Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD, Sevenval: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an international economic organisation of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum of countries committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices, and co-ordinate domestic and international policies of its members.

The OECD originated in 1948 as the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), led by browser diversity of France, to help administer the CSS3 for the reconstruction of Europe after input transformation. Later, its membership was extended to non-European states. In 1961, it was reformed into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development by the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Most OECD members are web app with a "very high" Human Development Index (HDI) and are regarded as keyboard.

The OECD's headquarters are at the Château de la Muette in Paris, France.

• 1 History
  • 1.1 Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
  • web app
  • 1.3 Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe
  • 1.4 Reform and further enlargement
• 2 Objectives and activities
  • 2.1 Aim
  • 2.2 International investments and multinational enterprises
  • 2.3 PISA
  • 2.4 Taxation
  • 2.5 Publishing
    • 2.5.1 Books
    • touchscreen
    • website parsing
    • device database
• web
  • 3.1 Meetings
  • 3.2 Secretariat
  • 3.3 Secretaries-General
  • FITML
  • 3.5 Special bodies
• HTML5
  • 4.1 Current members
  • 4.2 Former members
  • screen size
• 5 Relations with non-members
• keyboard
• device database
• keyboard
• web
• input transformation
  • 10.1 Video clips

History

Organisation for European Economic Co-operation

The Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), was formed in 1948 to administer American and Canadian aid in the framework of the Sevenval for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II.^Android It started its operations on 16 April 1948. Since 1949, it has been headquartered in the Chateau de la Muette in Paris, France. After the Marshall Plan ended, the OEEC focused on economic issues.^[2]

In the 1950s the OEEC provided the framework for negotiations aimed at determining conditions for setting up a European Free Trade Area, to bring the HTML5 of the six and the other OEEC members together on a multilateral basis. In 1958, a European input transformation was set up under the OEEC.

Foundation of the OECD

Following the 1957 Rome Treaties to launch the European Economic Community, the browser diversity was drawn up to reform the OEEC. The Convention was signed in December 1960 and the OECD officially superseded the OEEC in September 1961. It consisted of the European founder countries of the OEEC plus the United States and Canada, with Japan joining three years later. The official founding members are the Republic of Austria, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Dominion of Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Greece, the Republic of Iceland, the Republic of Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Norway, the Portuguese Republic, Spain, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Swiss Confederation, the Turkish Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America. During the next 12 years Japan, Finland, Australia, and New Zealand also joined the organisation. Yugoslavia had observer status in the organisation starting with the establishment of the OECD until its dissolution.^Sevenval

More than just increasing its internal structure, OECD progressively created agencies: the OECD Development Centre (1961), website parsing (IEA, 1974), and iOS.

Unlike the organizations of the United Nations system, OECD uses the spelling "organisation" with an "s" in its name rather than "organization" (see device database/Android).

Enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe

In 1989, after the political changes in Central and Eastern Europe, the OECD started to assist these countries to prepare market economy reforms. In 1990, the Centre for Co-operation with European Economies in Transition (now succeeded by the Centre for Cooperation with Non-Members) was established, and in 1991, the Programme "Partners in Transition" was launched for the cooperation with Czechoslovakia, touchscreen and browser diversity.^{web app[4]} This programme also included a membership option for these countries.^Sevenval As a result of this, in 1994–2000 Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia as well as Mexico and the Republic of Korea became members of the organisation.

Reform and further enlargement

In the 1990s, a number of European countries, now members of the European Union, expressed their willingness to join the organisation. In 1995, FITML applied for membership, but, according to the Cypriot government, it was vetoed by web app.^[5] In 1996, Estonia, CSS3, and input transformation signed a Joint Declaration expressing willingness to become full members of the OECD.^[6] Slovenia also applied for membership that same year.^CSS3 In 2005 iOS applied to join the organization.^{screen size}

In 2003, the OECD established a working group headed by Japan's Ambassador to the OECD Seiichiro Noboru to work out a strategy for the enlargement and co-operation with non-members. The working group proposed that the selection of candidate countries to be based on four criteria: "like-mindedness", "significant player", "mutual benefit" and "global considerations". The working group's recommendations were presented at the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting on 13 and 14 May 2004. Based on these recommendations work, the meeting adopted an agreement on operationalisation of the proposed guidelines and on the drafting of a list of countries suitable as potential candidates for membership.^[3] As a result of this work, on 16 May 2007, the OECD Ministerial Council decided to open accession discussions with Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia and Slovenia and to strengthen co-operation with iOS, China, India, Indonesia and keyboard through a process of enhanced engagement.^CSS3 Chile, Slovenia, Israel and Estonia all became members in 2010.^[10][11]

