The OECD Statistics Directorate FAQs (www.oecd.org/std/FAQ) can help you to find data series for OECD member countries and some non-member countries. Also, they can help you to find our definitions of statistical terms and more.

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Key short-term economic indicators

12-Jan-2012

Provides access to long time series of growth rates for a number of Key Economic Indicators (GDP, production, cyclical indicators, standardised unemployment rates, prices, financial indicators, trade...) collected within the Main Economic Indicators database.

Standardised Confidence Indicators for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

12-Jan-2012

The Standardised Confidence Indicators (for manufacturing industry and consumers) are confidence indicators comparable across countries. Comparability has been achieved by careful selection of national ...

Population statistics for OECD member countries

12-Jan-2012

This dataset includes annual statistics on population, working age population by sex. Data is available in thousands of persons and indices (2000=100) for the 30 OECD member countries and 4 zones (European ...

Registered unemployment rates and levels for OECD countries and Major Non-Member Economies

12-Jan-2012

Unemployment statistics derived from administrative registers. The series are updated continuously.

Survey based unemployment rates and levels for OECD countries and major non-member economies

12-Jan-2012

Unemployment rates and levels derived from labour force surveys. The series are updated continuously.

Job vacancies for OECD countries

12-Jan-2012

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators  (updated continuously) - Data generally relate to the stock of unfilled job vacancies.

Hourly Earnings for OECD countries

12-Jan-2012

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Hourly earnings correspond to seasonally adjusted average total earnings in manufacturing and private sector paid per employed person per hour, including overtime pay and regularly recurring

Employment by industry for OECD countries and major non-member economies

12-Jan-2012

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Employment is presented in total and by broad industry and is derived from labour force sample surveys.

Monetary Aggregates for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

12-Jan-2012

Monetary aggregate indices presented are Narrow money (M1) and Broad money (M3). They are calculated as averages of the monthly figures. For all countries which do not provide data corresponding to the ...

Interest Rates for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

12-Jan-2012

Access time series of immediate (overnight), short-term (3 month interbank rate), and long-term (10 yr bonds) interest rates for OECD countries and major non-member economies. The series are updated ...

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