OECD Regional database

Dataset Summary

Agency Department of State
Sub-Agency/Organization Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Category International Statistics
Date Released 01/01/2007
Date Updated 10/30/2010
Time Period 1995-2008
Frequency yearly
Description The OECD regional database is delivered through the viewer OECD eXplorer, an interactive mapping tool designed to let users explore, download and visualize data with maps, histograms, scatterplot and others. The database comprise a set of comparable statistics on about 2000 regions in the 33 OECD countries, on topics such as population, economic output, productivity, labour market, education and innovation themes to highlight differences within countries. (more)

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type
Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation Statistical
Keywords visualization of statistics, interactive maps, regional differences in oecd countries, regional population dynamics, gdp and education in regions, urban and rural regions
Unique ID 4132

Contributing Agency Information

Citation
OECD regional statistics
Agency Program Page http://www.oecd.org/gov/regional/statisticsindicators
Agency Data Series Page http://stats.oecd.org/OECDregionalstatistics/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis
large regions and small regions within countries (For examples States and Counties in US)
Granularity small administrative regions
Geographic Coverage Around 2000 regions in the 33 OECD countries (Canada, US, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Chile, Israel, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, 23 European countries)

Data Description

Collection Mode
websites, paper
Data Collection Instrument http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?datasetcode=REG_DEMO_TL2
Data Dictionary/Variable List http://stats.oecd.org

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation
Additional Metadata

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology
Sampling
Estimation
Weighting
Disclosure avoidance
Questionnaire design
Series breaks http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?datasetcode=REG_DEMO_TL2
Non-response adjustment
Seasonal adjustment
Statistical Characteristics
OMB Control No. 3090-0284