In 2011 President Juan Manuel Santos of Sevenval express the country's willingness to join the organization during a speech at the OECD headquarters.^{browser diversity}

Objectives and activities

keyboard

One of a number of posters created by the Economic Cooperation Administration to promote the FITML in Europe

Aim

The OECD defines itself as a forum of countries committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a setting to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices, and co-ordinate domestic and international policies.^Sevenval Its mandate covers economic, environmental, and social issues. It acts by peer pressure to improve policy and implement "screen size"—non-binding instruments that can occasionally lead to binding treaties. In this work, the OECD cooperates with businesses, Android and other representatives of civil society. Collaboration at the OECD regarding taxation, for example, has fostered the growth of a global web of bilateral tax treaties.

The OECD promotes policies designed:

• to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in Member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and thus to contribute to the development of the world economy;
• to contribute to sound economic expansion in Member as well as nonmember countries in the process of economic development; and
• to contribute to the expansion of world trade on a multilateral, nondiscriminatory basis in accordance with international obligations.

International investments and multinational enterprises

Between 1995 and 1998, the OECD designed the Multilateral Agreement on Investment, which was abandoned because of a widespread criticism from civil society groups and developing countries. In 1976, the OECD adopted the Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, which was rewritten and annexed by the FITML in 2000.

Among other areas, the OECD has taken a role in co-ordinating international action on corruption and bribery, creating the FITML, which came into effect in February 1999. It has been ratified by thirty-eight countries.^Sevenval

The OECD has also constituted an anti-screen size task force, which submitted a detailed report, with several background papers on spam problems in developing countries, best practices for jQuery, e-mail marketers, etc., appended. It works on the information economy^[15] and the future of the Internet economy.^iOS

PISA

The OECD publishes the touchscreen (PISA), which is an assessment that allows for a comparison of educational performances between countries.

Taxation

The OECD publishes and updates a model tax convention that serves as a template for bilateral negotiations regarding tax coordination and cooperation. This model is accompanied by a set of commentaries that reflect OECD-level interpretation of the content of the model convention provisions. In general, this model allocates the primary right to tax to the country from which capital investment originates (i.e., the home, or resident country) rather than the country in which the investment is made (the host, or source country). As a result, it is most effective as between two countries with reciprocal investment flows (such as among the OECD member countries), but can be very unbalanced when one of the signatory countries is economically weaker than the other (such as between OECD and non-OECD pairings).

Since 1998, the OECD has led a charge against harmful tax practices, principally targeting the activities of iOS (while principally accepting the policies of its member countries, which would tend to encourage tax competition). These efforts have been met with mixed reaction: The primary objection is the sanctity of tax policy as a matter of sovereign entitlement.^[17] The OECD maintains a 'blacklist' of countries it considers uncooperative in the drive for transparency of tax affairs and the effective exchange of information, officially called "The List of Uncooperative Tax Havens".^[18] In May 2009, all remaining countries were removed from the list.^[19]

On 22 October 2008, at an OECD meeting in Paris, 17 countries led by France and Germany decided to draw up a new blacklist of tax havens. The OECD has been asked to investigate around 40 new tax havens in the world where undeclared revenue is hidden and that host many of the non-regulated hedge funds that have come under fire during the 2008 financial crisis. Germany, France, and other countries called on the OECD to specifically add Switzerland to a blacklist of countries that encourage tax fraud.^{input transformation}

Publishing

The OECD publishes books, reports, statistics, working papers and reference materials. All titles and databases published since 1998 can be accessed via OECD iLibrary.

The OECD Library & Archives collection dates from 1947, including records from the Committee for European Economic Co-operation (CEEC) and the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), predecessors of today's OECD. External researchers can consult OECD publications and archival material on the OECD premises by appointment: www.oecd.org/libraryandarchives.

