OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

SUMMARY

OECD Data Explorer (Old version: OECD.Stat) is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s database, housing data on a variety of indicators, including those on agriculture, development, labor, and international trade. OECD Data Explorer collects data on both member and non-member countries for indicators on development, agriculture, education, and a myriad of addition economic variables. (OECD.Stat has reached the end of its life and will be switched-off end of March 2024.)

To pull data, please follow the instructions below.

GENERAL STEPS TO PULL DATA FROM OECD Data Explorer

Step 1.) Navigate to the home page of OECD Data Explorer

Step 2.) Choose one of the themes below pick a topic area

Step 3.) Select a sub theme within your selected theme (e.g. Offical Development Assistance (ODA))

Step 4.) Select an indicator within that sub theme (e.g. Aid (ODA) disbursements to countries and regions [DAC2A])

Step 5.) Once you have selected an indicator, you can use "Filters" on the left to select which countries you would like to see data on, or other customization options (e.g. "Recipient" is the country option for Aid (ODA) disbursements to countries and regions [DAC2A])

Step 5.1) To change the selection mode to select all countries easily, you need to "Use advanced selection modes".

Step 5.2) Select Change selection mode

Step 5.3) Select the mode you prefer (e.g. All items). Then click any of the countries, it will automatically select all. Then, Apply.

Step 6.) Hover over “Download” and select to download "Filtered data in tabular text (CSV)".

Data by Topic

Development

Offical Development Assistance (ODA)

Flows by donor (ODA+OOF+Private) [DAC1]

• Official and Private Flows - Disbursements and Commitments. Aggregate data (no breakdown by recipient) on ODA, OOF, private and NGO data by donor, type of aid and flow. The data cover flows from DAC member countries, EU Institutions and non-DAC providers.
  • Definition of Net ODA: Official development assistance (ODA) is defined as government aid designed to promote the economic development and welfare of developing countries. Loans and credits for military purposes are excluded. The OECD maintains a list of developing countries and territories; only aid to these countries counts as ODA. The list is periodically updated and currently contains over 150 countries or territories (see DAC List of ODA Recipients: https://oe.cd/dac-list ).(From: https://data.oecd.org/oda/net-oda.htm)

AidDon%GNI:

• Time Period: 1960 – 2022
• Donor: DAC countries (Whole Branch)
• Measure: ODA as percent of GNI, grant equivalent & ODA as percent of GNI, net disbursements
• Flow type: Disbursements, net & Grant equivalents
• Unit of measure: Percentage of gross national income
• Price base: Unselect Constant prices (Note: Change it first, if the default selection limit the selection on Measure)
• Note: Prior to 2018, the ODA flows basis methodology covered loans expressed on a “cash basis”, meaning their full face value was included, then repayments were subtracted as they came in. From 2018, the ODA grant-equivalent methodology is used whereby only the “grant portion” of the loan, i.e. the amount “given” by lending below market rates, counts as ODA.

Aid (ODA) disbursements to countries and regions [DAC2A]

• Destination of Official Development Assistance Disbursements. Geographical breakdown by donor, recipient and for some types of aid (e.g. grant, loan, technical co-operation) on a disbursement basis (i.e. actual expenditures). The data cover flows from all bilateral and multilateral donors and philanthropic foundations.

AidRec%GNIOECD, AidRecGrants%GNI, AidRecLoanGross%GNI, AidRecLoanNet%GNI, AidRecLoanRepay%GNI, AidRecRecover%GNI

• Unit: Millions (to calculate the series, need to *1000000)
• Unit of measure: US dollar
• Use the values from OECD to be divided by GNI (Current US$): https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.MKTP.CD API_NY.GNP.MKTP.CD_DS2_en_csv_v2_3145: Data in Current US$

Variable	Time Period	Donor	Recipient	Measure	Price base
AidRec%GNIOECD	1960-2022	Official donors	All Developing Countries	Official development assistance (ODA), disbursements	Current prices
AidRecGrants%GNI	1960-2022	Official donors	All Developing Countries	ODA grants, disbursements	Current prices
AidRecLoanGross%GNI	1960-2022	Official donors	All Developing Countries	Gross ODA Loans	Current prices
AidRecLoanNet%GNI	1960-2022	Official donors	All Developing Countries	ODA Loans, net disbursements	Current prices
AidRecLoanRepay%GNI	1960-2022	Official donors	All Developing Countries	ODA Loans, repayments	Current prices
AidRecRecover%GNI	2004-2022	Official donors	All Developing Countries	Recoveries on grants	Current prices

Note: Yemen (1990-2022) received ODA more than GNI

Economy

National accounts -> GDP and non-financial accounts -> Production, employment and investment

Annual value added and its components by economic activity

• This table presents gross value added by economic activity based on detailed breakdowns of Revision 4 of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC).
• ICT identified by ISIC REV.4: ICT value added is the difference between the Information and Communication Technology sector gross output and intermediate consumption. The aggregate of information industries here includes ISIC rev. 4 Division 26 (Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products) and Section J (Information and communication). (From: https://data.oecd.org/ict/ict-value-added.htm)

VaddICT%GDP:

• Time Period: 1950 – 2023
• Reference area: All
• Transaction: Value added, gross
• Economic activity: Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products & Information and communication
• Unit of measure: National currency
• Price base: Current prices
• Downloaded data is in Millions (to calculate the series, need to *1000000)
• GDP(current Local Currency (LCU)): https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CN
• API_NY.GDP.MKTP.CN_DS2_en_excel_v2_70: Data in Current local currency.
• Value Added by ICT divided by GDP (LCU)

Statistical Annex

Fiscal balances and public indebtedness

Table 29 General government total outlays

GovTotalOutlays%GDP

• Click Fiscal balances and public indebtedness. (Download File: EO114_Fiscal-balances-and-Public-Indebteness.xlsx)
• Use Tab: ‘Total Outlays’
• The current series in IFs goes from 1993 to 2017. This was a simple update that replaced 2010-2017 with more refined and current data and added 2018-2025 forecasts to the series.