find Environmental taxes: Key findings for Australia LINK By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:30:00 GMT This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for Australia. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates. Full Article
find PISA 2015 key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 11:00:00 GMT This country note presents student performance in science, reading and mathematics, and measures equity in education in Australia. The interactive charts allow you to compare results with other countries participating in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Full Article
find The Pursuit of Gender Equality - Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Oct 2017 10:00:00 GMT Selected findings for Australia from the report "The Pursuit of Gender Equality: An Uphill Battle" Full Article
find Preventing Ageing Unequally - Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:00:00 GMT Selected findings for Australia from the report "Preventing Ageing Unequally" Full Article
find Pensions at a Glance 2017 - Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:37:00 GMT Key findings for Australia from the report "Pensions at a Glance 2017" Full Article
find Taxation of household savings: Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:00:00 GMT This note presents marginal effective tax rates (METRs) that summarise the tax system’s impact on the incentives to make an additional investment in a particular type of savings. By comparing METRs on different types of household savings, we can gain insights into which assets or savings types receive the most favourable treatment from the tax system. Full Article
find A Broken Social Elevator? Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:00:00 GMT A Broken Social Elevator? Key findings for Australia Full Article
find Effective carbon rates: Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:00:00 GMT This country note for Australia provides detail on the proportion of CO2 emissions from energy use subject to different effective carbon rates (ECR), as well as on the level and components of average ECRs in each of the six economic sectors (road transport, off-road transport, industry, agriculture and fishing, residential & commercial, and electricity). Full Article
find Consumption Tax Trends: Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:00:00 GMT The Australian standard GST rate is 10.0%, which is below the OECD average. The average VAT/GST¹ standard rate in the OECD was 19.3% as of 1 January 2019. Australia has an extensive list of goods and services that are GST-free. GST was introduced in Australia in 2000 at a standard rate of 10.0% and has remained at this rate throughout. Full Article
find OECD Employment Outlook 2019 - Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:00:00 GMT About 36% of Australian jobs face a significant or high risk of automation. While this is less than the OECD average (46%), it means that a sizeable share of adults will need to upskill or retrain to meet the needs of future jobs. Full Article
find Revenue Statistics Asia: Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:00:00 GMT Australia's tax-to-GDP ratio was 27.8% in 2016* (latest available data), below the OECD average (34.2%) by 6.4 percentage points, and above the LAC and Africa (21)* averages (22.8% and 18.2%, respectively). Full Article
find The Heavy Burden of Obesity: Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:00:00 GMT Australia has one of the highest rates of obesity: nearly one in three adults are obese. As a result, Australians live on average 2.7 years less due to overweight. The impact on the economy is large: overweight accounts for 8.6% of health expenditure; and lowers labour market outputs by the equivalent of 371 thousand full time workers per year. Combined, this means that overweight reduces Australia’s GDP by 3.1%. Full Article
find Taxing Energy Use: Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:00:00 GMT This country note explains how Australia taxes energy use. The note shows the distribution of effective energy tax rates across all domestic energy use. It also details the country-specific assumptions made when calculating effective energy tax rates and matching tax rates to the corresponding energy base. Full Article
find Health at a Glance 2019: Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:00:00 GMT Australia spends 9.3% of its GDP on health, slightly higher than the OECD average, and is projected to reach 13% by 2030. Australia also has more nurses (11.7 per 1000 people, compared to an OECD average of 8.8) and slightly more doctors (3.7 doctors versus an OECD average of 3.5) serving the population than in many OECD countries. These resources have contributed to good health outcomes. Full Article
find Pensions at a Glance 2019 - Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 09:00:00 GMT Key findings for Australia from the report "Pensions at a Glance 2019" Full Article
find Revenue Statistics: Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:00:00 GMT The tax-to-GDP ratio in Australia increased by 0.9 percentage points from 27.6% in 2016 to 28.5% in 2017 (latest year available). The corresponding figures for the OECD average were a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from 34.4% to 34.2% over the same period. Full Article
