International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities Revision 3.1 (ISIC Rev. 3.1)

The International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, in short ISIC, Rev. 3.1 from 2002 constitutes categories based on the "characteristics of the activities of producing units which are strategic in determining the degree of similarity in the structure of the units and certain relationships in an economy" (United Nations 2002: 14).
The ISIC Rev. 3.1 is organised into: 17 sections, 62 divisions, 161 groups and 298 classes (ibid.: 27).

Origin/Creator:	United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division
Method/Structure:	The top two classification levels are identical to those of the NACE Rev. 1.1 and the WZ 2003.
Development/implementation for Germany:	The ISIC Rev. 3.1 is the result of an update of the ISIC Rev. 3. Due to new technologies and a changed division of labour, it became necessary to implement new categories in the ISIC. The structure of the previous version has been mostly retained (United Nations 2002: 9).

Related classifications:

Classification of Economic Activities 2003 (WZ 2003)

International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities Revision 4 (ISIC Rev.4)

Knowledge and technology-intensive industries

Statistical Classification of Economic Activities (NACE Rev. 1.1)

Keywords

produced goods, services, intended use, production technology, production process, production activity, international classification of economic activities