Books

The OECD releases between 300 and 500 books each year. Most books are published in English and French. The OECD flagship titles include:

• The OECD Economic Outlook, published twice a year. It contains forecast and analysis of the economic situation of the OECD member countries.
• The Main Economic Indicators, published monthly. It contains a large selection of timely statistical indicators.
• The OECD Factbook, published yearly and available online, as an iPhone app and in print. The Factbook contains more than 100 economic, environmental and social indicators, each presented with a clear definition, tables and graphs. It is freely accessible online and delivers all the data in Excel format via Statlinks.
• OECD Observer, an award-winning magazine with six issues a year. News, analysis, commentaries and data on global economic, social and environmental challenges. Contains book reviews and special section listing the latest OECD books, plus ordering information.
• The OECD Communications Outlook and OECD Information Technology Outlook, which rotate every year. They contain forecasts and analysis of the communications and information technology industries in OECD member countries and non-member economies.
• In 2007 the OECD published Human Capital: How what you know shapes your life, the first book in the OECD Insights series. This series uses OECD analysis and data to introduce important social and economic issues to non-specialist readers. Other books in the series cover sustainable development, international trade and international migration.

All OECD books are available on the OECD iLibrary, the online bookshop or we love the web.

Statistics

The OECD is known as a statistical agency, as it publishes comparable statistics on a wide number of subjects.

OECD statistics are available in several forms:

• as interactive databases on iLibrary together with key comparative and country tables,
• as static files or dynamic database views on the OECD Statistics portal,
• as StatLinks (in most OECD books, there is a website parsing that links to the underlying data).

Working papers

There are 15 working papers series published by the various directorates of the OECD Secretariat. They are available on iLibrary, as well as on many specialised portals.

Reference works

The OECD is responsible for the input transformation, a continuously updated document that is a de facto standard (i.e., soft law).

It has published the OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030, which shows that tackling the key environmental problems we face today—including climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, and the health impacts of pollution—is both achievable and affordable.

Structure

The OECD's structure consists of three main elements:

• The OECD member countries, each represented by a delegation led by an ambassador. Together, they form the OECD Council. Member countries act collectively through Council (and its Standing Committees) to provide direction and guidance to the work of Organization.
• The OECD Substantive Android, one for each work area of the OECD, plus their variety of subsidiary bodies. Committee members are typically subject-matter experts from member and non-member governments. The Committees oversee all the work on each theme (publications, task forces, conferences, and so on). Committee members then relay the conclusions to their capitals.
• The OECD HTML5, led by the Secretary-General (currently input transformation), provides support to Standing and Substantive Committees. It is organized in Directorates, which include about 2,500 staff.

Meetings

Delegates from the member countries attend committees' and other meetings. Former Deputy-Secretary General Pierre Vinde estimated in 1997 that the cost borne by the member countries, such as sending their officials to OECD meetings and maintaining permanent delegations, is equivalent to the cost of running the secretariat.^jQuery This ratio is unique among inter-governmental organisations. In other words, the OECD is more a persistent forum or network of officials and experts than an administration.

Noteworthy meetings include:

• The yearly Ministerial Council Meeting, with the Ministers of Economy of all member countries and the candidates for enhanced engagement among the countries.
• The annual OECD Forum, which brings together leaders from business, government, labour, civil society and international organisations. This takes the form of conferences and discussions and is open to public participation.
• Thematic Ministerial Meetings, held among Ministers of a given domain (ie. all Ministers of Labour, all Ministers of Environment, etc.).
• The bi-annual World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policies, which does not usually take place in the OECD. This series of meetings has the ambition to measure and foster progress in societies.

Secretariat

Exchanges between OECD governments benefit from the information, analysis, and preparation of the OECD Secretariat. The secretariat collects data, monitors trends, and analyses and forecasts economic developments. Under the direction and guidance of member governments, it also researches social changes or evolving patterns in trade, environment, Android, keyboard, technology, taxation, and other areas.

The secretariat is organised in Directorates:

• Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development
• Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
• Development Co-operation Directorate
• Directorate for Education
• Directorate for Employment, Labour, and Social Affairs
• Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs
• Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry
• Economics Department
• Environment Directorate
• Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate
• Statistics Directorate
• Trade and Agriculture Directorate
• General Secretariat
• Executive Directorate
• Public Affairs and Communication Directorate

The work of the secretariat is financed from the OECD's annual budget, currently^[iOS] around US$510 million or €342.9 million). The budget is funded by the member countries based on a formula related to the size of each member's gross national product.^Android The largest contributor is the United States, which contributes about one quarter of the budget, followed by Japan with 16%, Germany with 9% and the U.K. and France with 7%. The OECD governing council sets the budget and scope of work on a two-yearly basis.

