Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Not to be confused with Economic Cooperation Organization.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Logo
     Founding member countries (1961)     Other member countries
     Founding member countries (1961)
     Other member countries
SecretariatParis, France
Official languages English · French
Membership
Leaders
 -  Secretary-General José Ángel Gurría
Establishment
 -  as the OEECa 16 April 1948 
 -  reformed as the OECD 30 September 1961 
Website
www.oecd.org
a. Organisation for European Economic Co-operation.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (French: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an international economic organisation of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum of countries describing themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seeking answers to common problems, identify good practices and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members.

In 1948, the OECD originated as the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC),[1] led by Robert Marjolin of France, to help administer the Marshall Plan (which was rejected by the Soviet Union and its satellite states[2]). This would be achieved by allocating American financial aid and implementing economic programs for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II, where there had been similar efforts in the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 of the United States of America, which stipulated the Marshall Plan that had also taken place elsewhere in the world to war-torn Republic of China and post-war Korea,[3] but the American recovery program in Europe was the most successful one.[4]

In 1961, the OEEC was reformed into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development by the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and membership was extended to non-European states. Most OECD members are high-income economies with a very high Human Development Index (HDI) and are regarded as developed countries.

The OECD's headquarters are at the Château de la Muette in Paris, France.

History

Organisation for European Economic Co-operation

The Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) was formed in 1948 to administer American and Canadian aid in the framework of the Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II.[5] It started its operations on 16 April 1948. Since 1949, it was headquartered in the Chateau de la Muette in Paris, France. After the Marshall Plan ended, the OEEC focused on economic issues.[6]

In the 1950s, the OEEC provided the framework for negotiations aimed at determining conditions for setting up a European Free Trade Area, to bring the European Economic Community of the six and the other OEEC members together on a multilateral basis. In 1958, a European Nuclear Energy Agency was set up under the OEEC.

By the end of the 1950s, with the job of rebuilding Europe effectively done, some leading countries felt that the OEEC had outlived its purpose, but could be adapted to fulfill a more global mission. It would be a hard-fought task, and after several sometimes fractious meetings at the Hotel Majestic in Paris starting in January 1960, a resolution was reached to create a body that would deal not only with European and Atlantic economic issues, but devise policies to assist less developed countries. This reconstituted organisation would bring the US and Canada, who were already OEEC observers, on board as full members. It would also set to work straight away on bringing in Japan.[7]

Founding

Following the 1957 Rome Treaties to launch the European Economic Community, the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development was drawn up to reform the OEEC. The Convention was signed in December 1960 and the OECD officially superseded the OEEC in September 1961. It consisted of the European founder countries of the OEEC plus the United States and Canada, with Japan joining three years later. The official founding members are:

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • France
  • West Germany
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • The Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

During the next 12 years Japan, Finland, Australia, and New Zealand also joined the organisation. Yugoslavia had observer status in the organisation starting with the establishment of the OECD until its dissolution as a nation.[8]

The OECD created agencies such as the OECD Development Centre (1961), International Energy Agency (IEA, 1974), and Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering.

Unlike the organizations of the United Nations system, OECD uses the spelling "organisation" with an "s" in its name rather than "organization" (see -ise/-ize).

Enlargement to Central Europe

In 1989, after the Revolutions of 1989, the OECD started to assist countries in Central Europe (especially the Visegrád Group) to prepare market economy reforms. In 1990, the Centre for Co-operation with European Economies in Transition (now succeeded by the Centre for Cooperation with Non-Members) was established, and in 1991, the Programme "Partners in Transition" was launched for the benefit of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland.[8][9] This programme also included a membership option for these countries.[9] As a result of this, Poland,[10] Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, as well as Mexico and South Korea[11] became members of the OECD between 1994 and 2000.

