| Country | United States |
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | Comparison with other OECD countries |
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| Population and migration | Evolution of the population | Total population. | | 275 372 | 285 321 | 288 205 | 291 049 | |
Population growth rates | | 0.889 | .. | 1.011 | 0.987 | |
Birth rates | | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.9 | |
Ageing societies | Population aged 65 and over: Ratio to the total population | | 12.6 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population aged 65 and over: Ratio to total labour force | | 24.7 | .. | .. | .. | |
Foreign population | Immigrant population in OECD countries: foreign born | | 10.753 | 11.078 | 11.835 | .. | |
Trends in migration | Net migration | | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | |
| Macroeconomic trends | Size of GDP | Gross domestic product | | 9 764.8 | 10 049 | 10 429 | .. | |
GDP per capita | | 34 602 | 35 179 | 36 121 | .. | |
Volume index of GDP per capita | | 140.618 | 139.545 | 140.09 | .. | |
Value added by activity | Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing | | 1.586 | 1.589 | .. | .. | |
Value added in Industry, including energy | | 19.209 | 17.863 | .. | .. | |
Value added in construction | | 4.901 | 4.972 | .. | .. | |
Value added in transport, trade, hotels and restaurants | | 22.782 | 22.583 | .. | .. | |
Value added in banks, insurance, real estate and other business services | | 29.668 | 30.323 | .. | .. | |
Value added in government, health, education and other personal services | | 21.852 | 22.669 | .. | .. | |
Evolution of GDP | Real GDP growth | | 3.66 | 0.751 | 1.862 | 3.042 | |
Evolution of value added by activity | Real value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing | | 8.68 | -3.754 | .. | .. | |
Real value added in industry | | 3.319 | -5.428 | .. | .. | |
Real value added in services | | 5.342 | 2.244 | .. | .. | |
Household saving | Household saving rates: net saving | | 2.341 | 1.768 | 2.033 | 1.357 | |
Labour productivity  | Labour productivity in the business sector | | 2.265 | 1.034 | 3.678 | 3.372 | |
Multi-factor productivity | Multi-factor productivity | | 1.237 | 0.654 | 1.98 | .. | |
Energy supply | Total primary energy supply | | 2 302.6 | 2 253.9 | 2 290.4 | 2 291.2 | |
Electricity generation | Electricity generation | | 4 025.7 | 3 838.6 | 3 992.7 | 3 984.9 | |
Steel production | Steel production  | | 88.129 | 78.06 | 79.912 | 78.368 | |
Fisheries | Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports | | 4 245.342 | 4 433.641 | 4 406.728 | .. | |
Aquaculture production | | 373.091 | 371.469 | 371.469 | .. | |
| Economic globalisation | Share of trade in GDP | Trade in goods and services | | 13.17 | 12.125 | 11.698 | .. | |
Trade in goods | Trade balance: exports of goods minus imports of goods | | -436.102 | -411.82 | -468.167 | -581.403 | |
Imports of goods | | 1 217.933 | 1 140.9 | 1 161.235 | 1 305.112 | |
Exports of goods | | 781.831 | 729.08 | 693.068 | 723.709 | |
Trade in services | Services trade balance | | 74.07 | 64.49 | 61.16 | 51.04 | |
Imports of services | | 224.92 | 223.45 | 232.95 | 256.34 | |
Exports of services | | 298.99 | 287.94 | 294.11 | 307.38 | |
Trading partners | Share of total OECD merchandise trade | | 12.786 | 12.218 | 11.519 | 9.883 | |
Share of total OECD merchandise imports | | 18.27 | 17.575 | 17.392 | 15.885 | |
Share of total OECD merchandise exports | | 15.528 | 14.897 | 14.455 | 12.884 | |
Balance of payments  | Current account balance of payments | | -4.191 | -3.898 | -4.588 | -4.931 | |
FDI flows and stocks | Cumulative FDI flows in OECD countries, 1990-2003: inflows | | .. | .. | .. | 1 507.937 | |
Cumulative FDI flows in OECD countries, 1990-2003: outflows | | .. | .. | .. | 1 560.666 | |
Cumulative FDI flows in OECD countries, 1990-2003: net outflows | | .. | .. | .. | 52.729 | |
Inflows of foreign direct investment | | 321 274 | 167 021 | 72 411 | 39 890 | |
Outlows of foreign direct investment | | 159 212 | 142 349 | 134 835 | 173 799 | |
FDI and employment | Share of employment in manufacturing of affiliates under foreign control | | 12.574 | 12.049 | 12.771 | .. | |
Share of employment in services of affiliates under foreign control | | .. | .. | 4.087 | .. | |
