ISIC is 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 (kind of activity units). The 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.
ISIC correspondences with Central Product Classification (CPC) and Standard International Trade Classification Revision 3 (SITC). The System of National Accounts (SNA) uses ISIC to describe economic activity breakdowns.
ISIC's hierarchical structure consists of 'Tabulation categories' (17) - one-letter alpha code, 'Divisions' (60) - 2-digit codes, 'Groups' (159) - 3-digit codes and 'Classes' (292) - 4-digit codes
ISIC tabulation categories and divisions
A Agriculture, hunting and forestry
01 Agriculture, hunting and related service activities
02 Forestry and logging and related service activities
B Fishing
05 Fishing, operation of fish hatcheries and fish farms; service activities incidental to fishing
C Mining and quarrying
10 Mining of coal and lignite; extraction of peat
11 Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas; service activities incidental to oil and gas
12 Mining of uranium and thorium ores
13 Mining of metal ores
14 Other mining and quarrying
D Manufacturing
15 Manufacture of food products and beverages
16 Manufacture of tobacco products
17 Manufacture of textiles
18 Manufacture of wearing apparel; dressing and dying of fur
19 Tanning and dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery, harness and footwear
20 Manufacture of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
21 Manufacture of paper and paper products
22 Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media
23 Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel
24 Manufacture of chemicals and chemicals products
25 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
26 Manufacture of non-metalic mineral products
27 Manufacture of basic metals
28 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
29 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
30 Manufacture of office, accounting and computing machinery
31 Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c.
32 Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus
33 Manufacture of medical appliances, precision and optical instruments, watches and clocks
34 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
35 Manufacture of other transport equipment
36 Manufacture of furniture; manufacturing n.e.c.
37 Recycling
E Electricity, gas and water supply
40 Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply
41 Collection, purification and distribution of water
F Construction
45 Construction
G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles and personal and household goods
50 Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, retail sale of automotive fuel
51 Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
52 Retail trade; except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; repair of personal and household goods
H Hotels and restaurants
55 Hotels and restaurants
I Transport, storage and communications
60 Land transport; transport via pipelines
61 Water transport
62 Air transport
63 Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agents
64 Post and telecommunications
J Financial intermediation
65 Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funds
66 Insurance and pension funds, except compulsory social security
67 Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation
K Real estate, renting and business activities
70 Real estate activities
71 Renting of machinery and equipment without operator
72 Computer and related activities
73 Research and development
74 Other business activities
L Public administration and defense; compulsory social security
75 Public administration and defense; compulsory social security
M Education
80 Education
N Health and social work
85 Health and social work
O Other community, social and personal service activities
90 Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities
91 Activities of membership organizations n.e.c.
92 Recreational, cultural and sporting activities
93 Other service activities
P Private households with employed persons
95 Private households with employed persons
Q Extraterritorial organizations and bodies
99 Extraterritorial organizations and bodies
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