Reform and further enlargement

  OECD members
  Started or promised accession talks
  Expressed interest in joining

In the 1990s, a number of European countries, now members of the European Union, expressed their willingness to join the organisation. In 1995, Cyprus applied for membership, but, according to the Cypriot government, it was vetoed by Turkey.[12] In 1996, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania signed a Joint Declaration expressing willingness to become full members of the OECD.[13] Slovenia also applied for membership that same year.[14] In 2005, Malta applied to join the organization.[15] The EU is lobbying for admission of all EU member states.[16] Romania reaffirmed in 2012 its intention to become a member of the organisation through the letter addressed by the Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta to OECD Secretary-General José Ángel Gurría.[17] In September 2012, the government of Bulgaria confirmed it will apply for full membership before the OECD Secretariat.[18]

In 2003, the OECD established a working group headed by Japan's Ambassador to the OECD Seiichiro Noboru to work out a strategy for the enlargement and co-operation with non-members. The working group proposed that the selection of candidate countries to be based on four criteria: "like-mindedness", "significant player", "mutual benefit" and "global considerations". The working group's recommendations were presented at the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting on 13 and 14 May 2004. Based on these recommendations work, the meeting adopted an agreement on operationalisation of the proposed guidelines and on the drafting of a list of countries suitable as potential candidates for membership.[8] As a result of this work, on 16 May 2007, the OECD Ministerial Council decided to open accession discussions with Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia and Slovenia and to strengthen co-operation with Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa through a process of enhanced engagement.[19] Chile, Slovenia, Israel and Estonia all became members in 2010.[20][21]

In 2011, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia expressed the country's willingness to join the organization during a speech at the OECD headquarters.[22]

In 2013, the OECD decided to open membership talks with Colombia and Latvia. It also announced its intention to open talks with Costa Rica and Lithuania in 2015.[23]

Other countries that have expressed interest in OECD membership are Peru,[24] Malaysia.[25] and Kazakhstan[26]

In March 2014, the OECD halted membership talks with Russia in response to its role in the 2014 Crimean crisis.[27][28]

Objectives and activities

Propaganda poster created by the Economic Cooperation Administration to promote the Marshall Plan in Europe.

Aim

The OECD defines itself as a forum of countries committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a setting to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices, and co-ordinate domestic and international policies.[29] Its mandate covers economic, environmental, and social issues. It acts by peer pressure to improve policy and implement "soft law"—non-binding instruments that can occasionally lead to binding treaties. In this work, the OECD cooperates with businesses, with trade unions and with other representatives of civil society. Collaboration at the OECD regarding taxation, for example, has fostered the growth of a global web of bilateral tax treaties.

The OECD promotes policies designed:

International investments and multinational enterprises

Between 1995 and 1998, the OECD designed the Multilateral Agreement on Investment, which was abandoned because of a widespread criticism from civil society groups and developing countries. In 1976, the OECD adopted the Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, which was rewritten and annexed by the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in 2000.

Among other areas, the OECD has taken a role in co-ordinating international action on corruption and bribery, creating the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, which came into effect in February 1999. It has been ratified by thirty-eight countries.[30]

The OECD has also constituted an anti-spam task force, which submitted a detailed report, with several background papers on spam problems in developing countries, best practices for ISPs, e-mail marketers, etc., appended. It works on the information economy[31] and the future of the Internet economy.[32]

PISA

The OECD publishes the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which is an assessment that allows educational performances to be examined on a common measure across countries.

Taxation

The OECD publishes and updates a model tax convention that serves as a template for bilateral negotiations regarding tax coordination and cooperation. This model is accompanied by a set of commentaries that reflect OECD-level interpretation of the content of the model convention provisions. In general, this model allocates the primary right to tax to the country from which capital investment originates (i.e., the home, or resident country) rather than the country in which the investment is made (the host, or source country). As a result, it is most effective as between two countries with reciprocal investment flows (such as among the OECD member countries), but can be very unbalanced when one of the signatory countries is economically weaker than the other (such as between OECD and non-OECD pairings).