| Prices | Consumer Price Indices (CPI) | CPI: all items | | 100 | 102.8 | 104.5 | 106.8 | |
CPI: food | | 100 | 103.3 | 104.6 | 106.9 | |
CPI: energy | | 100 | 103.8 | 97.6 | 109.5 | |
Producer Price Indices (PPI) | PPI: manufacturing | | 100 | 100.8 | 100.1 | 102.7 | |
Long-term interest rates | Long-term interest rates | | 6.12 | 5.58 | 5.32 | 4.79 | |
Rates of conversion | Purchasing power parities (PPPs) | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Exchange rates | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Indices of price levels | | 103.772 | 108.755 | 107.678 | 99.9 | |
International competitiveness | Relative consumer price indices | | 118.95 | 125.768 | 125.866 | 118.258 | |
Relative unit labour costs in manufacturing | | 118.894 | 123.024 | 119.431 | 111.833 | |
Real effective exchange rates | | 127.489 | 134.311 | 134.788 | 126.522 | |
| Labour market | Employment rates by gender | Employment rates: total | | 74.095 | 73.134 | 71.93 | 71.223 | |
Employment rates: men | | 80.634 | 79.39 | 77.97 | 76.949 | |
Employment rates: women | | 67.79 | 67.092 | 66.088 | 65.679 | |
Employment rates by age group | Employment rates for age group 15-24 | | 59.663 | 57.714 | 55.693 | 53.904 | |
Employment rates for age group 25-54 | | 81.464 | 80.547 | 79.314 | 78.82 | |
Employment rates for age group 55-64 | | 57.788 | 58.55 | 59.497 | 59.864 | |
Part-time employment | Part-time employment rates | | 12.643 | 12.755 | 13.05 | 13.225 | |
Self-employment | Self-employment rates: total | | 7.418 | 7.358 | 7.24 | 7.566 | |
Self-employment rates: men | | 8.557 | 8.485 | 8.388 | 8.823 | |
Self-employment rates: women | | 6.104 | 6.062 | 5.925 | 6.136 | |
Standardised unemployment rates | Standardised unemployment rates: total | | 4 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 6 | |
Standardised unemployment rates: men  | | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 | |
Standardised unemployment rates: women | | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | |
Long-term unemployment | Long-term unemployment | | 6.026 | 6.101 | 8.524 | 11.809 | |
| Science and technology | Expenditure on R&D | Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | | 2.72 | 2.82 | 2.82 | .. | |
Investment in knowledge | Investment in knowledge | | 6.784 | .. | .. | .. | |
Patents | Triadic patent families according to the residence of the inventors | | 14 985.192 | .. | .. | .. | |
Size of the ICT sector | Share of ICT Services in value added: telecommunication services | | 4.419 | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT Services in value added: computer and related services | | 4.383 | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT Services in value added: other ICT services | | 1.807 | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT Services in value added: total | | 10.609 | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT manufacturing in value added: computer and office equipment | | 2.551 | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT manufacturing in value added: other ICT manufacturing | | 10.199 | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT manufacturing in value added: total | | 12.75 | .. | .. | .. | |
Investment in ICT | Shares of ICT investment in non-residential fixed capital formation | | 33.366 | 32.125 | 32.607 | .. | |
Computer and internet access by households | Households with access to home computers | | 51 | 56.5 | .. | .. | |
Households with access to the Internet | | 41.5 | 50.5 | .. | .. | |
High-technology exports | Export shares of high-technology industries in OECD countries | | 38.36 | 37.87 | 36.35 | .. | |
| Environment | Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | CO2 emissions from energy use | | 5 688 | 5 614 | 5 652 | .. | |
Water consumption | Freshwater abstractions: per capita | | .. | .. | 1 730 | .. | |
Municipal waste | Municipal waste generation: total amounts | | .. | .. | 207 957 | .. | |
Municipal waste generation: intensities, latest available year | | .. | .. | 730 | .. | |
Energy supply and economic growth | Total primary energy supply per unit of GDP | | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.24 | |
Energy supply per capita | Energy supply per capita | | 8.16 | 7.91 | 7.97 | 7.9 | |
