeria (Professions) Nomenclature des Professions fr 395 ISCO-08
Belarus OKRB 014-2017 ru 394 ISCO-08
Kazakhstan NK RK 01-2017 ru 368 ISCO-08
Tanzania ISCO-08 Tanzania sw 345 ISCO-08
Maldives ISCO-08 (adopted by NBS Maldives) en 335 ISCO-08
San Marino Repertorio delle Professioni RP-2017 (ISTAT CP2011 based) it 325 ISTAT CP2011 (ISCO-08 based)
Japan Japan Standard Occupational Classification (JSCO) 2022 ja 302 JSCO→ISCO-08
Benin Nomenclature des Métiers de l Artisanat au Benin (311 métiers) fr 248 national artisan classification
Cameroon Nomenclature des Métiers 2013 fr 203 ISCO-08 (CITP)
Hong Kong HSCO (Hong Kong Standard Classification of Occupations, ISCO-08 based) zh, en 180 ISCO-08
Nepal NSCO (ISCO-88) en 124 ISCO-88
Sao Tome and Principe st_cnp94 pt 38 ISCO-88 (CNP-94)
Algeria (CSP) CSP Algerie fr 29 ISCO-08
Argentina Argentina Classification es 8 ISCO-08
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Classification kk, ru 6 ISCO-08
Egypt Annual bulletin of employment, wages and working hours statistics en 5 ISCO-08
Indonesia KBJI 2014 id 1 ISCO-08

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