Since 1998, the OECD has led a charge against harmful tax practices, principally targeting the activities of tax havens (while principally accepting the policies of its member countries, which would tend to encourage tax competition). These efforts have been met with mixed reaction: The primary objection is the sanctity of tax policy as a matter of sovereign entitlement.[33] The OECD maintains a "blacklist" of countries it considers uncooperative in the drive for transparency of tax affairs and the effective exchange of information, officially called "The List of Uncooperative Tax Havens".[34] In May 2009, all remaining countries were removed from the list.[35]

On 22 October 2008, at an OECD meeting in Paris, 17 countries led by France and Germany decided to draw up a new blacklist of tax havens. The OECD has been asked to investigate around 40 new tax havens in the world where undeclared revenue is hidden and that host many of the non-regulated hedge funds that have come under fire during the 2008 financial crisis. Germany, France, and other countries called on the OECD to specifically add Switzerland to a blacklist of countries that encourage tax fraud.[36]

On October 29, 2014, in Berlin, during the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, all OECD and G20 countries, as well as most major international financial centres, signed a “multilateral competent authority agreement” that will activate the automatic sharing of financial data for tax purposes.[37][38] Under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the United States will automatically exchange information with other countries beginning in 2015. In 2017, 58 jurisdictions of the "early adopters"—the UK, Spain, France, Portugal, Cyprus, Malta, Germany, Italy, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Ireland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, San Marino, Seychelles, Argentina, and South Africa—start to share information automatically. In 2018, another 35 jurisdictions, including Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Monaco, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, and Switzerland begin sharing information.

Publishing

The OECD publishes books, reports, statistics, working papers and reference materials. All titles and databases published since 1998 can be accessed via OECD iLibrary.

The OECD Library & Archives collection dates from 1947, including records from the Committee for European Economic Co-operation (CEEC) and the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), predecessors of today's OECD. External researchers can consult OECD publications and archival material on the OECD premises by appointment: www.oecd.org/libraryandarchives.

Books

The OECD releases between 300 and 500 books each year. The publications are updated accordingly to the OECD iLibrary. Most books are published in English and French. The OECD flagship titles include:

All OECD books are available on the OECD iLibrary, the online bookshop or OECD Library & Archives.[n 1]

Magazine

OECD Observer, an award-winning magazine[n 2] launched in 1962.[39] The magazine appeared six times a year until 2010, and became quarterly in 2011 with the introduction of the OECD Yearbook,[n 3] launched for the 50th anniversary of the organisation.[40] The online and mobile[41] editions are updated regularly. News, analysis, reviews, commentaries and data on global economic, social and environmental challenges. Contains listing of the latest OECD books, plus ordering information.[42] A OECD Observer Crossword was introduced in Q2 2013.[43]

Statistics

The OECD is known as a statistical agency, as it publishes comparable statistics on a wide number of subjects.

OECD statistics are available in several forms:

Working papers

There are 15 working papers series published by the various directorates of the OECD Secretariat. They are available on iLibrary, as well as on many specialised portals.

Reference works

The OECD is responsible for the OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, a continuously updated document that is a de facto standard (i.e., soft law).

It has published the OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030, which shows that tackling the key environmental problems we face today—including climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, and the health impacts of pollution—is both achievable and affordable.

Structure

The OECD's structure consists of three main elements:

Meetings

The main entrance to the OECD Conference Centre in Paris

Delegates from the member countries attend committees' and other meetings. Former Deputy-Secretary General Pierre Vinde estimated in 1997 that the cost borne by the member countries, such as sending their officials to OECD meetings and maintaining permanent delegations, is equivalent to the cost of running the secretariat.[44] This ratio is unique among inter-governmental organisations. In other words, the OECD is more a persistent forum or network of officials and experts than an administration.

Noteworthy meetings include:

Secretariat

Exchanges between OECD governments benefit from the information, analysis, and preparation of the OECD Secretariat. The secretariat collects data, monitors trends, and analyses and forecasts economic developments. Under the direction and guidance of member governments, it also researches social changes or evolving patterns in trade, environment, education, agriculture, technology, taxation, and other areas.

The secretariat is organised in Directorates:

The work of the secretariat is financed from the OECD's annual budget, currently around US$510 million (€342.9 million). The budget is funded by the member countries based on a formula related to the size of each member's gross national product.[45] The largest contributor is the United States, which contributes about one quarter of the budget, followed by Japan with 16%, Germany with 9% and the UK and France with 7%. The OECD governing council sets the budget and scope of work on a two-yearly basis.

