4 minute readAs the world marks International Equal Pay Day on 18 September 2025, the OECD is proud to unveil a new tool in the global effort to close gender gaps: the OECD Dashboard on Gender Gaps. This initiative is more than a data repository – it is a call to action, a mirror of persistent inequalities, and a roadmap for reform. The OECD Dashboard on Gender Gaps provides internationally comparable data covering all OECD countries to strengthen the monitoring and tracking of progress towards gender equality.
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5 minute readSupply and use tables (SUTs) are an integral part of the national accounts. This article aims to highlight the richness contained within SUTs by profiling the automotive industry, which stands out due to its reliance on extensive supply chains, looking at issues such as the relative importance of the automotive industry in countries, the extent to which the industry is driving exports and is dependent on imports, and the impacts of trade and transport margins as well as taxes and subsidies on product prices.
read more4 minute readAs the world marks International Equal Pay Day on 18 September 2025, the OECD is proud to unveil a new tool in the global effort to close gender gaps: the OECD Dashboard on Gender Gaps. This initiative is more than a data repository – it is a call to action, a mirror of persistent inequalities, and a roadmap for reform. The OECD Dashboard on Gender Gaps provides internationally comparable data covering all OECD countries to strengthen the monitoring and tracking of progress towards gender equality.
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5 minute readProductivity growth is central to economic development and competitiveness. The OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2025 offers a comprehensive snapshot of productivity trends, focusing on key components like capital and labour inputs. In this blog post, we unpack the key findings for 2023 and 2024 and reflect on the way ahead.
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5 minute readProductivity is a key driver of economic growth and competitiveness. As such, internationally comparable indicators of productivity are central for assessing economic performance. One widely used productivity measure is multifactor productivity (MFP), which traditionally captures the efficiency with which an economy converts labour and produced capital, such as machines and buildings, into output. However, conventional MFP metrics disregard negative externalities of production, including greenhouse gas and other pollutant emissions, and neglect the use of natural capital, such as minerals.
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8 minute readGovernment deficit is a key indicator that attracts a lot of policy interest. It reflects when the fiscal balance – also referred to as net lending minus net borrowing – is negative. This article outlines how government total revenue and expenditure are calculated and how the fiscal balance is derived, and it explains why analysts have a particular interest in cases where governments run a deficit.
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5 minute readImport duties – commonly referred to as tariffs – are charges levied on certain goods when they enter an economic territory. The 2008 System of National Accounts explains that they may be intended as a means of raising government revenues and/or protecting domestic industries by discouraging imports.
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2 minute readFor many years Governments and international organisations have publicly espoused the advantages of evidence-informed decision making. But in recent years we have witnessed a subtle but noteworthy shift in rhetoric away from evidence-informed in favour of data-driven decision making. At first glance this evolution seems welcome – decisions are now driven by data, implying those decisions must be objective and scientific. But is this the case?
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