Consumer Prices, OECD - Updated: 29 May 2012

29-May-2012

Annual inflation in the OECD area slowed to 2.5% in the year to April 2012, compared with 2.7% in the year to March 2012.

Consumer Price Indices (CPI) for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

29-May-2012

Data is available in index and in percentage change on the same period of the previous year. Consumer Prices Indices (CPI) are a general measure of inflation. CPI "all items non-food non-energy" is a measure ...

Issue Paper: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals - More money or better policies (or both)?

26-May-2012

The looming 2015 deadline to reach the Millennium Development Goals has brought back into focus the question of how much it will cost and who will fund it.

Quarterly National Accounts - GDP Growth - First Quarter 2012, OECD

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 0.2% in the previous quarter.

Quarterly growth rates for GDP in volume for OECD countries

25-May-2012

Updated on a daily basis. These statistics are an extract from the database: OECD Quarterly National Accounts. TIPS ...

Modes of Public Funding of Research and Development: Towards Internationally Comparable Indicators (OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Paper 2012/4)

24-May-2012

by Jan van Steen (Rathenau Instituut, The Netherlands)

This paper presents the results of data collection across 18 countries and demonstrates that it is possible to produce new policy relevant indicators on public funding of R&D. Initial findings highlight interesting differences across countries in terms of their approaches to R&D funding.

Statistical analysis of science, technology and industry

24-May-2012

The OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) manages databases of internationally comparable statistics. These statistics and indicators underpin policy-related analytical work, particularly with respect to links between technology, com

EO91: Editorial & summary of projections

22-May-2012

EO91: Editorial & summary of projections

OECD/UNESCO Institute for Statistics/Eurostat Careers of Doctorate Holders (CDH) project

21-May-2012

This page presents the OECD statistical work on human resources in science and technology, more specifically the OECD/UNESCO Institute for Statistics/Eurostat project on careers of doctorate holders.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: May 2012

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 ...