Archive: 60-Industry Database (10-2003)

The 60-Industry Database provides a comprehensive internationally comparable dataset on industrial performance at a detailed industry level for OECD countries. Variables covered include current value added, value added deflators, persons engaged, number of employees, hours worked and labour compensation for 56 industries for the period 1979-2001 (for some countries up to 2000). For the European Union member countries and the United States, the current contents of this database is equal to the Industry Labour Productivity Database which is part of a joint study by GGDC and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, titled EU Productivity and Competitiveness: An Industry Perspective Can Europe Resume the Catching-up Process? (O'Mahony and van Ark, eds., Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 2003). This study was financially supported by the European Commission, DG Enterprise. Updates and extension of this database will be provided on a regular basis.

Please note that this is an old version of the 60-industry database, available for reproducing results of papers and other work based on this dataset. Proceed to the current 60-industry database for the latest data.

Downloadable country files:

A detailed example of the computation of aggregate deflators using the Tornqvist index can be found in a separate example-file.

Previous versions of this database

The 60-Industry database has been extended, updated and improved over time. The earlier versions of the database that have been used in the papers below are still available for replicating results: