Measuring the Digital Transformation
A Roadmap for the Future
Measuring the Digital Transformation: A Roadmap for the Future provides new insights into the state of the digital transformation by mapping indicators across a range of areas – from education and innovation, to trade and economic and social outcomes – against current digital policy issues, as presented in Going Digital: Shaping Policies, Improving Lives. In so doing, it identifies gaps in the current measurement framework, assesses progress made towards filling these gaps and sets-out a forward-looking measurement roadmap. The goal is to expand the evidence base, as a means to lay the ground for more robust policies for growth and well-being in the digital era.
Productivity
In 2016, labour productivity in information industries was higher than in other industries in the non-agricultural business sector in almost all OECD countries – and as much as one-and-a-half times higher in Israel and Turkey. This reflects the relatively higher investment by information industries in machinery and equipment, as well as knowledge-based capital such as software and Research and Development.