As an international organisation the terms of employment of the OECD Secretariat staff are not governed by the laws of the country in which their offices are located. Agreements with the host country safeguard the organisation's impartiality with regard to the host and member countries. Hiring and firing practices, working hours and environment, holiday time, pension plans, health insurance and life insurance, salaries, expatriation benefits and general conditions of employment are managed according to rules and regulations associated with the OECD. In order to maintain working conditions that are similar to similarly structured organisations, the OECD participates as an independent organisation in the system of co-ordinated European organisations, whose other members include NATO, the European Union and the European Patent Organisation.

Secretaries-General

See source.

Secretary-General of the OEEC
№ Secretary-General Time served Country of origin
1 Robert Marjolin 1948 – 1955 France France
2 René Sergent 1955 – 1960 France France
3 Thorkil Kristensen 1960 - September 1961 Denmark Denmark
Secretary-General of the OECD
№ Secretary-General Time served Country of origin
1 Thorkil Kristensen September 1961 - September 1969 Denmark Denmark
2 Emiel van Lennep October 1969 - September 1984 Netherlands Netherlands
3 Jean-Claude Paye October 1969 - 1994 France France
1994 - May 1996
— Staffan Sohlman (interim) 1994 Sweden Sweden
4 Donald Johnston June 1996 - June 2006 Canada Canada
5 José Ángel Gurría June 2006 – present Mexico Mexico

Committees

Representatives of the 34 OECD member countries and a number of observer countries meet in specialised committees on specific policy areas, such as economics, trade, science, employment, education or financial markets. There are about 200 committees, working groups and expert groups. Committees discuss policies and review progress in the given policy area.[46]

Special bodies

Member countries

Current members

There are currently 34 members of the OECD. The list includes 21 of the 28 European Union member states. The states not in the OECD are Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, and Romania.

Country Application Negotiations Invitation Membership[47] Geographic location Notes
 Australia 7 June 1971 Oceania
 Austria 29 September 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 Belgium 13 September 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 Canada 10 April 1961 North America
 Chile November 2003[49][50] 16 May 2007[51] 15 December 2009[52] 7 May 2010 South America
 Czech Republic January 1994[53] 8 June 1994[54] 24 November 1995[53] 21 December 1995 Europe
 Denmark 30 May 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 Estonia 16 May 2007[51] 10 May 2010[55] 9 December 2010 Europe
 Finland 28 January 1969 Europe
 France 7 August 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 Germany 27 September 1961 Europe Joined OEEC in 1949 (West Germany).[56] Previously represented by the Trizone.[48] The OECD was expanded to include the former East Germany after German unification in October 1990.
 Greece 27 September 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 Hungary December 1993[57] 8 June 1994[54] 7 May 1996 Europe
 Iceland 5 June 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 Ireland 17 August 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 Israel 15 March 2004[58] 16 May 2007[51] 10 May 2010[55] 7 September 2010 Middle East (Asia)
 Italy 29 March 1962 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 Japan November 1962[59] July 1963[59] 28 April 1964 Asia
 South Korea 29 March 1995[60] 25 October 1996[61] 12 December 1996 Asia
 Luxembourg 7 December 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 Mexico 14 April 1994[62] 18 May 1994 North America
 Netherlands 13 November 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 New Zealand 29 May 1973 Oceania
 Norway 4 July 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 Poland 1 February 1994[63] 8 June 1994[54] 11 July 1996[64] 22 November 1996 Europe
 Portugal 4 August 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 Slovakia February 1994[65] 8 June 1994[54] July 2000[65] 14 December 2000 Europe
 Slovenia March 1996[66] 16 May 2007[51] 10 May 2010[55] 21 July 2010 Europe
 Spain 3 August 1961 Europe Joined OEEC in 1958.[67]
 Sweden 28 September 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
  Switzerland 28 September 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 Turkey 2 August 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 United Kingdom 2 May 1961 Europe OEEC member.[48]
 United States 12 April 1961 North America

The European Commission participates in the work of the OECD alongside the EU Member States.[68]

Former members

Currently in accession talks

Relations with non-members

      OECD members
      Accession candidate countries
      Enhanced engagement countries

Currently, 25 non-members participate as regular observers or full participants in OECD Committees. About 50 non-members are engaged in OECD working parties, schemes or programmes. The OECD conducts a policy dialogue and capacity building activities with non-members (Country Programmes, Regional Approaches and Global Forums) to share their views on best policy practices and to bear on OECD's policy debate. The OECD's Global Relations Secretariat develops and oversees the strategic orientations of the relations with non-members.