Renewable energy | Contribution of renewables to total primary energy supply  | | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | |
| Education | International student assessment | Reading scale in PISA: mean scores | | 504.42 | .. | .. | 495.182 | |
Reading scale in PISA: standard errors | | 7.045 | .. | .. | 3.221 | |
Science scale in PISA: Mean score | | 499.46 | .. | .. | 491.263 | |
Science scale in PISA: standard errors | | 7.31 | .. | .. | 3.079 | |
Tertiary attainment | Tertiary attainment for age group 25-64 | | 36.495 | 37.313 | 38.133 | .. | |
Tertiary attainment for age group 25-34 | | 38.084 | 39.065 | 39.337 | .. | |
Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64 | | 29.663 | 30.628 | 33.201 | 34.744 | |
Expenditure by level of education | Expenditure per student : primary, secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education | | .. | 8 143.646 | .. | .. | |
Expenditure per student: tertiary education | | .. | 22 234.241 | .. | .. | |
Public and private education expenditure | Education expenditure: public | | .. | 5.084 | .. | .. | |
Education expenditure: private | | .. | 2.26 | .. | .. | |
Education expenditure: total | | .. | 7.344 | .. | .. | |
| Public policies | Government deficits | Government net borrowing / net lending | | 1.621 | -0.388 | -3.785 | -4.6 | |
Government debt | General government gross financial liabilities | | 58.25 | 57.943 | 60.18 | 62.544 | |
Social expenditure | Social expenditure | | 14.237 | 14.776 | .. | .. | |
Health expenditure | Public expenditure on health: value | | 2 017 | 2 185 | 2 364 | .. | |
Public expenditure on health: index | | .. | .. | 149 | .. | |
Agricultural support estimates | Producer support estimate by country | | 22.165 | 22.954 | 18.936 | 17.983 | |
Government support for fishing | Government financial transfers for fishing | | 1 037 710 | 1 169 590 | 1 190 664 | .. | |
Official development assistance | Official development assistance  | | 0.1 | 0.113 | 0.127 | 0.148 | |
Total tax revenue | Total tax revenue | | 29.736 | 28.923 | .. | .. | |
Taxes on income and profits | | 15.122 | 14.116 | .. | .. | |
Taxes on goods and services | | 4.687 | 4.643 | .. | .. | |
Taxes on the average production worker | Taxes on the average production worker | | 30.839 | 29.785 | 29.66 | 29.45 | |
| Quality of life | Life expectancy | Life expectancy at birth: total | | 76.8 | 77.1 | .. | .. | |
Life expectancy at birth: men | | 74.1 | 74.4 | .. | .. | |
Life expectancy at birth: women | | 79.5 | 79.8 | .. | .. | |
Infant mortality | Infant mortality | | 6.9 | 6.8 | .. | .. | |
Obesity | Obesity: females | | .. | .. | 33.3 | .. | |
Obesity: males | | .. | .. | 27.8 | .. | |
Obesity: total | | .. | .. | 30.6 | .. | |
Public and private health expenditure | Total health expenditure per capita: value | | .. | .. | 5 267 | .. | |
Total health expenditure per capita: percentage OECD average | | .. | .. | 238 | .. | |
Public expenditure on health per capita: value | | .. | .. | 2 364 | .. | |
Public expenditure on health per capita: OECD average | | .. | .. | 149 | .. | |
Hours worked | Actual hours worked | | 1 827 | 1 806 | 1 800 | 1 792 | |
Tourism: hotel nights | Arrivals of non-resident tourists staying in hotels and similar establishments | | 50 945 | 44 898 | 41 892 | .. | |
Prison population | Convicted adults admitted to prisons | | 468.49 | .. | .. | .. | |
Victimisation rates | Population victimised at least once: car vandalism | | 7.2 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: car theft | | 0.5 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: theft from car | | 6.4 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: motorcycle theft | | 0.3 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: bicycle theft | | 2.1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: assaults and threats | | 3.4 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: sexual incidents | | 1.5 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: burglaries | | 1.8 | .. | .. | .. | |
Population victimised at least once: robberies | | 0.6 | .. | .. | .. | |
Road motor vehicles and road fatalities | Road motor vehicles | | 810.039 | 815.56 | 806.931 | .. | |
Road fatalities: population | | 151.871 | 147.891 | 148.473 | .. | |
Road fatalities: vehicles | | 187.486 | 181.337 | 183.997 | .. | |