The OECD Health Division is releasing a new series to highlight its work on health policies and data. A new graph will be available each month.

Italy is slowly emerging from a deep and lengthy recession, helped by a range of structural reforms – such as the Jobs Act – and accommodative monetary and fiscal policies, according to a new OECD report.

The OECD is launching an online consultation: tell us how we can improve sustainable access to innovative therapies!

Read about our groundbreaking report on inequality - In it Together: Why less inequality benefits all - as well as our recent work on tackling harmful alcohol use. You can also find here all our work on employment, migration, health and social policy over the last few months, as well as highlights from this summer's OECD Forum which addressed the theme "Investing in the future: people, planet, prosperity”.

Today, more than one in two adults and nearly one in six children are overweight or obese in the OECD area. The obesity epidemic has spread further in the past five years. This Obesity Update focusses on a selection of new policy strategies, specifically at communication policies aimed to tackle obesity, in particular by improving nutrient information displayed on food labels, or by regulating the marketing of food products.

Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) are commonly used to convert national currencies to a common unit. The main novel feature in the 2017 report is the collection of comparable and output-based prices for hospital services that can then be applied to matching health accounts expenditure data so as to derive consistent price and volume comparisons of health and hospital goods and services consumed.

Universal Health Coverage is about everyone having access to good quality health services without suffering financial hardship. Although most OECD countries offer all their citizens affordable access to a comprehensive package of health services, they face challenges in sustaining and enhancing such universal systems.

There is now strong evidence that microbiomes play an important role in human health, as there are clear linkages to many major non-communicable diseases. This report assesses the key policy challenges for innovation in the microbiome. It argues that if such a promising scientific field is to lead to innovative applications, policies on science and innovation must be improved in five areas.

Several countries have been setting up strategic roadmaps to support marine biotechnologies that could drive innovation and help address the global sustainability goals of food, energy, and health. This report identifies and begins to address challenges facing cooperation on marine biotechnology across countries.

Mental disorders represent a considerable disease burden, and have a significant impact on the lives of the OECD population, and account for considerable direct and indirect costs. This report argues that even in those OECD countries with a long history of deinstitutionalisation, there is still a long way to go to make community-based mental health care that achieves good outcomes for people with severe mental illness a reality.

World Health Summit 2017: OECD presenting on Big Data

This new series of OECD Reviews of Public Health provide in-depth analysis and policy recommendations to strengthen priority areas of countries’ public health systems, highlighting best practice examples that allow learning from shared experiences, and the spreading of innovative approaches.

This document, produced to inform the 2017 meeting of the G7 Ministers of Health, provides a broad overview of the main policy issues and some of the policy actions that G7 Health authorities can put in place to improve population health, while at the same time decreasing the human footprint on the environment.

Statistics on biotechnology firms, biotechnology R&D (including public sector expenditures), biotech applications and patents.

Healthier lifestyles, higher incomes and better education have all contributed to boost life expectancy in recent decades. Better health care has also helped, according to a new OECD report.

OECD Health Statistics 2017 is the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries. All datasets have been updated on 10 November 2017, including the datasets for Pharmaceutical Market and Health Care Quality Indicators.

The Country Health Profiles are an important step in the European Commission’s two-year State of Health in the EU cycle and are the result of joint work between the OECD and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. The concise, policy relevant profiles are based on a transparent, consistent methodology, using both quantitative and qualitative data, yet flexibly adapted to the context of each EU Member State.

This report identifies, and seeks to address, key challenges for the responsible development of neurotechnology. In particular, it analyses frameworks and mechanisms for integrating social concerns in the early development of technology, and discusses best practices for research funders across the public and private sector.

Read about the release of Health at a Glance 2017, of the 28 EU Country Health Profiles, and of other major reports such as Preventing Ageing Unequally and our Costa Rica and Peru OECD Reviews of Health Systems. The Health Division also prepared for the Milan G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting a brochure on "Healthy people, healthy planet". Also access our latest Health Working Papers.

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing health and economic threat requiring multipronged responses. The OECD provides a forum for discussion and provide countries with the evidence to implement effective and cost-effective policies to tackle AMR, promote effective use of antimicrobials and incentivise research and development in the antibiotic sector.

This new brochure presents the OECD Work on Health for 2017-2018, including all recent and forthcoming major publications and databases.

This document revises the OECD's statistical definition of biotechnology, which had last been reviewed in 2008, and proposes the adoption of a statistical definition of nanotechnology in the same format.

The workshop "Impact of Inequality on the Future Elderly – Policy Tools and Actions" will take place at the OECD Headquarters in Paris on April 5-6, 2018. Access the agenda, background documents, and register to attend.