On 16 May 2007, the OECD Ministerial Council decided to strengthen OECD's co-operation with Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa, through a process of enhanced engagement.[19] The countries listed are key partners to the OECD. The countries contribute to the OECD's work in a sustained and comprehensive manner by direct and active participation in substantive bodies of the Organisation determined by mutual interest.[72]

The OECD explores the possibilities for enhanced co-operation with selected countries and regions of strategic interest to the OECD, giving priority to South East Asia with a view to identifying countries for possible membership.

Criticism

The OECD has been criticised by several civil society groups and developing countries. The main criticism has been the narrowness of the OECD because of its limited membership to a select few rich nations.[73] In 1997–1998, the draft Multilateral Agreement on Investment was heavily criticized by several non-governmental organisations and developing countries. Many critics argued that the agreement would threaten protection of human rights, labor and environmental standards, and the least developed countries. A particular concern was that the MAI would result in a 'race to the bottom' among countries willing to lower their labor and environmental standards to attract foreign investment. Also the OECD's actions against competitive tax practices has raised criticism. The primary objection is the sanctity of tax policy as a matter of sovereign entitlement.[33]

Indicators

The following table shows various data for OECD member states, including area, population, economic output and income inequality, as well as various composite indices, including human development, viability of the state, perception of corruption, economic freedom, state of peace, freedom of the press and democratic level.

