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Special Meeting of the OECD Council – Introduction of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

I am delighted to welcome Prime Minister Orbán to the OECD Council, just a month before the 20th anniversary of Hungary’s accession to the OECD. Today, we discussed with the Prime Minister two decades of partnership, marked by achievements but also great challenges.




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Education at a Glance 2016 - Country Notes

Education at a Glance 2016 - Country Notes




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Seven more jurisdictions sign tax co-operation agreement to enable automatic sharing of country-by-country information (BEPS Action 13)

As part of continuing efforts to boost transparency by multinational enterprises (MNEs), Gabon, Hungary, Indonesia, Lithuania, Malta, Mauritius and the Russian Federation have now signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement for Country-by-Country Reporting (CbC MCAA), bringing the total number of signatories to 57. Lithuania and Hungary joined the Agreement in October and December 2016 respectively.




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Hungary - Country Health Profiles 2019: Launch presentation

Hungary - Country Health Profiles 2019: Launch presentation. The Country Health Profiles provide a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and health systems in the EU/European Economic area, emphasizing the particular characteristics and challenges in each country against a backdrop of cross-country comparisons.




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Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, at G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting in Chantilly, 17-18 July 2019

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will participate in the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting in Chantilly, on 17-18 July 2019.




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Pensions at a Glance 2011 - Iceland country profile

The country profile: pension eligibility ages and other qualifying conditions; the rules for calculating benefit entitlements; the treatment of early and late retirees; personal income tax and social security contributions.




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Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2011 - Iceland Country Note

This note is taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2011.




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Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2012 - Iceland Country Note

This note is taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2012.




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Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables

Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables




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Government at a Glance 2013: Information by country

These country notes contain indicators which compare the political and institutional frameworks of national governments as well as revenues and expenditures, employment, and compensation. They include a description of government policies on integrity, e-government and open government.




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Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS)- Country profile - Iceland

Country profiles highlight some key findings from TALIS 2013 for individual countries and economies




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Education at a Glance 2014: Country Notes

Country notes with main key findings of the book and key fact tables: a customised snapshot of a country's educational environment, highlighting the most important issues in the educational landscape.




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OECD Health Statistics 2015 - Country Notes

Specific country notes have been prepared using data from the database OECD Health Statistics 2015, July 2015 version. The notes are available in PDF format.




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Education Policy Outlook Country Profile - Iceland

This policy profile is part of the Education Policy Outlook series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across OECD countries.




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Education at a Glance 2016 - Country Notes

Education at a Glance 2016 - Country Notes




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Greece - Country Health Profiles 2019: Launch presentation

Greece - Country Health Profiles 2019: Launch presentation. The Country Health Profiles provide a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and health systems in the EU/European Economic area, emphasizing the particular characteristics and challenges in each country against a backdrop of cross-country comparisons.




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Italy - Country Health Profiles 2019: Launch presentation

Italy - Country Health Profiles 2019: Launch presentation. The Country Health Profiles provide a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and health systems in the EU/European Economic area, emphasizing the particular characteristics and challenges in each country against a backdrop of cross-country comparisons.




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Insights blog: The connected television debate in OECD countries

Today, anything with network access connected to a screen can serve as a television. A new OECD report looks into the impact these new devices and services have on telecommunications networks.




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Broadband access network speed tests by country

The actual performance of Internet connections, particularly their speed, is critical to meeting various objectives set out by a range of stakeholders including consumers, policy makers and regulators. This page provides links to network speed tests in OECD countries.




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Countries should address disruptive effects of the digital economy

Countries are making increased efforts to develop their digital economies in a way that will maximise social and economic benefits, but now need to address the risk of disruption in areas like privacy and jobs, according to a new OECD report.




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Municipal Networks Contribute to Increased Broadband Coverage

Although OECD countries have made tremendous progress in recent years fostering the deployment of high-speed broadband networks, many challenges remain in terms of how to enhance and expand these networks in order to meet the growing demands of the digital economy.




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Tax Challenges Arising from Digitalisation: More than 110 countries agree to work towards a consensus-based solution

More than 110 countries and jurisdictions have agreed to review two key concepts of the international tax system, responding to a mandate from the G20 Finance Ministers to work on the implications of digitalisation for taxation.




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Pensions at a Glance 2011 - Chile country profile

The country profile: pension eligibility ages and other qualifying conditions; the rules for calculating benefit entitlements; the treatment of early and late retirees; personal income tax and social security contributions.




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Pensions at a Glance 2011 - Czech Republic country profile

The country profile: pension eligibility ages and other qualifying conditions; the rules for calculating benefit entitlements; the treatment of early and late retirees; personal income tax and social security contributions.




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Pensions at a Glance 2011 - Iceland country profile

The country profile: pension eligibility ages and other qualifying conditions; the rules for calculating benefit entitlements; the treatment of early and late retirees; personal income tax and social security contributions.




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Pensions at a Glance 2011 - Ireland country profile

The country profile: pension eligibility ages and other qualifying conditions; the rules for calculating benefit entitlements; the treatment of early and late retirees; personal income tax and social security contributions.




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Pensions at a Glance 2011 - Turkey country profile

The country profile: pension eligibility ages and other qualifying conditions; the rules for calculating benefit entitlements; the treatment of early and late retirees; personal income tax and social security contributions.




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Pensions at a Glance 2011 - Slovak Republic country profile

The country profile: pension eligibility ages and other qualifying conditions; the rules for calculating benefit entitlements; the treatment of early and late retirees; personal income tax and social security contributions.




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Pensions at a Glance 2011 - Finland country profile

The country profile: pension eligibility ages and other qualifying conditions; the rules for calculating benefit entitlements; the treatment of early and late retirees; personal income tax and social security contributions.




