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The OECD Statistics Directorate provides economic statistics on a comparable basis for the analytical work of the OECD, promotes and develops international statistical standards and co-ordinates statistical activities both within the Organisation and with other international agencies.
The Statistics Directorate FAQs can help you finding data series for OECD countries and some non-member countries as well as definitions of statistical terms.
FAQs: www.oecd.org/std/FAQ
The Statistics Portal provides statistics published by the whole Organisation. Statistics Portal: www.oecd.org/statistics
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25-May-2012
Provisional estimates show that quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) in the OECD area grew by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2012, up from 0.3% in the previous quarter. The OECD total continues to mask diverging patterns among member countries. Positive growth
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22-May-2012
The OECD today released a new version of its pioneering Your Better Life Index-- an online, interactive index that allows people to measure and compare their lives in a way that goes beyond traditional GDP numbers.
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15-May-2012
The OECD area unemployment rate was stable at 8.2% in March 2012, the same level recorded since February 2011. This flatness is largely the result of increasing rates in some euro area countries being offset by declines in North America.
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11-May-2012
The OECD area employment rate - defined as the proportion of people of working age (those aged 15 to 64) who have a job - was 64.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to new quarterly labour market statistics from the OECD.
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10-May-2012
Composite leading indicators (CLIs), designed to anticipate turning points in economic activity relative to trend, point to regained momentum in the OECD area but with divergence between economies.
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07-May-2012
The OECD has released an updated data visualisation tool for its online statistical database (OECD.Stat). The new tool, furnished by Sweden's NComVA, will make it easier for users to turn OECD statistics into animated data visualisations.
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03-May-2012
Consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 2.7% in the year to March 2012, compared with 2.8% in the year to February 2012. This easing in the annual rate of inflation mainly reflected developments in energy and food where inflation slowed to 6.5% and 3.5% in the year to March, respectively.
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