The OECD Productivity Database: An Overview

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Abstract

This article describes the newly launched OECD Productivity Database, made publicly available in March 2004, which provides internationally comparable estimates of labour productivity (GDP per hour worked) for 26 OECD countries, as well as capital services and multi-factor productivity for 14 countries. The article explains the data sources and measurement choices underlying the database — including GDP from the OECD Annual National Accounts, hours worked from the OECD Employment Outlook, and capital services estimates — and outlines the methodological challenges involved in ensuring cross-country comparability of hours-worked data.

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