find Taxing Wages: Key findings for Australia By oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:00:00 GMT The tax wedge for the average single worker in Australia decreased by 1.0 percentage point from 28.9 in 2018 to 27.9 in 2019. The OECD average tax wedge in 2019 was 36.0 (2018, 36.1). In 2019 Australia had the 30th lowest tax wedge among the 36 OECD member countries, occupying the same position in 2018. Full Article
find Society at a Glance 2014 - Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:55:00 GMT This note presents key findings for Japan from Society at a Glance 2014 - OECD Social indicators. This 2014 publication also provides a special chapter on: the crisis and its aftermath: a “stress test” for societies and for social policies. Full Article
find Going for Growth 2015: Key findings for Japan By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:00:00 GMT Going for Growth 2015: Key findings for Japan Full Article
find Health at a Glance 2015: Key findings for Japan - In Japanese By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:00:00 GMT 日本の医療の質は総じて非常に良好だが、糖尿病の管理、心臓発作(急性心筋梗塞)の治療とがん対策はさらに改善・強化できるだろう。 Full Article
find Health at a Glance 2015: Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:00:00 GMT The quality of health care is generally very good in Japan but further improvement can be made in the management of diabetes, treatment of heart attack (AMI), and cancer control. In Japan, per capita spending on pharmaceuticals is the second highest in the OECD after the United States. Spending on pharmaceuticals could be reduced by increasing the share of the generic market. Full Article
find Environmental taxes: Key findings for Japan LINK By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:30:00 GMT This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for Japan. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates. Full Article
find The Pursuit of Gender Equality - Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Oct 2017 10:00:00 GMT Selected findings for Japan from the report "The Pursuit of Gender Equality: An Uphill Battle" Full Article
find Preventing Ageing Unequally - Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Oct 2017 10:00:00 GMT Selected findings for Japan from the report "Preventing Ageing Unequally" Full Article
find Pensions at a Glance 2017 - Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:37:00 GMT Key findings for Japan from the report "Pensions at a Glance 2017" Full Article
find Taxation of household savings: Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:00:00 GMT This note presents marginal effective tax rates (METRs) that summarise the tax system’s impact on the incentives to make an additional investment in a particular type of savings. By comparing METRs on different types of household savings, we can gain insights into which assets or savings types receive the most favourable treatment from the tax system. Full Article
find A broken social elevator? Key findings for Japan (in Japanese) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:00:00 GMT 壊れた社会的流動性エレベーター? 社会的流動性を向上させるには 他国と比べて日本は? Full Article
find A broken social elevator? Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:00:00 GMT A broken social elevator? Key findings for Japan Full Article
find Effective carbon rates: Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:00:00 GMT This country note for Japan provides detail on the proportion of CO2 emissions from energy use subject to different effective carbon rates (ECR), as well as on the level and components of average ECRs in each of the six economic sectors (road transport, off-road transport, industry, agriculture and fishing, residential & commercial, and electricity). Full Article
find The new OECD Jobs Strategy – Key findings for Japan (in Japanese) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:00:00 GMT デジタル革命やグローバリゼーション、人口動態の変化によって、OECD 諸国や新興国の労働市場が変貌する一方、政策立案者は生産性及び賃金の成長鈍化や、高水準の所得格差といった問題に懸命に取り組んでいる。新たなOECD 雇用戦略は、これらの難問に対処する国々を支援するために包括的な枠組みと政策提言を提供する。 Full Article
find Good jobs for all in a changing world of work: The new OECD Jobs Strategy – Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:00:00 GMT The digital revolution, globalisation and demographic changes are transforming labour markets at a time when policy makers are also struggling with slow productivity and wage growth and high levels of income inequality. The new OECD Jobs Strategy provides a comprehensive framework and policy recommendations to help countries address these challenges. Full Article
find Consumption Tax Trends: Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:00:00 GMT The Japanese standard VAT (CT) rate is 8.0%, which is below the OECD average. The average VAT/GST¹ standard rate in the OECD was 19.3% as of 1 January 2019. The previous standard VAT rate in Japan was 5% in 2013. It changed to the current level in 2014. Japan does not have any reduced rates. Full Article
find Employment Outlook 2019 - Key findings for Japan (in Japanese) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:00:00 GMT 生産年齢人口(15歳から64歳)の減少にも関わらず、最近の景気拡大のために日本全体の雇用は着実に増加し、2018年には統計開始から過去最大となった。同年齢層の雇用率についても、過去最高に達している。 Full Article
find OECD Employment Outlook 2019 - Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:00:00 GMT Despite a decline in its working-age population (aged 15-64), Japan’s total employment has been increasing steadily due to the recent economic expansion, and in 2018 reached its highest level since records began Full Article
find OECD Skills Strategy 2019: Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 22 May 2019 16:10:00 GMT This document describes the key findings for Japan from the OECD Skills Strategy 2019. Full Article