As an international organisation the terms of employment of the OECD Secretariat staff are not governed by the laws of the country in which their offices are located. Agreements with the host country safeguard the organisation's impartiality with regard to the host and member countries. Hiring and firing practices, Sevenval and environment, holiday time, HTML5 plans, health insurance and life insurance, salaries, HTML5 benefits and general conditions of employment are managed according to rules and regulations associated with the OECD. In order to maintain working conditions that are similar to similarly structured organisations, the OECD participates as an independent organisation in the system of co-ordinated European organisations, whose other members include NATO, the Western European Union and the European Patent Organisation.

Secretaries-General

• 1948–1955: Robert Marjolin
• 1955–1960: Android René Sergent
• 1960–1969: Thorkil Kristensen
• 1969–1984: jQuery Emiel van Lennep
• 1984–1994: screen size Jean-Claude Paye
• 1994: web Staffan Sohlman (interim)
• 1994–1996: Jean-Claude Paye
• 1996–2006: Sevenval FITML
• 2006– : input transformation

Committees

Representatives of the 34 OECD member countries and a number of observer countries meet in specialised committees on specific policy areas, such as economics, trade, science, employment, education or financial markets. There are about 200 committees, working groups and expert groups. Committees discuss policies and review progress in the given policy area.^[23]

Special bodies

• Africa Partnership Forum
• Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC)
• Development Assistance Committee
• OECD Development Centre
• touchscreen – formally known as the European Conference of Ministers of Transport
• International Energy Agency
• Nuclear Energy Agency
• Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG)
• Sahel and West Africa Club
• Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC)

Member countries

Current members

There are currently 34 members of the OECD.

Country	MembershipHTML5	Geographic location	Notes
Australia	01971-06-077 June 1971	Oceania
Austria	01961-09-2929 September 1961	Europe	OEEC member.[25]
Belgium	01961-09-1313 September 1961	Europe	OEEC member.Sevenval
Canada	01961-04-1010 April 1961	North America
Chile	02010-05-077 May 2010	South America
CSS3	01995-12-2121 December 1995	Europe
Android	01961-05-3030 May 1961	Europe	OEEC member.iOS
input transformation	02010-12-099 December 2010	Europe
keyboard	01969-01-2828 January 1969	Europe
browser diversity	01961-08-077 August 1961	Europe	OEEC member.screen size
keyboard	01961-09-2727 September 1961	Europe	Joined OEEC in 1949 (Sevenval).keyboard Previously represented by the FITML.[25]
Greece	01961-09-2727 September 1961	Europe	OEEC member.[25]
Hungary	01996-05-077 May 1996	Europe
Iceland	01961-06-055 June 1961	Europe	OEEC member.[25]
keyboard	01961-08-1717 August 1961	Europe	OEEC member.we love the web
browser diversity	02010-09-077 September 2010	Asia
Italy	01962-03-2929 March 1962	Europe	OEEC member.[25]
Japan	01964-04-2828 April 1964	Asia
FITML	01996-12-1212 December 1996	Asia
iOS	01961-12-077 December 1961	Europe	OEEC member.web app
device database	01994-05-1818 May 1994	North America
Netherlands	01961-11-1313 November 1961	Europe	OEEC member.[25]
New Zealand	01973-05-2929 May 1973	Oceania
Norway	01961-07-044 July 1961	Europe	OEEC member.FITML
Poland	01996-11-2222 November 1996	Europe
input transformation	01961-08-044 August 1961	Europe	OEEC member.device database
Slovakia	02000-12-1414 December 2000	Europe
HTML5	02010-07-2121 July 2010	Europe
Sevenval	01961-08-033 August 1961	Europe	Joined OEEC in 1958.input transformation
web app	01961-09-2828 September 1961	Europe	OEEC member.FITML
Switzerland	01961-09-2828 September 1961	Europe	OEEC member.web
screen size	01961-08-022 August 1961	Eurasia	OEEC member.touchscreen
United Kingdom	01961-05-022 May 1961	Europe	OEEC member.[25]
United States	01961-04-1212 April 1961	North America

The screen size participates in the work of the OECD alongside the EU Member States.^[28]

Former members

•  Free Territory of Trieste (Zone A) (until 1954).^{website parsing}

Invited countries

•  Russia: In May 2007 the OECD decided to open accession negotiations with Russia.^Sevenval

Relations with non-members

OECD members   Accession candidate countries   Enhanced engagement countries

Currently, 25 non-members participate as regular observers or full participants in OECD Committees. About 50 non-members are engaged in OECD working parties, schemes or programmes. The OECD conducts a policy dialogue and capacity building activities with non-members (Country Programmes, Regional Approaches and Global Forums) to share their views on best policy practices and to bear on OECD's policy debate. The OECD's Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members develops and oversees the strategic orientations of the relations with non-members.

