OECD Regions at a Glance 2016
OECD Regions at a Glance shows how regions and cities contribute to national economic growth and well-being. This edition updates more than 40 region-by-region indicators to assess disparities within countries and their evolution over the past 15 years. The report covers all the OECD member countries and, where data are available, Brazil, People’s Republic of China, Colombia, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Peru, the Russian Federation and South Africa.
New to this edition:
- A comprehensive picture of well-being in the 391 OECD regions based on 11 aspects that shape people's lives: income, jobs, housing, education, health, environment, safety, civic engagement and governance, access to services, social connections, and life satisfaction.
- Recent trends in subnational government finances and indicators on how competencies are allocated and co-ordinated across levels of governments.
Subnational government spending by economic function
The breakdown of subnational expenditure by economic function provides a measure of subnational governments (SNGs) role in economic functions. Education represents the largest sector in the SNG expenditure, on average 25% of SNG expenditure in the 28 OECD countries where data were available in 2013. In the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Estonia, Israel, Iceland and the Czech Republic, spending on education exceeded 30% of local budgets, and in the Slovak Republic was 44% ().