Discover a range of OECD tools and datasets that help users: understand regional dynamics; compare local performance; and design place-based policies grounded in evidence. They support policy analysis of subnational finance, SME ecosystems, well-being and progress toward the SDGs across regions and cities. By offering reliable, granular indicators, these data tools enable policy makers, researchers and stakeholders to assess resilience, track recovery, and identify gaps in regional development—ensuring decisions are better aligned with local needs and opportunities.
OECD data on SMES, regions and cities
The OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities hosts datasets, dashboards and tools that underpin OECD work on subnational finance, SMEs and regional and local development.
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Dashboards
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DashboardBuilding our understanding of the COVID-19 crisis and recovery in regions. The health, economic and social impacts of the crisis have been uneven across and within countries – and recovery from the crisis, so far, has also been uneven. Understanding the spatial dimension of the recovery and developing place-based policies is vital to support recovery in all regions.
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DashboardThe OECD Data Lake is the go-to platform for accessing essential statistics, policy insights, and visualisation tools on SMEs and Entrepreneurship, their business conditions and policies. It proposes a comprehensive overview of the evidence base, data and action taken across OECD countries to unlock the potential of SMEs and entrepreneurs for innovation, competitiveness, economic development, and sustainability.
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DashboardThe Twin Transition Tracker provides the opportunity to compare regions to others in the OECD, and assess their overall performance within the context of the twin transition. This comparative analysis can help policymakers understand regional strengths and weaknesses, and to tailor strategies that address specific local needs.
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DashboardThe Subnational Government Structure and Finance Dashboard displays comparable graphs on the institutional organisation and public finance at subnational government level for 38 OECD member countries. The graphs show the averages – arithmetic – for unitary and federal countries as well as the average for the European Union and OECD for 2022 (depending on data availability).
Tools
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ToolThe OECD Local Data Portal lets you visualise and compare municipal and local data across 41 countries. With over 100 indicators across 10 key themes — like demography, climate, environment, transport, economy, and more, it provides insights into over 225,000 municipalities and local areas.
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ToolThe OECD Regions and Cities Atlas is a one-stop shop to access and visualise indicators for regions, cities and functional urban areas.
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ToolA quick look at well-being throughout OECD regions. Includes measurements on health, education , life satisfaction and the environment among many more.
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ToolWith its more than 100 indicators, this OECD tool measures the distance towards the SDGs in more than 600 regions and 600 cities of OECD and partner countries.
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ToolThe OECD has mapped national-level policies that support the growth and scale up of SMEs and startups as well as the institutions implementing them.
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ToolThe Project aims to support Ireland in developing a Responsible Business Compass for policy makers and businesses to understand and navigate EU legislation on climate neutrality, sustainability and responsible business conduct. The future Compass will make it easier for policymakers to reduce administrative burden and offer the right support, and for businesses to know what they need to do and what policy support is available to them. This tool is developed as a mock-up for testing and hands-on experimentation. It aims to support upcoming policy and multistakeholder dialogues which will inform OECD recommendations on the desirable features of the Responsible Business Compass
Background information
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International comparisons of subnational data require consistent frameworks. We provide such definitions and typologies for regions, cities and rural areas.Learn more
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Cities concentrate a considerable share of population and economic activity in OECD countries. Comparing cities across countries requires appropriate geographical definitions that also take into account the areas of influence of cities.Learn more
Data insights
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The OECD Water Governance Indicator Framework was developed within the OECD Water Governance Initiative through a bottom-up and multi-stakeholder approach over 2015-2017 and pilot-tested by 11 institutions at different scales and in different geographic and socio-economic contexts. It provides a voluntary multi-stakeholder self-assessment tool to understand the performance of water governance systems at city, basin, regional or national scales. Its primary objective is to stimulate a transparent, neutral, open, inclusive and forward-looking dialogue across stakeholders on what works, what does not, what should be improved and who can do what.Learn more