The selection of initial 10 indicators were based on the following criteria:
- Conceptual Relevance
- Data Availability
- Relative Comparability Across Countries and Region.
- KILM 1 : Labour Force Participation Rate
- KILM 2 : Employment-to-Population Rate
- KILM 3 : Status in Employment
- KILM 4 : Employment by Sector
- KILM 5 : Part Time Workers
- KILM 6 : Hours of Work
- KILM 7 : Employment in the Informal Economy
- KILM 8 : Unemployment
- KILM 9 : Youth Unemployment
- KILM 10: Long Term Unemployment
- KILM 11: Unemployment by Education Attainment
- KILM 12: Time-Related Underemployment
- KILM 13: Inactivity Rate
- KILM 14: Educational Attainment and Illiteracy
- KILM 15: Manufacturing Wage Indices
- KILM 16: Occupational Wage and Earning Indices
- KILM 17: Hourly Compensation Costs
- KILM 18: Labour Productivity and Unit Labour Cost
- KILM 19: Employment Elasticities
- KILM 20: Poverty, working poverty and Income Distribution