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Pensions at a Glance 2011 - Luxembourg country profile

The country profile: pension eligibility ages and other qualifying conditions; the rules for calculating benefit entitlements; the treatment of early and late retirees; personal income tax and social security contributions.




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Conference on defined contribution pensions, guarantees and risk sharing

London, UK. Discussions at this event focused on how to make Defined Contribution pensions work better for members, designing Defined Ambition pension plans, guarantees v. risk sharing pension deals and pensions communication and individual behaviour.




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Pensions at a Glance: Retirement-Income Systems in OECD and G20 Countries

This 2013 and fifth edition of Pensions at a Glance provides a range of indicators for comparing pension policies and their outcomes between OECD countries. The indicators are also, where possible, provided for the other major economies that are members of the G20.




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Pension funds’ assets in 2014 top USD 25 trillion in OECD countries

In this issue of "Pension Funds in Figures", preliminary data and early estimates for 2014 show that pension funds’ assets exceeded USD 25 trillion in OECD countries. The largest increases are found in Estonia, Korea, Luxembourg and Turkey, where pension funds’ assets rose by more than 20% compared to...




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The transition in the Mexican pensions system to one based on individual defined contribution accounts has increased its financial sustainability

The reforms to the pensions system in Mexico, especially the introduction of a system of individual defined contribution accounts, have significantly improved the system’s financial sustainability.




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The tax treatment of funded private pension plans in OECD and EU countries

This stocktaking report profiles the tax treatment of funded private pension plans across all OECD and EU countries. The information refers to 2015 or the latest year with available data and covers all types of funded private pension plans in each country.




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Pensions reforms have slowed in OECD countries but need to continue

Further reforms are needed across OECD countries to mitigate the impact of population ageing, increasing inequality among the elderly and the changing nature of work, according to a new OECD report. Pensions at a Glance 2017 says that public spending on pensions for the OECD as a whole has risen by about 1.5% of GDP since 2000. However, the projected pace of spending growth has slowed substantially.




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The Contribution of Reinsurance Markets to Managing Catastrophe Risk

This report makes use of a unique set of data on premiums and claims provided by global reinsurance companies to examine the contribution that reinsurance has made to enhancing the capacity of the primary insurance market to manage catastrophe risk and to reducing the economic and insurance market disruption that often follows catastrophic events.




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Countries should strengthen pension systems to adapt to changing world of work

Governments should urgently reform their pension systems to ensure that the growing share of workers in temporary or part-time employment can contribute enough during their working lives to receive an adequate income in retirement, according to a new OECD report.




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Estonia - Country Health Profiles 2019: Launch presentation

Estonia - Country Health Profiles 2019: Launch presentation. The Country Health Profiles provide a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and health systems in the EU/European Economic area, emphasizing the particular characteristics and challenges in each country against a backdrop of cross-country comparisons.




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Entrepreneurship and Employment Creation of Immigrants

Greater knowledge of migrant entrepreneurship is essential if policy makers are to better support migrant enterprises and their role in economic growth and job creation.




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Database on immigrants in OECD and non-OECD countries (DIOC-E)

The OECD and the World Bank have joined their efforts in a project aimed at extending the coverage of the Database on Immigrants in OECD Countries to non-OECD destination countries for the year 2000.




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OECD contribution to the UN High-level Dialogue on Migration & Development: World Migration in Figures

A joint contribution by UN-DESA and the OECD to the United Nations High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development, 3-4 October 2013




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Adapting to changes in Family migration: the experience of OECD countries

Conference co-organized by the United States Department of Homeland Security and the OECD, Washington, 18 November 2013




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More than 3 million German emigrants in OECD countries

Germany is both the OECD’s second-largest country of immigration and one of the main origin countries of emigrants: 3.4 million people born in Germany were living in another OECD country in 2011, says a new OECD report “Talent Abroad: A Review of German Emigrants”.




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Immigration in OECD Countries - 5th Annual International Conference - Call for Papers

Immigration in OECD Countries - 5th Annual International Conference - Call for Papers




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Working together: Labour Market Integration of Refugees in Germany and other OECD Countries

Working together: Labour Market Integration of Refugees in Germany and other OECD Countries




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Cambodia needs to integrate migration into sectoral and national development strategies, says new joint OECD Development Centre – CDRI report

Emigration is a significant and growing phenomenon for Cambodia. Between 2000 and 2015, the number of Cambodians abroad increased by about 160%, from around half a million to 1.2 million people. The country would benefit from strengthening its whole-of-government approach to making migration an integral part of its overall development strategies.




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The Dominican Republic stands to benefit from integrating migration further into sectoral and national development strategies, says new joint OECD Development Centre – UNIBE report

The Dominican Republic stands to benefit from integrating migration further into sectoral and national development strategies, says new joint OECD Development Centre – UNIBE report




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OECD calls on countries to step up integration efforts for migrants and refugees

The number of humanitarian refugees arriving in OECD countries peaked in 2016 and governments continue to grapple with a humanitarian crisis. They should focus on helping refugees who are likely to stay in the host country settle and integrate in the labour market and society. This calls for a rethinking of both domestic policies and international co-operation, according to a new OECD report.




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Immigrant workers do contribute significantly to Thailand’s economy, says new ILO-OECD Development Centre report

In recent decades, Thailand has been an attractive destination for migrant workers due to its relatively high wages and its fast economic growth. A joint report by the OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organisation, How Immigrants contribute to Thailand’s economy, demonstrates the contribution of migrant workers and makes recommendations regarding the enhancement of this contribution.