Data source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The OECD Green Growth database contains selected indicators for monitoring progress towards green growth to support policy making and inform the public at large. The database synthesises data and indicators across a wide range of domains including a range of OECD databases as well as external data sources. The database covers OECD member and accession countries, key partners (including Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa) and other selected non-OECD countries. The indicators have been selected according to well-specified criteria and embedded in a conceptual framework, which is structured around four groups to capture the main features of green growth: (1) Environmental and resource productivity: indicate whether economic growth is becoming greener with more efficient use of natural capital and to capture aspects of production which are rarely quantified in economic models and accounting frameworks; (2) The natural asset base: indicate the risks to growth from a declining natural asset base; (3) Environmental dimension of quality of life: indicate how environmental conditions affect the quality of life and wellbeing of people; (4) Economic opportunities and policy responses: indicate the effectiveness of policies in delivering green growth and describe the societal responses needed to secure business and employment opportunities.
When using this dataset, please cite as:
(Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2020)
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gg_asew_pop
The percentage of the total population with access to public sewerage.
gg_asewp
The percentage of the total population with access to public sewerage that includes a primary treatment process. Warning: this variable has some negative values, which falls outside the expected ra ...
The percentage of the total population with access to public sewerage that includes a secondary treatment process.
gg_asewt
The percentage of the total population with access to public sewerage that includes a tertiary treatment process.
gg_buapc
The number of square meters of built-up area per inhabitant (m2/person).
gg_buapt
The built up area expressed as a percentage of total land area.
gg_ei
The energy intensity calculated as TPES (Total Primary Energy Supply) per capita (toe/person).
gg_envrd_gbaord
Environmentally related government R&D budget measures government budget appropriations or outlays for environmentally related research and development (R&D). It is expressed as a percentage of total ...
gg_envrd_gdp
The environmentally related research and development (R&D) expenditure, expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).
gg_envtax_gdp
Total revenue gathered from environmentally-related taxes, fees, charges, tradable permits, deposit-refund systems, environmentally motivated subsidies, and voluntary approaches used for environmental ...
gg_eoda
The environmentally related Official Development Assistance (ODA) expressed as a percentage of total ODA.
gg_erdgdp
The public budget for energy related research, development, and demonstration as a percentage of national gross domestic product (GDP).
gg_etp
The number of environment-related inventions expressed as a percentage of all domestic inventions (in all technologies). Indicators of technology development are constructed by measuring inventive ...
gg_etpw
The number of environment-related inventions expressed as a percentage of environment-related inventions worldwide. Indicators of technology development are constructed by measuring inventive activ ...
The public budget directed at research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) related to fossil fuels, including oil, gas, and coal and excluding RD&D related to CO2 capture and storage (CCS), express ...
gg_frs
The growing stock of standing trees expressed in million cubic meters (m3).
The share of forest area with a long-term management plan under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification expressed as a percentage of the total forest area.
gg_iufr
The intensity of use of forest resources measured as the ratio of actual fellings over annual productive capacity (i.e. gross increment).
gg_mao
The mortality from exposure to ambient ozone expressed in deaths per million inhabitants.
gg_ml
The mortality from exposure to lead expressed in deaths per million inhabitants.
gg_mpm
The mortality from exposure to ambient PM2.5 expressed in deaths per million inhabitants.
gg_mr
The mortality from exposure to residential radon expressed in deaths per million inhabitants.
gg_mwgpc
The waste collected by or on behalf of municipalities expressed in kilograms (kg) per person.
gg_mwipt
The municipal waste incinerated expressed as a percentage of all waste treated.
gg_mwlpt
The municipal waste disposed to landfills expressed as a percentage of all waste treated.
gg_mwrpt
The municipal waste recycled or composted expressed as a percentage of all waste treated.
gg_oda_ccm
The Official Development Assistance (ODA) targeting climate change mitigation expressed as a percentage of total ODA.
gg_pm25ex10p
The percentage of population exposed to a fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration greater than 10 micrograms (μg) per cubic meter (m3). The World Health Organization (WHO) provides air qualit ...
gg_pm25ex35p
The percentage of population exposed to a fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration greater than 35 micrograms (μg) per cubic meter (m3). The World Health Organization (WHO) provides air qualit ...
gg_pm25exm
The average mirogram concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) per cubic meter exposed to the population. This environmental and health hazard is measured by population-weighted concentration e ...
gg_pt
The tax rates per litre of petrol expressed at constant 2015 US dollars using purchasing power parity (PPP). The tax rates are calculated as the arithmetic average of the household excise tax for the ...
gg_re_tpes
Renewable energy supply is defined as the contribution of renewables to the total primary energy supply (TPES).
gg_reperegen
The percentage of the national electrical supply generated from renewable sources.
gg_rerd_erd
The percentage of all public energy related research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) that is directed towards renewable energy.
gg_tbs
The number of threatened bird species expressed as a percentage of total known species within a country.
gg_tms
The number of threatened mammal species expressed as a percentage of total known species within a country.
gg_tps
The number of threatened vascular plant species expressed as a percentage of total known species within a country.
gg_wsa
The total freshwater abstraction as a percentage of available renewable sources, as a proxy for water stress (scarcity). Abstraction refers to any process of water removal, extraction, or diversion fo ...
The total freshwater abstraction as a percentage of available internal renewable sources, as a proxy for water stress. Internal resources refer only to river flows and groundwater from rainfall within ...