key Society at a Glance 2011 - OECD Social Indicators: Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT This one-pager note presents key findings for Australia 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
key Urgent reform key to securing Asia’s pension systems, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT Asia’s pension systems need modernising urgently to deliver secure, sustainable and adequate retirement incomes for today’s workers in the context of the rapid population ageing that will occur over the next two decades, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
key Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:41:00 GMT Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables Full Article
key Society at a Glance 2014 - Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 09:55:00 GMT This note presents key findings for Australia 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
key Going for Growth 2015: Key findings for Australia By www.oecd-ilibrary.org Published On :: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:00:00 GMT Going for Growth 2015: Country note for Australia Full Article
key Health at a Glance 2015: Key findings for Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:00:00 GMT Australia performs well in terms of overall population health status. At 82.2 years, life expectancy is the sixth highest in the OECD, and the country’s record on breast and colorectal cancer survival is among the best. Australia has one of the lowest rates of tobacco consumption (12.8% of the population aged 15 and over), but it is the fifth most obese country in the OECD (28.3% of the population aged 15 and over). Full Article
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key Turkey Unemployment Rate By tradingeconomics.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 07:28:00 GMT Unemployment Rate in Turkey increased to 13.80 percent in January from 13.70 percent in December of 2019. Unemployment Rate in Turkey averaged 10.38 percent from 2005 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 14.80 percent in February of 2009 and a record low of 7.30 percent in June of 2012. In Turkey, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides the latest reported value for - Turkey Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Full Article
key Turkey CPI Transportation By tradingeconomics.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 08:12:00 GMT The transportation sub-index of the CPI basket in Turkey decreased to 411.33 points in April of 2020 from 419 points in March of 2020. CPI Transportation in Turkey averaged 210.70 points from 2003 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 428.76 points in January of 2020 and a record low of 94.61 points in January of 2003. This page provides - Turkey Cpi Transportation- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Full Article
key Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:41:00 GMT Education at a Glance 2013 - Country notes and key fact tables Full Article
key 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
key 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
key Abenomics’ ‘third arrow’ key to revitalising Japan’s economy By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT The Japanese economy is on a path to stronger growth, but fundamental structural reforms are urgently needed to promote a more robust recovery, address high levels of government debt and reverse a trend toward declining living standards, according to the latest OECD Economic Survey of Japan. Full Article
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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
key 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