Classification Detail
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) 1948
Basic Bibliographic Information
• Status:
Superseded
[The current version is ISIC Rev. 5]
• Type:
To Be Determined
• Citation:
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Series M: Miscellaneous Statistical Papers, No. 4, Lake Success, NY: United Nations. ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/4
• ISBN:
N/A
• Website:
• Custodian:
United Nations Statistics Division
• Available Formats:
PDF
• Year Adopted:
1948
• Year Published:
1949
Available Languages (besides English):
Français, Español Details...
Français
Classification internationale type, par industrie, de toutes les branches d'activité économique (1948) (CITI (1948))
Español
Clasificación industrial uniforme de todas las actividades económicas (1948) (CIIU (1948))
• Availability:
Fully available in all of the languages above
Purpose of the Classification
• Statistical Domains (in CSA 2.0):
2 Economic statistics
• Purpose:
A standard classification of economic activities arranged so that entities can be classified according to the activity they carry out. The categories of ISIC at the most detailed level (groups) are delineated according to what is in most countries the customary combination of activities described in statistical units. The major groups and divisions, the successively broader levels of classification, combine the statistical units according to the character, technology, organization and financing of production. Wide use has been made of ISIC, both nationally and internationally, in classifying data according to kind of economic activity in the fields of population, production, employment, gross domestic product and other economic activities.
• Main Applications:
N/A
• Main Users:
N/A
Methodology
• Scope:
N/A
• Concept Being Classified:
economic activities
• Statistical Units:
product / good
• Main Principles:
N/A
Classification Structure
• Definition of Structure:
Level:
Level Name:
Code Format:
Number of Items:
Level 1
Division
1
9 items
Level 2
Major Group
111
44 items
Level 3
Group
111
? Items
Revision Information
Chronology of revisions/versions of the classification:
Year Adopted:
Title or Version Number:
Website:
• Official Adopting Entity:
UN Statistical Commission
• Coordinating Entity:
Supporting Documents
• Coding Index Available:
No
• Training Materials and Other Documents:
N/A
Contact Information
• Agency / Office:
United Nations Statistics Division
• Unit:
Economic Statistics Branch
• Contact Name:
Classifications Hotline
• Email:
• Fax:
+1 917 367 0135
• Address:
United Nations Statistics Division
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2 UN Plaza
New York, NY 10017