ISIC Rev 4 Highlevel structure United Nations Statistics

ISIC Rev. 4 High-level structure United Nations Statistics Division

Objectives of the ISIC revision o Relevance n Reflect new industries, new production pattern, new needs for economic analysis o Comparability n Improve linkages to major regional classifications o Continuity n Maintain close links to the previous version of ISIC o Main task: balancing these three objectives

ISIC structure changes o Increase in top-level categories o Increase in overall detail o New concepts (information, professional services, support services) o New application rules (vertical integration, top-down method, outsourcing) o This presentation provides an overview. Specific sections will be discussed separately.

Increased detail of ISIC Rev. 4 Sections ISIC Rev. 3 17 ISIC Rev. 4 21 Divisions 60 88 Groups 159 238 Classes 292 419

High-level concordance ISIC Rev. 3. 1 A Agriculture, hunting and forestry B Fishing C Mining and quarrying D Manufacturing ISIC Rev. 4 A Agriculture, forestry and fishing B Mining and quarrying C Manufacturing D Electricity, gas, steam … E Water supply; sewerage, waste … F Construction E Electricity, gas and water supply G Wholesale and retail trade; … F Construction H Transportation and storage G Wholesale and retail trade; … I H Hotels and restaurants J Information and communication I Transport, storage and communications K Financial and insurance activities J Financial intermediation K Real estate, renting and business … L Public administration … M Education Accommodation and food service activities L Real estate activities M Professional, scientific and technical activities N Administrative and support service activities O Public administration … P Education N Health and social work Q Human health and social work activities O Other community, social, personal … R Arts, entertainment and recreation P Activities of private households S Other service activities Q Extraterritorial organizations and bodies T Activities of households … U Activities of extraterritorial organizations …

High-level structure o o o o o A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T o U Agriculture, forestry and fishing Mining and quarrying Manufacturing Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities Construction Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles Transportation and storage Accommodation and food service activities Information and communication Financial and insurance activities Real estate activities Professional, scientific and technical activities Administrative and support service activities Public administration and defence; compulsory social security Education Human health and social work activities Arts, entertainment and recreation Other service activities Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and servicesproducing activities of households for own use Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies

High-level structure o A Agriculture, forestry and fishing n New detail o B Mining and quarrying n Minor changes; support services o C Manufacturing n Restructuring of machinery categories n Moved “recycling” and “publishing” to other sections n Separate recognition of repair and installation n Minor corrections and additions

High-level structure o D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply n Water moved to section E o E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities * n New section o F Construction n Reorganization of high-level categories (buildings vs. civil engineering vs. special trades)

High-level structure o G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles n More detail n Exception for automobiles remains o H Transportation and storage n Telecommunications moved to section J o I Accommodation and food service activities n Minor adjustments

High-level structure o J Information and communication * n New section o K Financial and insurance activities n Recognition of trusts and funds; holding companies; minor adjustments o L Real estate activities n Separated at section level for SNA applications

High-level structure o M Professional, scientific and technical activities n New section (split of old business activities) o N Administrative and support service activities n New section (split of old business activities) o O Public administration and defence; compulsory social security n No significant change

High-level structure o P Education n Minor change in scope; recognition of support services o Q Human health and social work activities n New detail to reflect current operations, connection between health and social work o R Arts, entertainment and recreation n Residual; movie and TV moved to section J

High-level structure o S Other service activities n Residual; includes some repair services o T Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goodsand services-producing activities of households for own use * n No change o U Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies n No change