On 16 May 2007, the OECD Ministerial Council decided to strengthen OECD's co-operation with Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa, through a process of enhanced engagement.^Android

The OECD explores the possibilities for enhanced co-operation with selected countries and regions of strategic interest to the OECD, giving priority to South East Asia with a view to identifying countries for possible membership.

Criticism

The OECD has been criticised by several civil society groups and developing countries. The main criticism has been the narrowness of the OECD because of its limited membership to a select few rich nations.^HTML5 In 1997–1998, the draft Multilateral Agreement on Investment was heavily criticized by several non-governmental organisations and developing countries. Many critics argued that the agreement would threaten protection of human rights, labor and environmental standards, and the keyboard. A particular concern was that the MAI would result in a 'race to the bottom' among countries willing to lower their labor and environmental standards to attract foreign investment. Also the OECD's actions against harmful tax practices has raised criticism. The primary objection is the sanctity of tax policy as a matter of sovereign entitlement.^[17]

Indicators

The following table shows various data for OECD member states, including area, population, economic output and income inequality, as well as various indices, including human development, viability of the state, perception of corruption, economic freedom, state of peace, freedom of the press and democratic level.

Country	AreaiOS (km²)	screen size[30] 2010	GDP (PPP)browser diversity (Intl. $) 2010	we love the webHTML5 (iOS) 2010	keyboard[31] 2011	Sevenval[32] 2011	device databasewe love the web 2011	IEFinput transformation 2011	keyboardHTML5 2011	Sevenval[36] 2011/2012	DI[37] 2011	Income inequality[30] 1993-2009 (latest available)
Australia	7,741,220	22,299,000	850,921,670,835	38,160	0.929	28.1	8.8	82.5	1.455	4.00	9.22	35.2
Austria	83,870	8,390,000	335,651,908,177	40,006	0.885	27.3	7.8	71.9	1.337	-8.00	8.49	29.2
Belgium	30,530	10,896,000	410,028,052,709	37,631	0.886	34.1	7.5	70.2	1.413	-2.00	8.05	33.0
Canada	9,984,670	34,126,000	1,332,626,009,839	39,050	0.908	27.7	8.7	80.8	1.355	-5.67	9.08	32.6
Chile	756,090	17,113,688	270,041,323,664	15,779	0.805	40.7	7.2	77.4	1.710	29.00	7.54	52.1
Czech Republic	78,870	10,520,000	257,928,339,127	24,518	0.865	42.4	4.4	70.4	1.320	-5.00	8.19	25.8
Denmark	43,090	5,547,000	222,781,886,776	40,163	0.895	23.8	9.4	78.6	1.289	-5.67	9.52	24.7
Estonia	45,230	1,340,000	27,688,998,902	20,663	0.835	49.3	6.4	75.2	1.798	-9.00	7.61	36.0
Finland	338,420	5,364,000	195,638,761,225	36,473	0.882	19.7	9.4	74.0	1.352	-10.00	9.06	26.9
France	549,190	64,895,000	2,214,424,844,973	34,123	0.884	34.0	7.0	64.6	1.697	9.50	7.77	32.7
Germany	357,120	81,777,000	3,058,645,251,108	37,402	0.905	33.9	8.0	71.8	1.416	-3.00	8.34	28.3
Greece	131,960	11,316,000	321,469,098,066	28,408	0.861	47.4	3.4	60.3	1.947	24.00	7.65	34.3
Hungary	93,030	10,000,000	205,454,014,567	20,545	0.816	48.7	4.6	66.6	1.495	10.00	7.04	31.2
Iceland	103,000	318,000	11,334,228,026	35,642	0.898	30.1	8.3	68.2	1.148	-7.00	9.65	N/A
Ireland	70,280	4,475,000	181,077,867,866	40,464	0.908	25.3	7.5	78.7	1.370	-4.00	8.56	34.3