Cost of food in Rwanda increased 24.10 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Rwanda averaged 5.93 percent from 2010 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 26.60 percent in February of 2020 and a record low of -14.20 percent in October of 2018. This page provides - Rwanda Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in China increased 18.90 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in China averaged 6.01 percent from 1993 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 40.20 percent in October of 1994 and a record low of -5.50 percent in April of 1999. This page provides - China Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in the United States increased 1.90 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in the United States averaged 3.39 percent from 1914 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 36.70 percent in May of 1917 and a record low of -34.30 percent in June of 1921. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in Belarus increased 3.60 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Belarus averaged 9.54 percent from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 22.90 percent in September of 2014 and a record low of 2.30 percent in June of 2018. This page provides the latest reported value for - Belarus Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in Kosovo increased 1.80 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Kosovo averaged 3.14 percent from 2003 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 26.70 percent in May of 2008 and a record low of -7.70 percent in May of 2009. This page provides the latest reported value for - Kosovo Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in Kyrgyzstan increased 10.80 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Kyrgyzstan averaged 6.79 percent from 2003 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 48.16 percent in June of 2008 and a record low of -10.31 percent in June of 2012. This page provides the latest reported value for - Kyrgyzstan Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in Serbia increased 1.50 percent in February of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Serbia averaged 5.77 percent from 2007 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 32.20 percent in June of 2008 and a record low of -4.38 percent in June of 2014. This page provides - Serbia Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in Portugal increased 1.22 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Portugal averaged 6.88 percent from 1978 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 38.68 percent in December of 1983 and a record low of -6.33 percent in August of 2009. This page provides - Portugal Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in India increased 8.76 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in India averaged 5.92 percent from 2012 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 14.72 percent in November of 2013 and a record low of -2.65 percent in December of 2018. The Consumer Food Price Index accounts for 39.06 percent of the total consumer price index. This page provides - India Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in Burundi increased 8.60 percent in January of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Burundi averaged 5.47 percent from 2011 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 34.10 percent in February of 2017 and a record low of -19.90 percent in October of 2018. This page provides - Burundi Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in Algeria decreased 0.50 percent in February of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Algeria averaged 4.10 percent from 2010 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 15.87 percent in April of 2012 and a record low of -3.50 percent in June of 2019. This page provides the latest reported value for - Algeria Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in Denmark decreased 0 percent in January of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Denmark averaged 1.77 percent from 2000 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 10.50 percent in August of 2008 and a record low of -3 percent in December of 2009. This page provides - Denmark Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in Israel decreased 0.20 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Israel averaged 26.67 percent from 1984 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 496.60 percent in November of 1984 and a record low of -3.60 percent in December of 2014. This page provides the latest reported value for - Israel Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in Qatar increased 0.44 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Qatar averaged 1.21 percent from 2010 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 5.80 percent in January of 2018 and a record low of -3.80 percent in December of 2018. This page provides the latest reported value for - Qatar Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in Namibia increased 2.90 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Namibia averaged 6.55 percent from 2012 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 13.20 percent in January of 2017 and a record low of 1.70 percent in December of 2019. This page provides the latest reported value for - Namibia Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in Czech Republic increased 6.40 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Czech Republic averaged 2.17 percent from 2000 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 12 percent in January of 2008 and a record low of -6.50 percent in July of 2009. This page provides - Czech Republic Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in Finland increased 1.80 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Finland averaged 1.59 percent from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 10.70 percent in December of 2008 and a record low of -6.20 percent in February of 2010. This page provides the latest reported value for - Finland Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in New Zealand increased 3.30 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in New Zealand averaged 5.51 percent from 1961 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 25.20 percent in March of 1980 and a record low of -2 percent in June of 2010. In New Zealand, the food price index (FPI) measures the changes in prices that households pay for food. This page provides - New Zealand Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in Palestine increased 2.75 percent in December of 2019 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Palestine averaged 2.62 percent from 2008 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 21.48 percent in May of 2008 and a record low of -5.70 percent in October of 2016. This page provides the latest reported value for - Palestine Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in France increased 1.90 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in France averaged 1.55 percent from 1991 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 6.50 percent in July of 2001 and a record low of -1.50 percent in June of 2014. In France, food prices account for 16 percent of the total Consumer Price Index. This page provides the latest reported value for - France Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in Spain increased 2.50 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Spain averaged 2.13 percent from 2003 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 7.20 percent in June of 2008 and a record low of -2.75 percent in February of 2010. This page provides the latest reported value for - Spain Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in Slovakia increased 3.70 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Slovakia averaged 4.48 percent from 1993 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 26.50 percent in September of 1993 and a record low of -5.70 percent in October of 2009. This page provides - Slovakia Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in Sweden increased 2.50 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Sweden averaged 3.12 percent from 1981 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 16.13 percent in June of 1981 and a record low of -7.74 percent in May of 1996. This page provides - Sweden Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in Bulgaria increased 6.70 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Bulgaria averaged 64.33 percent from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 2223.90 percent in February of 1997 and a record low of -15.80 percent in April of 1999. This page provides the latest reported value for - Bulgaria Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Cost of food in Ghana increased 8.40 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Ghana averaged 7.58 percent from 2013 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 9.70 percent in December of 2016 and a record low of 5 percent in July of 2014. This page provides - Ghana Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in Somalia increased 10.80 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Somalia averaged 6.91 percent from 2018 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 11.03 percent in February of 2018 and a record low of 0.99 percent in March of 2019. In Somalia, Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages accounts for 46 percent of total Consumer Price Index (CPI). This page provides - Somalia Food Inflation- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Cost of food in Botswana increased 3.40 percent in March of 2020 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Botswana averaged 6.52 percent from 2002 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 25.17 percent in October of 2008 and a record low of -1.30 percent in August of 2018. This page provides the latest reported value for - Botswana Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.