OECD Factbook

Summary

The OECD’s dynamic and comprehensive statistical annual showing a wide range of key statistics for its member countries and major additional countries. For each indicator presented, there is explanatory text including a definition, explanation of long-term trends, and references; a table showing the indicator over a significant time span for all countries covered, and graphics showing the key messages contained in the data. Each table is accompanied by a link to an Excel spreadsheet enabling the user to access the data.

OECD Countries covered include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Non-OECD countries covered include Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, and South Africa.

Topics covered include population and migration; production; household income, wealth and debt; globalization, trade and foreign direct investment (FDI); prices, interest rates and exchange rates; energy and transportation; labor, employment and unemployment; science and technology including research and development (R&D); environment including natural resources, water, air and climate; education resources and outcomes; government expenditures, debt, revenues, taxes, foreign aid; and, health status, risk and resources.

Table In IFs

Variable	Definition	Ext Source Def	Name in Source	UsedInPreprocessor
EdTerGradRateTotal%OECD	Education, Tertiary, Gross Graduation Ratio,  Type A, OECD	Sum of graduation rates for single year of age		0
GovDefOECD%GDP	Government deficits as a % of GDP	The difference between total revenue and total expenditure (A negative figure indicates a deficit)	General government net lending	0
GovExpOECD%GDP	Government expenditure as a % of GDP	The compensation of civil servants, social security benefits, interest on public debt and subsidies and others	General government expenditures	0
ICTVAdd%TotBusAdd	ICT sector value added as a percent of total business sector value added	Share of ICT value added in business setcor value added	Share of ICT value added in business setcor value added	0

Data Pulling Instructions

1. Navigate to https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/serials/oecd-factbook_g1gha51b.html
2. Select the report you want (ex. "OECD Factbook 2013")
3. Select the indicator in the table of contents
   1. Example: Health = Life Expectancy
4. Then you will be led to the data table holding that information.

Data Notes

Tables have not been updated since 2017.

Last publication was in 2018.