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Database Specific Abstract AbstractFor any question or comment, please write to: GOV.RegionStat@oecd.org
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Date last input received Date last input receivedLatest update: June 2014
Source Periodicity Source PeriodicityThe Regional Database contains annual data from 1990 to the most recent available year (generally 2013 for demographic and labour market data, 2011 for regional accounts, innovation and social statistics).
Data source(s) used Data source(s) usedStatistics are collected through an annual questionnaire sent to the delegates of each country of the Working Party on Territorial Indicators (WPTI), and through access to the web-sites of National Statistical Offices and Eurostat. The data collection is undertaken by the Directorate of Public Governance and Territorial Development (GOV).
Data Characteristics Data Characteristics Other data characteristics Other data characteristicsRegional statistics can be explored and analysed using OECD eXplorer. OECD eXplorer is an interactive interface that combines maps with other visual presentations, using powerful mechanisms for selecting the groups of regions of interest to the user.
Population & Scope Population & Scope Geographic coverage Geographic coverageIn any analytical study conducted at sub-national levels, the choice of the territorial unit is of prime importance. The territorial grids used in this database are officially established and relatively stable in all member countries, and are used by many as a framework for implementing regional policies. Regions in OECD Member Countries have been classified according to two territorial levels (TL). The higher level (Territorial Level 2) consists of about 362 macro-regions while the lower level (Territorial Level 3) is composed of 1802 micro-regions.
This classification - which, for European countries, is largely consistent with the Eurostat classification - facilitates greater comparability of regions at the same territorial level. The differences with the Eurostat NUTS classification concern Belgium, Greece and the Netherlands where the NUTS 2 level correspond to the OECD TL3 and Germany where the NUTS1 corresponds to the OECD TL2 and the OECD TL3 corresponds to 97 spatial planning regions (Groups of Kreise). For the United Kingdom the Eurostat NUTS1 corresponds to the OECD TL2.
Due to limited data availability, labour market indicators in Canada and Australia are presented for a different grid (groups of TL3 regions in the case of Canada). Since these breakdowns are not part of the OECD official territorial grids, for the sake of simplicity they are labelled as Non Official Grids (NOG).
Summarising: for each OECD country, data are collected at two sub-national levels:
Territorial level 2 (TL2), which refers to the 362 large regions of the OECD area.
Territorial Level 3 (TL3), which refers to the 1802 small regions of the OECD area.
Concepts & Classifications Concepts & Classifications Key statistical concept Key statistical conceptNational values have been computed as the sum of TL2 data. For this reason, it is possible that in some cases these values differ from national demographic statistics.
For any question or comment, please write to: GOV.RegionStat@oecd.org
GOV.RegionStat@oecd.org
Statistics are collected through an annual questionnaire sent to the delegates of each country of the Working Party on Territorial Indicators (WPTI), and through access to the web-sites of National Statistical Offices and Eurostat. The data collection is undertaken by the Directorate of Public Governance and Territorial Development (GOV).
The Regional Database contains annual data from 1990 to the most recent available year (generally 2013 for demographic and labour market data, 2011 for regional accounts, innovation and social statistics).
Latest update: June 2014
Regional statistics can be explored and analysed using OECD eXplorer. OECD eXplorer is an interactive interface that combines maps with other visual presentations, using powerful mechanisms for selecting the groups of regions of interest to the user.
In any analytical study conducted at sub-national levels, the choice of the territorial unit is of prime importance. The territorial grids used in this database are officially established and relatively stable in all member countries, and are used by many as a framework for implementing regional policies. Regions in OECD Member Countries have been classified according to two territorial levels (TL). The higher level (Territorial Level 2) consists of about 362 macro-regions while the lower level (Territorial Level 3) is composed of 1802 micro-regions.
This classification - which, for European countries, is largely consistent with the Eurostat classification - facilitates greater comparability of regions at the same territorial level. The differences with the Eurostat NUTS classification concern Belgium, Greece and the Netherlands where the NUTS 2 level correspond to the OECD TL3 and Germany where the NUTS1 corresponds to the OECD TL2 and the OECD TL3 corresponds to 97 spatial planning regions (Groups of Kreise). For the United Kingdom the Eurostat NUTS1 corresponds to the OECD TL2.
Due to limited data availability, labour market indicators in Canada and Australia are presented for a different grid (groups of TL3 regions in the case of Canada). Since these breakdowns are not part of the OECD official territorial grids, for the sake of simplicity they are labelled as Non Official Grids (NOG).
Summarising: for each OECD country, data are collected at two sub-national levels:
Territorial level 2 (TL2), which refers to the 362 large regions of the OECD area.
Territorial Level 3 (TL3), which refers to the 1802 small regions of the OECD area.
National values have been computed as the sum of TL2 data. For this reason, it is possible that in some cases these values differ from national demographic statistics.