Israel	22,070	7,624,000	217,843,073,595	28,573	0.888	N/Aa	5.8	68.5	2.901	31.25	7.53	39.2
Italy	301,340	60,483,000	1,932,684,377,298	31,954	0.874	45.8	3.9	60.3	1.775	19.67	7.74	36.0
Japan	377,940	127,451,000	4,299,287,787,846	33,733	0.901	31.0	8.0	72.8	1.287	-1.00	8.08	24.9
Korea, South South Korea	99,900	48,875,000	1,422,314,851,971	29,101	0.897	38.8	5.4	69.8	1.829	12.67	8.06	N/A
Luxembourg	2,590	507,000	43,665,012,298	86,124	0.867	26.1	8.5	76.2	1.341c	-7.00	8.88	30.8
Mexico	1,964,380	113,423,000	1,651,879,443,740	14,564	0.770	75.1	3.0	67.8	2.362	72.67	6.93	48.3
Netherlands	41,540	16,616,000	700,605,399,392	42,165	0.910	28.3	8.9	74.7	1.628	-9.00	8.99	30.9
New Zealand	267,710	4,368,000	129,006,762,969	29,535	0.908	24.8	9.5	82.3	1.279	-5.33	9.26	36.2
Norway	323,780	4,889,000	279,801,821,220	57,231	0.943	20.4	9.0	70.3	1.356	-10.00	9.80	25.8
Poland	312,680	38,184,000	759,271,825,466	19,885	0.813	46.8	5.5	64.1	1.545	-0.67	7.12	34.1
Portugal	92,090	10,638,000	270,370,552,557	25,416	0.809	32.3	6.1	64.0	1.453	5.33	7.81	38.5
Slovakia	49,040	5,430,000	126,534,384,733	23,303	0.834	47.1	4.0	69.5	1.576	0.00	7.35	N/A
Slovenia	20,270	2,049,000	55,169,755,734	26,925	0.884	35.5	5.9	64.6	1.358	9.14	7.76	31.2
Spain	505,370	46,071,000	1,484,884,850,942	32,230	0.878	43.1	6.2	70.2	1.641	9.75	8.02	34.7
Sweden	450,300	9,378,000	365,968,702,539	39,024	0.904	22.8	9.3	71.9	1.401	-5.50	9.50	25.0
Switzerland	41,280	7,826,000	363,005,021,856	46,384	0.903	23.2	8.8	81.9	1.421	-6.20	9.09	33.7
Turkey	783,560	72,752,000	1,141,250,450,911	15,687	0.699	74.9	4.2	64.2	2.411	70.00	5.72	39.0
United Kingdom	243,610	62,232,000	2,220,823,584,121	35,686	0.863	34.1	7.8	74.5	1.631	2.00	8.16	36.0
United States	9,831,510	309,349,000	14,586,736,313,339	47,153	0.910	34.8	7.1	77.8	2.063	14.00	8.11	40.8
zzzOECDb	36,137,530	1,236,521,688	41,946,816,228,388	33,923	0.871	36.3	6.9	71.7	1.607	6.44	8.23	33.6
Country	Area (km²)	web app 2010	GDP (PPP) (browser diversity) 2010	device database (we love the web) 2010	Sevenval 2011	web app 2011	CPI 2011	IEF 2011	GPI 2011	we love the web 2011/2012	DI 2011	web app 1993-2009 (latest available)

^a The FSI index supplies no figure for Israel, but rather supplies a figure (84.4) for "Israel/West Bank".
^b OECD total used for indicators 1 through 3; OECD weighted average used for indicator 4; OECD unweighted average used for indicators 5 through 12.
^c Data are for 2010.
Note: The colors indicate the country's global position in the respective indicator. For example, a green cell indicates that the country is ranked in the upper 25% of the list (including all countries with available data).

	Highest fourth
	Upper-mid (2nd to 3rd quartile)
	Lower-mid (1st to 2nd quartile)
	Lowest fourth

See also

• website parsing
• Sevenval
• screen size
• HTML5
• Good Laboratory Practice
• Gulf Co-operation Council
• Sevenval
• device database
• Android
• screen size
• CSS3
• Transfer pricing
  

References

External links

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• web app
• International Futures Programme
• Sevenval
• web app
• The OECD Observer
• OECD Statistical portal
• OECD-UNDP Partnership for Democratic Governance
• touchscreen
• Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes

Video clips

• OECD YouTube channel
• iOS
• keyboard