| Country or Area | ISIC Rev 3 | Year | Measure | Value | |
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| Australia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2011 | Number of persons engaged | 22516 |
| Australia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2010 | Number of persons engaged | 22073 |
| Australia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2009 | Number of persons engaged | 21083 |
| Austria | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 6846 |
| Austria | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 6727 |
| Azerbaijan | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2009 | Number of employees | 3734 |
| Azerbaijan | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 4158 |
| Azerbaijan | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 3720 |
| Belgium | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 8745 |
| Belgium | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 8035 |
| Brazil | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of persons engaged | 50810 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2010 | Number of employees | 12 |
| Bulgaria | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 5326 |
| Canada | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 32833 |
| Canada | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 33174 |
| Chile | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 19871 |
| Chile | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 27947 |
| China | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2010 | Number of employees | 1811200 |
| China | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2009 | Number of employees | 1680800 |
| China | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 1755600 |
| China | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 1486500 |
| China, Macao SAR | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2011 | Number of persons engaged | 0 |
| China, Macao SAR | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2010 | Number of persons engaged | 0 |
| China, Macao SAR | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2009 | Number of persons engaged | 0 |
| China, Macao SAR | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of persons engaged | 0 |
| China, Macao SAR | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of persons engaged | 0 |
| Colombia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2011 | Number of employees | 2672 |
| Colombia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2010 | Number of employees | 2612 |
| Colombia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2009 | Number of employees | 2556 |
| Colombia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 3492 |
| Colombia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 3628 |
| Croatia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 1772 |
| Denmark | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 1603 |
| Denmark | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 1802 |
| Ecuador | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 1392 |
| Ecuador | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 1415 |
| Eritrea | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2011 | Number of employees | 0 |
| Eritrea | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2010 | Number of employees | 0 |
| Eritrea | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2009 | Number of employees | 0 |
| Eritrea | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 0 |
| Eritrea | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2009 | Number of employees | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 0 |
| France | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 16999 |
| France | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 18654 |
| Georgia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2011 | Number of employees | 685 |
| Georgia | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2010 | Number of employees | 550 |
| Germany | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2008 | Number of employees | 62120 |
| Germany | 2720 Basic precious and non-ferrous metals | 2007 | Number of employees | 61353 |