Country Area[74]
(km²)
2013 		Population[74]
2013 		GDP (PPP)[74]
(Intl. $)
2013 		GDP (PPP)
per capita[74]
(Intl. $)
2013 		Income
inequality[74]
2000-2012
(latest available) 		HDI[75]
2013 		FSI[76]
2014 		CPI[77]
2014 		IEF[78]
2015 		GPI[79]
2014 		WPFI[80]
2015 		DI[81]
2014
 Australia 7,741,220 23,130,900 1,007,352,589,243 43,550 34.01 0.933 26.3 80 81.4 1.414 17.03 9.01
 Austria 83,879 8,473,786 374,110,982,983 44,149 30.04 0.881 28.5 72 71.2 1.200 10.85 8.54
 Belgium 30,530 11,195,138 451,591,111,882 40,338 33.14 0.881 32.0 76 68.8 1.354 11.98 7.93
 Canada 9,984,670 35,158,304 1,520,492,732,174 43,247 33.68 0.902 27.4 81 79.1 1.306 10.99 9.08
 Chile 756,096 17,619,708 386,070,725,071 21,911 50.84 0.822 42.0 73 78.5 1.591 23.00 7.80
 Czech Republic 78,870 10,521,468 287,701,865,620 27,344 26.39 0.861 39.4 51 72.5 1.381 11.62 7.94
 Denmark 43,090 5,613,706 240,063,148,799 42,764 26.88 0.900 22.8 92 76.3 1.193 8.24 9.11
 Estonia 45,230 1,324,612 33,179,790,733 25,049 32.69 0.840 45.2 69 76.8 1.635 11.19 7.74
 Finland 338,420 5,439,407 208,060,906,106 38,251 27.79 0.879 18.7 89 73.4 1.297 7.52 9.03
 France 549,091 66,028,467 2,436,930,481,996 36,907 31.69 0.884 34.8 69 62.5 1.808 21.15 8.04
 Germany 357,170 80,621,788 3,493,478,821,243 43,332 30.63 0.911 30.6 79 73.8 1.423 11.47 8.64
 Greece 131,960 11,032,328 282,989,808,069 25,651 34.74 0.853 52.1 43 54.0 2.052 31.01 7.45
 Hungary 93,030 9,897,247 226,424,387,152 22,878 28.94 0.818 48.3 54 66.8 1.482 27.44 6.90
 Iceland 103,000 323,002 12,918,810,372 39,996 26.30 0.895 25.9 79 72.0 1.189 13.87 9.58
 Ireland 70,280 4,595,281 198,995,212,582 43,304 32.06 0.899 26.1 74 76.6 1.384 11.20 8.72
 Israel 22,070 8,059,400 264,029,258,140 32,760 42.78 0.888 N/Aa 60 70.5 2.689 32.09 7.63
 Italy 301,340 59,831,093 2,052,363,677,195 34,303 35.52 0.872 43.4 43 61.7 1.675 27.94 7.85
 Japan 377,960 127,338,621 4,624,359,438,059 36,315 32.11 0.890 36.3 76 73.3 1.316 26.95 8.08
 Korea, South 100,150 50,219,669 1,664,258,840,520 33,140 N/A 0.891 36.4 55 71.5 1.849 26.55 8.06
 Luxembourg 2,590 543,202 49,317,117,622 90,790 N/A 0.881 24.6 82 73.2 N/A 13.61 8.88
 Mexico 1,964,380 122,332,399 2,014,006,321,415 16,463 48.07 0.756 71.1 35 66.4 2.500 43.69 6.68
 Netherlands 41,500 16,804,224 729,365,779,858 43,404 28.87 0.915 28.6 83 73.7 1.475 9.22 8.92
 New Zealand 267,710 4,470,800 155,698,445,419 34,826 N/A 0.910 24.1 91 82.1 1.236 10.06 9.26
 Norway 385,178 5,084,190 332,817,002,451 65,461 26.83 0.944 23.0 86 71.8 1.371 7.75 9.93
 Poland 312,680 38,530,725 896,795,028,576 23,275 32.78 0.834 42.1 61 68.6 1.532 12.71 7.47
 Portugal 92,210 10,459,806 270,904,089,565 25,900 N/A 0.822 33.1 63 65.3 1.425 17.11 7.79
 Slovakia 49,036 5,414,095 141,386,318,546 26,114 26.58 0.830 45.3 50 67.2 1.467 11.66 7.35
 Slovenia 20,270 2,060,484 58,308,421,713 28,298 24.87 0.874 32.6 58 60.3 1.398 20.55 7.57
 Spain 505,600 46,647,421 1,497,544,704,935 32,103 35.75 0.869 43.1 60 67.6 1.548 19.95 8.05
 Sweden 447,420 9,592,552 417,597,152,602 43,533 26.08 0.898 21.4 87 72.7 1.381 9.47 9.73
  Switzerland 41,285 8,081,482 433,748,159,331 53,672 32.35 0.917 23.3 86 80.5 1.258 13.85 9.09
 Turkey 783,560 74,932,641 1,421,881,014,077 18,975 40.04 0.759 74.1 45 63.2 2.402 44.16 5.12
 United Kingdom 243,610 64,097,085 2,320,104,109,182 36,197 38.04 0.892 34.3 78 75.8 1.798 20.00 8.31
 United States 9,831,510 316,128,839 16,800,000,000,000 53,143 41.12 0.914 35.4 74 76.2 2.137 24.41 8.11
zzzOECDb 36,196,595 1,261,603,870 47,304,846,253,229 37,496 33.05 0.874 35.5 69 71.3 1.581 18.24 8.22
Country Area
(km²)
2013 		Population
2013 		GDP (PPP)
(Intl. $)
2013 		GDP (PPP)
per capita
(Intl. $)
2013 		Income
inequality
2000-2012
(latest available) 		HDI
2013 		FSI
2014 		CPI
2014 		IEF
2015 		GPI
2014 		WPFI
2015 		DI
2014
  • a The FSI index supplies no figure for Israel per se, but rather supplies an average (79.5) for "Israel / West Bank".
  • b OECD total used for indicators 1 through 3; OECD weighted average used for indicator 4; OECD unweighted average used for indicators 5 through 12.
Note: The colors indicate the country's global position in the respective indicator. For example, a green cell indicates that the country is ranked in the upper 25% of the list (including all countries with available data).
Highest quartile Upper-mid (3rd quartile) Lower-mid (2nd) Lowest

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Library and Archives' website is oecd.org/libraryandarchives.
  2. ↑ Highly Commended certificate in the annual ALPSP/Charlesworth awards from the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers 2002; see article .
  3. ↑ The yearbook's website is oecd.org/yearbook.

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