The OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) is a group of the world's thirty biggest market economies all market economies. Collectively its member countries account for about two thirds of the world's GDP. The OECD acts as a forum for member countries to develop economic and social policies and it collects and disseminates economic data on a wide range of industrial and economic indicators.
The OECD data are considered to be accurate and reliable and provide an authoritative means to compare economic, social and industrial indicators across national boundaries. However, the databases tend to only cover a limited number of countries.
The UK Data Service provides free access to UK academics to most of the OECD databases.
Major databases produced by the OECD include:
- OECD Education Statistics
- OECD Measuring Globalisation Statistics
- OECD International Development
- OECD International Direct Investment
- OECD International Migration Statistics
- OECD International Trade by Commodities Statistics
- OECD Main Economic Indicators
- OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators
- OECD National Accounts
- OECD Services Statistics
- OECD Social and Welfare Statistics (includes Pensions at Glance).
- OECD Structural Analysis
- OECD Agriculture Statistics
- OECD Economic Outlook
- OECD Pensions Statistics
- OECD Banking Statistics
- OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics
- OECD Health Statistics
- OECD Structural and Demographic Business Statistics
- OECD Insurance Statistics
- OECD Monthly Statistics of International Trade
- OECD Tax Statistics (Revenue Statistics and Taxing Wages)
- OECD Telecommunications and Internet Statistics
- OECD Patent Database
- OECD Productivity Statistics
- OECD Regional Statistics
- OECD Institutional Investors Statistics
