OECD STAN Database for Industrial Analysis

Abstract

This database contains several related sets of data: 1) STAN Industry includes annual measures of output, labour input, investment and international trade from 1970 onward for OECD countries. Compatible with other OECD data bases, STAN is based on the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities, Revision 3 (ISIC Rev.3) and covers all activities (including services). 2) STAN R&D (ANBERD) presents industrial research and development (R&D) expenditure data in ISIC Revision 3 for 19 OECD countries, as well as a zone total for the EU. The coverage has been extended to 58 sectors, particularly service sectors, covering 1973-1998 in ISIC Rev. 2 and 1987-onwards in ISIC Rev. 3; 3) STAN Indicators monitors industrial structure and performance for OECD countries and various country groups via 29 measures related to international trade, industrial composition, business enterprise R&D, employment and productivity. Series from 1980-onwards cover the manufacturing and services sectors as well as additional industry groups based on technology intensity; 4) STAN Bilateral Trade Database (STAN BTD) shows detailed trade flows by manufacturing industry from one country (or geographical area) to another. For each declaring country, exports of goods to and imports of goods from corresponding partner countries are supplied for the years 1988-onwards. The data have been converted from the OECD’s product-based International Trade by Commodities Statistics (ITCS) using a standard conversion key and are presented in thousands of US dollars at current prices; 5) Input-Output Tables. Compatible with other OECD databases, STAN is based on the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities, Revision 3 (ISIC Rev.3) and covers all activities (including services). STAN is now updated on a "rolling basis" (i.e. new tables are posted when data is available) rather than published as an annual "snapshot".