OECD Factbook 2009: Public finance

 

 

Health expenditure varies widely across OECD countries, from 15% of GDP in the United States to 6% in Turkey, Poland and Mexico.

 

The two largest social expenditure items in OECD countries are pensions (7% of GDP) and health (6%).

 

OECD Factbook 2009 – how do you like yours?

Not surprisingly for such an innovative publication, it exists in a number of different versions, to suit our readers’ requirements.

 

 

Print

Available for purchase.  313 pages of indicators, definitions, analysis and trends.  The definitive statistical reference publication.

 

USB key

Available for purchase
Loaded with OECD Factbook 2009 files and documents, as well as OECD in Figures, the USB key is completely portable, with space for users to save their own documents.

 

Web Book

Free on line. The gateway to the PDFs, Excel™ and interactive graphs.  Access to the key indicators for the World’s leading economies is only a click away.

 

Dynamic graphs

Free on line, using Trendalyzer, this dynamic visualisation software from the Gapminder Foundation enables the identification of long term trends and comparisons between countries.

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