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.
Dataset type: | Time-Series |
Dataset level: | Country |
(Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2020)
The percentage of the total population with access to public sewerage.
More about this variableThe 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 range for percentage variables. Check the original dataset for explanations or updates.
More about this variableThe percentage of the total population with access to public sewerage that includes a secondary treatment process.
More about this variableThe percentage of the total population with access to public sewerage that includes a tertiary treatment process.
More about this variableThe number of square meters of built-up area per inhabitant (m2/person).
More about this variableThe built up area expressed as a percentage of total land area.
More about this variableThe energy intensity calculated as TPES (Total Primary Energy Supply) per capita (toe/person).
More about this variableEnvironmentally 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 government R&D expenditure.
More about this variableThe environmentally related research and development (R&D) expenditure, expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).
More about this variableTotal revenue gathered from environmentally-related taxes, fees, charges, tradable permits, deposit-refund systems, environmentally motivated subsidies, and voluntary approaches used for environmental policy, as percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The tax bases covered include: - Energy products (including vehicle fuels); - Motor vehicles and transport services; - Measured or estimated emissions to air and water, ozone depleting substances, certain non-point sources of water pollution, waste management and noise, as well as management of water, land, soil, forests, biodiversity, wildlife, and fish stocks. Same as oecd_etr_gdp.
More about this variableThe environmentally related Official Development Assistance (ODA) expressed as a percentage of total ODA.
More about this variableThe public budget for energy related research, development, and demonstration as a percentage of national gross domestic product (GDP).
More about this variableThe 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 activity using patent data across a wide range of environment-related technological domains (ENV-TECH, see link below), including environmental management, water-related adaptation, and climate change mitigation technologies. The counts used here include only higher-value inventions (with patent family size = 2).
More about this variableThe number of environment-related inventions expressed as a percentage of environment-related inventions worldwide. Indicators of technology development are constructed by measuring inventive activity using patent data across a wide range of environment-related technological domains (ENV-TECH), including environmental management, water-related adaptation, and climate change mitigation technologies. The counts used here include only higher-value inventions (with patent family size = 2, meaning inventions filed in two or more jurisdictions).
More about this variableThe 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), expressed as a percentage of total energy RD&D public budgets (directed at all forms of energy).
More about this variableThe growing stock of standing trees expressed in million cubic meters (m3).
More about this variableThe 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.
More about this variableThe intensity of use of forest resources measured as the ratio of actual fellings over annual productive capacity (i.e. gross increment).
More about this variableThe mortality from exposure to ambient ozone expressed in deaths per million inhabitants.
More about this variableThe mortality from exposure to lead expressed in deaths per million inhabitants.
More about this variableThe mortality from exposure to ambient PM2.5 expressed in deaths per million inhabitants.
More about this variableThe mortality from exposure to residential radon expressed in deaths per million inhabitants.
More about this variableThe waste collected by or on behalf of municipalities expressed in kilograms (kg) per person.
More about this variableThe municipal waste incinerated expressed as a percentage of all waste treated.
More about this variableThe municipal waste disposed to landfills expressed as a percentage of all waste treated.
More about this variableThe municipal waste recycled or composted expressed as a percentage of all waste treated.
More about this variableThe Official Development Assistance (ODA) targeting climate change mitigation expressed as a percentage of total ODA.
More about this variableThe 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 quality guidelines based on scientific evidence and expert advice. 10 μg/m3 is the air quality guideline (AQG): These are the lowest levels at which total, cardiopulmonary and lung cancer mortality have been shown to increase with more than 95% confidence in response to long-term exposure to PM2.5.
More about this variableThe 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 quality guidelines based on scientific evidence and expert advice. 35 μg/m3 is interim target-1: These levels are associated with about a 15% higher long-term mortality risk relative to the Air Quality Guideline (AQG) level, which is 10 μg/m3.
More about this variableThe 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 estimates (See OECD dataset "Exposure to PM2.5 in countries and regions").
More about this variableThe 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 unleaded premium 95, unleaded premium 98, and unleaded regular petrol, and are deflated using the Consumer Price Index.
More about this variableRenewable energy supply is defined as the contribution of renewables to the total primary energy supply (TPES).
More about this variableThe percentage of the national electrical supply generated from renewable sources.
More about this variableThe percentage of all public energy related research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) that is directed towards renewable energy.
More about this variableThe number of threatened bird species expressed as a percentage of total known species within a country.
More about this variableThe number of threatened mammal species expressed as a percentage of total known species within a country.
More about this variableThe number of threatened vascular plant species expressed as a percentage of total known species within a country.
More about this variableThe 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 for human use. A higher percentage indicates greater water stress.
More about this variableThe 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 the country. Abstraction refers to any process of water removal, extraction, or diversion for human use. A higher percentage, therefore, indicates greater water stress.
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