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Last update: September 2008
Note for STAN users
A new version of OECD's STAN Database is now available. New tables, with data up to 2006, are provided for 21 countries (see coverage table). Tables for other countries will be added as they become available. The new STAN data can be accessed for free via the beta version of OECD's new data dissemination service OECD.STAT.
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What's new?
Extended industry list
- Activities have been added to complete ISIC Rev.3 2-digit coverage (see industry list);
- Special aggregates are now provided such as 'total industry' (10-41), high-technology manufactures (2423, 30, 32, 33, 353) and energy producing industries (10-12, 23, 40).
Modified variable list
- New variable codes - standardised to 4-character length (see variable list);
- Implicit deflators (prices) are now provided as a complement to volume series;
- Gross and net operating surplus are provided with separate codes (GOPS and NOPS);
- Value added at factor costs (VAFC) is now provided as is "Other taxes less subsidiaries on production" (OTXS);
- Items VALU_B, VALU_P (value added at producers prices) and ITXS (taxes less subsidiaries on products) have been suppressed;
- Separate codes are also given for hours worked by total number engaged (HRSN) and by employees (HRSE);
Also, volume data (PRDK, VALK, INTK, GFCK) are expressed in terms of the current price value in the reference year (usually 2000) rather than as indices as previously. Implicit deflators (PRDP, VALP, INTP, GFCP) are expressed as indices, reference year = 1.
Important revisions to data since old version of STAN (of November 2005)
- Most countries, particularly in EU, now use annually re-weighted chained Laspeyres aggregation (rather than using a fixed base year) to derive volume data in National Accounts. The most common national reference year is 2000;
- Most countries, particularly in EU, now adjust for FISIM (Financial Intermediate Services Indirectly Measured) across industries. All other things being equal, this results in a reduction of value added levels by industry as estimates of intermediate inputs increase.
Full documentation (coming soon)
Country Notes
Industries Variables Coverage
Free samples of data (zipped excel)
The STAN database for industrial analysis provides analysts and researchers with a comprehensive tool for analysing industrial performance at a relatively detailed level of activity across countries. It includes annual measures of output, labour input, investment and international trade which allow users to construct a wide range of indicators to focus on areas such as productivity growth, competitiveness and general structural change.Through the use of a standard industry list, comparisons can be made across countries. The industry list provides sufficient detail to enable users to highlight high-technology sectors and is compatible with those used in related OECD databases.
STAN is primarily based on Member countries' annual national accounts by activity tables and uses data from other sources, such as national industrial surveys/censuses, to estimate any missing detail. Since many of the data points in STAN are estimated, they do not represent official Member country submissions.
The current version of STAN is based on the International Standard Industrial Classification of all economic activities, Revision 3 (ISIC Rev. 3) and covers all activities (including services). Earlier versions of STAN (pre-2000) were based on ISIC Rev.2 and covered the manufacturing sector only.
To optimize timeliness, STAN is updated on a "rolling basis"- new tables are made available as soon as they are ready (either via SourceOecd, the OECD's commercial online service, or via OLISnet, the dedicated online service for governments and related agencies). STAN is also available on OECD’s new data dissemination service OECD.STAT together with related data sets such as business R&D expenditure ANBERD, estimates of bilateral trade by industry, BTD and derived STAN Indicators.
Also see
OECD Input-Output Database (available on request for free)
OECD Database on Productivity (available for free)
OECD Science Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2007
Capital Stock Data at the OECD (September 2006)
Overview of Industrial Statistics at the OECD
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