Classification Detail
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 3
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Superseded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 Revision 3, Series M: Miscellaneous Statistical Papers, No. 4 Rev. 3, New York: United Nations. ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/4/REV.3
• ISBN:
92-1-161319-0
• Website:
• Custodian:
United Nations Statistics Division
• Available Formats:
PDF, Access, Text
• Year Adopted:
1989
• Year Published:
1990
Available Languages (besides English):
Français, Español, العربية, Pусский, 中文 Details...
Français
Classification internationale type, par industrie, de toutes les branches d'activité économique Rev. 3 (CITI Rev. 3)
Citation:
ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/4/REV.3
ISBN:
92-1-261120-6
Español
Clasificación industrial uniforme de todas las actividades económicas Rev. 3 (CIIU Rev. 3)
Citation:
ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/4/REV.3
ISBN:
92-1-361142-0
العربية
التصنيف الصناعي الدولي الموحَّد لجميع الأنشطة الاقتصادية التنقيح 3
Citation:
ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/4/REV.3
Pусский
Международная стандартная отраслевая классификация всех видов экономической деятельности Пересмотренный вариант 3
Citation:
ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/4/REV.3
中文
所有经济活动的 国际标准行业分类 修订本第3版
Citation:
ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/4/REV.3
• 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 (classes) are delineated according to what is in most countries the customary combination of activities described in statistical units. The Tabulation Categories 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:
Kind of activity
• Main Principles:
N/A
• Relationships to Other International Classifications:
Related To:
Major Differences (Scope, Structure, and Concepts):
ISIC Rev. 3 - NACE Rev. 1
ISIC Rev . 3 - US SIC 87
ISIC Rev. 3 - NAICS 1997
Classification Structure
• Definition of Structure:
Level:
Level Name:
Code Format:
Number of Items:
Level 1
Tabulation category
A (one-letter alpha code- A to Q)
17 items
Level 2
Division
01
60 items
Level 3
Group
012
159 items
Level 4
Class
0123
292 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:
United Nations Statistics Division
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
DC-2 15th Floor
2 UN Plaza
New York, NY 10017