Green Growth Indicators

Green growth Indicators 2017

This report updates and extends the set of green growth indicators presented in the 2014 and 2011 editions. It charts the progress that OECD countries and G20 economies have made since 1990.

The 2017 edition places greater emphasis on the role of policy action, with enriched discussion on environmentally related taxes and subsidies, technology and innovation, and international financial flows.

Towards Green Growth: Tracking Progress

Four years after the launch of the OECD Green Growth Strategy, the report draws lessons from country experience and examines how to enhance policy design to deliver green growth. 

The brochure presenting the key findings and recommendations is available in English, en français, y en español. 

Green growth indicators in practice

Some countries have already applied and adjusted the OECD green growth measurement framework and indicators to their specific national contexts. Read the country reports:

• Kazakhstan 2019
• Azerbaijan 2018
• Moldova 2017
• Ukraine 2016
• EU Eastern Partnership countries
• Slovak Republic 2014
  
• Slovenia 2014
• Czech Republic 2013
• Denmark 2012
• Germany 2012
• Korea 2012
• Netherlands 2011 

• Measuring the green transformation of the economy: Guide for the EU Eastern Partnership countries, November 2016, OECD | Read the policy perspectives
• Workshop on Green Growth Indicators in Latin American countries, June 2015, OECD.
• Shared environmental information system and green growth (Regional workshop for the countries of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia), March 2015, OECD. 

‌

Measuring Inclusive Green Growth at the Country Level - Taking Stock of Measurement Approaches and Indicators

This paper, published by the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) in February 2016, takes stock of current measurement approaches (including dashboards, composite indexes, footprint indicators and adjusted economic measures) and reviews available global data for indicators of inclusive green growth. The paper finds that significant gaps remain as existing approaches do not comprehensively cover natural resource depletion and environmental degradation. For example, data on economic cost and benefits, accessibility, and optimal or sustainable use of natural resources are rare. There is also a lack of comprehensive approaches and metrics for measurement of economic resilience to environmental risks as well as measurement of economic opportunities, related policies, and the distributional aspects of green growth.

Moving towards a common approach on Green Growth Indicators

On April 4, 2013, four leading international organisations on green growth launched a joint report under the auspices of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP): the Global Green Growth Institute, the OECD, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the World Bank.