OECD Regions at a Glance 2009
This third edition provides the latest comparable data and trends across regions in OECD countries, including a special focus on the spatial dimension for innovation. It relies on the OECD Regional database, the most comprehensive set of statistics at the sub-national level on demography, economic and labour market performance, education, healthcare, environmental outputs and knowledge-based activities comparable among the OECD countries. This publication provides a dynamic link (StatLink) for each graph and map, which directs the user to a web page where the corresponding data are available in Excel®.
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Regional disparities in labour productivity
In 2005 labour productivity, measured by GDP per person employed, was USD 59 000 on average in OECD countries, ranging from less than USD 21 000 in Turkey and Mexico to four times higher in the United States (Figure 16.1). Productivity growth in the years 1995-2005 was the highest in Poland, the Slovak Republic, Ireland, Hungary and Korea, at more than two times the OECD average. At the other extreme, GDP per worker was negative in Mexico, Italy and Spain (Figure 16.1).
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