International Standard Industrial Classification

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United Nations standard industrial classification system statistical classification

The International Standard Industrial Classification is a globally used United Nations framework that systematically categorizes economic activities to enable consistent collection, analysis, and comparison of industrial statistics across countries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities	5
International Standard Industrial Classification canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4736251 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: International Standard Industrial Classification
Context triple: [United Nations Statistical Commission, notableWork, International Standard Industrial Classification]

A. United Nations Central Product Classification for services
The United Nations Central Product Classification for services is an international standard taxonomy that organizes and codes service activities to facilitate consistent statistical reporting, trade negotiations, and policy analysis across countries and sectors.
B. NAICS codes
NAICS codes are a standardized classification system used in North America to categorize businesses and industries for statistical, regulatory, and procurement purposes.
C. International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
The International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System is a World Customs Organization treaty that establishes the globally standardized classification system used for international trade in goods.
D. Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers used to classify traded products for customs and trade statistics worldwide.
E. European System of Accounts
The European System of Accounts is the EU’s standardized framework for compiling and presenting national and regional economic statistics, harmonized with the international System of National Accounts.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: International Standard Industrial Classification
Target entity description: The International Standard Industrial Classification is a globally used United Nations framework that systematically categorizes economic activities to enable consistent collection, analysis, and comparison of industrial statistics across countries.

A. United Nations Central Product Classification for services
The United Nations Central Product Classification for services is an international standard taxonomy that organizes and codes service activities to facilitate consistent statistical reporting, trade negotiations, and policy analysis across countries and sectors.
B. NAICS codes
NAICS codes are a standardized classification system used in North America to categorize businesses and industries for statistical, regulatory, and procurement purposes.
C. International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
The International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System is a World Customs Organization treaty that establishes the globally standardized classification system used for international trade in goods.
D. Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers used to classify traded products for customs and trade statistics worldwide.
E. European System of Accounts
The European System of Accounts is the EU’s standardized framework for compiling and presenting national and regional economic statistics, harmonized with the international System of National Accounts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations standard ⓘ industrial classification system ⓘ statistical classification ⓘ
abbreviation	ISIC ⓘ
appliesTo	economic activities ⓘ
approvedBy	United Nations Statistical Commission ⓘ
classificationLevel	hierarchical ⓘ
developedBy	United Nations Statistical Commission ⓘ
field	economic statistics ⓘ industrial statistics ⓘ
firstAdoptedBy	United Nations Statistical Commission ⓘ
fullName	International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities ⓘ linked to: International Standard Industrial Classification
governedBy	United Nations Statistical Commission ⓘ
hasCorrespondenceWith	North American Industry Classification System ⓘ linked to: NAICS codes Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community ⓘ
hasVersion	ISIC Rev.1 ⓘ linked to: ISIC ISIC Rev.2 ⓘ linked to: ISIC ISIC Rev.3 ⓘ linked to: ISIC ISIC Rev.3.1 ⓘ linked to: ISIC ISIC Rev.4 ⓘ linked to: ISIC
issuedBy	United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ⓘ linked to: Department of Economic and Social Affairs
language	English ⓘ
latestVersion	ISIC Rev.4 ⓘ linked to: ISIC
maintainedBy	United Nations ⓘ United Nations Statistics Division ⓘ
organizedBy	classes ⓘ divisions ⓘ groups ⓘ sections ⓘ
publisher	United Nations ⓘ
purpose	to classify economic activities in a consistent and comparable way ⓘ to enable international comparison of economic statistics ⓘ to support analysis of economic activity ⓘ to support collection of industrial statistics ⓘ
region	worldwide ⓘ
scope	all economic activities ⓘ
shortName	International Standard Industrial Classification ⓘ
standardType	statistical standard ⓘ
targetUser	economists ⓘ statisticians ⓘ
usedBy	international organizations ⓘ national statistical offices ⓘ policy makers ⓘ researchers ⓘ
usedIn	business registers ⓘ economic censuses ⓘ economic surveys ⓘ industrial statistics ⓘ national accounts ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Statistical Commission → notableWork → International Standard Industrial Classification ⓘ

United Nations Central Product Classification for services → relatedTo → International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities ⓘ