find Revenue Statistics Asia: Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:00:00 GMT Japan's tax-to-GDP ratio was 30.6% in 2016* (latest available data), below the OECD average (34.2%) by 3.6 percentage points, and above the LAC and Africa (21)* averages (22.8% and 18.2%, respectively). Full Article
find Taxing Energy Use: Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:00:00 GMT This country note explains how Japan taxes energy use. The note shows the distribution of effective energy tax rates across all domestic energy use. It also details the country-specific assumptions made when calculating effective energy tax rates and matching tax rates to the corresponding energy base. Full Article
find Health at a Glance 2019: Key findings for Japan - In English By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:00:00 GMT Japan displays many excellent indicators of population health, including the highest life expectancy in the world. Still, many people are pessimistic about their health – 14% of adults rate their own health poorly – though this partly reflects linguo-cultural differences. Most people lead healthy lifestyles, with low rates of alcohol consumption and the lowest share of adults overweight or obese. Full Article
find Pensions at a Glance 2019 - Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 09:00:00 GMT Key findings for Japan from the report "Pensions at a Glance 2019" Full Article
find Revenue Statistics: Key findings for Japan By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:00:00 GMT The tax-to-GDP ratio in Japan increased by 0.7 percentage points from 30.7% in 2016 to 31.4% in 2017 (latest year available). The corresponding figures for the OECD average were a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from 34.4% to 34.2% over the same period. Full Article
find Taxing Wages: Key findings for Japan By oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:00:00 GMT The tax wedge for the average single worker in Japan remained the same at 32.7 percentage points between 2018 and 2019. The OECD average tax wedge in 2019 was 36.0 (2018, 36.1). In 2019 Japan had the 26th lowest tax wedge among the 36 OECD member countries, occupying the same position in 2018. Full Article
find Society at a Glance 2011 - OECD Social Indicators: Key findings for Austria By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT This one-pager note presents key findings for Austria from Society at a Glance 2011 - OECD Social indicators. This 2011 publication also provides a special chapter on unpaid work across the OECD. Full Article
find Society at a Glance 2014 - Key findings for Austria By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:55:00 GMT This note presents key findings for Austria from Society at a Glance 2014 - OECD Social indicators. This 2014 publication also provides a special chapter on: the crisis and its aftermath: a “stress test” for societies and for social policies. Full Article
find Going for Growth 2015: Key findings for Austria By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:00:00 GMT Going for Growth 2015: Key findings for Austria Full Article
find OECD Employment Outlook 2015 - Key findings for Austria By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:00:00 GMT AAustria experienced a renewed downturn in its economy and labour market between mid-2011 and late-2014, with increasing rates of unemployment largely due to slack domestic demand. But there are recent signs of a slow recovery: overall and youth unemployment rates and the incidence of long-term unemployment all started to fall in the first quarter of 2015, if only marginally, and employment continued to increase. Full Article
find Health at a Glance 2015: Key findings for Austria By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:00:00 GMT The Austrian health system generally provides good access to care, but the quality of care might be improved in the area of cancer care and in reducing hospital admission rates for chronic conditions by strengthening primary care. Full Article
find Health at a Glance 2015: Key findings for Austria - In German By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:00:00 GMT Das österreichische Gesundheitssystem gewährleistet einen niederschwelligen Zugang zur Gesundheitsversorgung, es gibt jedoch Verbesserungspotenzial bei der Qualität der Krebsversorgung sowie der Reduktion von Spitalsaufnahmen durch die Stärkung der medizinischen Primärversorgung. Full Article
find Environmental taxes: Key findings for Austria LINK By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:30:00 GMT This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for Austria. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates. Full Article
find PISA 2015 key findings for Austria By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 11:00:00 GMT This country note presents student performance in science, reading and mathematics, and measures equity in education in Austria. The interactive charts allow you to compare results with other countries participating in the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Full Article
find Health at a Glance 2017: Key findings for Austria By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:00:00 GMT Life expectancy in Austria is close to the OECD average, but Austrian’s smoke and drink more than people in other countries. While access to health care is good, quality of care indicators show more mixed results. Austria spends more on health than the OECD average. Full Article