Metropolitan Regions
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In assessing regional competitiveness policies, the OECD Territorial Development Policy Committee and its Working Parties on Territorial Indicators and Urban Policy, are increasingly called to compare the economic and social performances of Metropolitan Regions across member countries. A Metropolitan Region typically consists of a core area with significant concentration of employment or population and a surrounding area densely populated and closely tied with the core.

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For further information please contact GOV.RegionStat@oecd.org

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The data sources used are the same used for the TL3 Regions of the OECD Regional Database

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Units of measure refer to persons for Population by age and sex, Labour Force, Employment, Unemployment and Annual Average Population. Regional surface is expressed in square metres, while population density refers to persons per square metre. GDP in current and constant prices is expressed in million of national currency, while GDP in PPP is expressed in million of Dollars. Unemployment, Participation and Employment rates are expressed as percentages. Patents statistics are expressed as per million population.

Metropolitan RegionsAbstract

In assessing regional competitiveness policies, the OECD Territorial Development Policy Committee and its Working Parties on Territorial Indicators and Urban Policy, are increasingly called to compare the economic and social performances of Metropolitan Regions across member countries. A Metropolitan Region typically consists of a core area with significant concentration of employment or population and a surrounding area densely populated and closely tied with the core.

The OECD Metropolitan Databasehttp://mcmbo1.oecd.org/dataoecd/41/37/45511614.pdf?contentId=45511615Contact person/organisation

For further information please contact GOV.RegionStat@oecd.org

Data source(s) used

The data sources used are the same used for the TL3 Regions of the OECD Regional Database

OECD Regional Databasehttp://stats.oecd.org/wbos/Index.aspx?datasetcode=REG_DEMO_TL3Regions of the OECD Regional Databasehttp://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/29/43428422.pdfSource Periodicity

Yearly

Unit of measure used

Units of measure refer to persons for Population by age and sex, Labour Force, Employment, Unemployment and Annual Average Population. Regional surface is expressed in square metres, while population density refers to persons per square metre. GDP in current and constant prices is expressed in million of national currency, while GDP in PPP is expressed in million of Dollars. Unemployment, Participation and Employment rates are expressed as percentages. Patents statistics are expressed as per million population.