Productivity comparisons constitute an important focus of OECD work. It includes both efforts to improve the measurement of productivity growth, and efforts to improve the understanding of the drivers of productivity performance and the policies that governments could undertake to strengthen productivity performance. Such analysis reflects a strong interest in many OECD member countries.

The OECD Productivity Database aims at meeting the demand of inside and outside users of OECD statistics by bringing together those series that are judged best suited for productivity analysis. Where possible, data has been complemented with methodological information to facilitate an assessment of its quality and its international comparability.

The OECD Productivity Database is a joint product of four OECD Directorates: Science, Technology and Industry (STI) , Statistics (STD) , Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS)  and the Economics Department . It is updated on a rolling basis, i.e., as new data on output, labour input and/or capital services become available in member countries.