Statistics on the employment situation of people with disabilities: A Compendium of national methodologies

This Compendium describes the methodologies currently in use in 95 countries to compile statistics on employment status in conjunction with disability.

There is strong policy interest in establishing and monitoring the impact of legislation to promote
employment opportunities for people with disabilities. However, useful data on the employment
situation of this population group is rarely available at the required level of detail and periodicity;
in a number of countries there are currently no data at all on employment status in conjunction
with disability.
This Compendium describes the methodologies currently in use in 95 countries to compile such
statistics. The ILO Bureau of Statistics, in collaboration with the ILO Disability Programme within
the InFocus Programme on Skills, Knowledge and Employability, has conducted a worldwide
survey to analyse the different approaches currently used. A questionnaire was sent to
ministries of labour and national statistical offices in early 2003, aimed at collecting information
about the availability of statistics of disabled persons, especially their employment situation.