The 2024 edition of Regions and Cities at a Glance offers internationally comparable data to identify places where economic or social outcomes—or both— and the factors that impact on them, have been stronger and weaker, providing tools and guidance for policy development. Compiling this information is a significant task, requiring data from across the OECD and drawing on both conventional and unconventional sources and the findings of this edition underscore the importance of accurate statistics at the scale that matters for policy and people.
Drawing on a number of new and innovative data sources, this edition introduces several new features and indicators. As a response to the recent historically high levels of inflation across OECD countries, and the increased pressures this presented on the cost-of-living, it presents, for the first time, internationally comparable estimates of regional real GDP and real household income growth, adjusted for regional price changes. It also provides timely and detailed indicators on climate change, skill shortages (with a particular emphasis on transitions), and access to opportunities for various socio-economic groups in regions and cities. To complement the report, country profiles with key figures for each OECD country are accessible on the publication website.
The report was produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Director Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, as part of the Programme of Work of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC) and its Working Party on Territorial Indicators (WPTI). The final report was approved by written procedure by RDPC and WPTI delegates on 28 October 2024. The report was managed and edited by Ana Isabel Moreno Monroy, head of the Territorial Analysis and Statistics Unit, under the supervision of Rudiger Ahrend, head of the Economic Analysis, Data and Statistics Division. It was drafted by Alexandre Banquet, Marcos Díaz Ramírez, Claire Hoffmann, Ana Isabel Moreno Monroy, and Cem Özgüzel. Eric Gonnard, Claire Hoffmann and Josep Espasa Reig performed data collection and statistical analysis. The publication benefitted from support and contributions by Laurenz Baertsch, Claudia Baranzelli, Agustin Basauri, Antonela Miho, Antti Moisio, Miquel Vidal Bover, and Courtenay Wheeler, all from the CFE. Selen Gultekin, Tainá Souza Pacheco and Alison Weingarden (CFE) also provided contributions. Gillian Golden and Abel Schumann (Education Directorate) kindly contributed data. Mauricio Salazar Lozada and Josep Espasa Reig (CFE) prepared the country profiles to complement the report.
The report and country pages benefitted from comments by the delegates of the Working Party on Territorial Indicators and OECD colleagues, in particular Nadim Ahmad, David Burgalassi, Claire Charbit, Isabelle Chatry, Jose Enrique Garcilazo, Peter Horvat, Andres Fuentes Hutfilter, Lukas Kleine-Rueschkamp, Alexander Lembcke, Michelle Marshalian, Carlo Menon, Bernhard Nöbauer, Andrew Paterson, Raffaelle Trapasso, Wessel Vermeulen (CFE) and Ivan Haščič, Mikaël Maes, Vladimir Tesniere (Environment Directorate). The report was edited by Eleonore Morena, it was laid out by Meral Gedik and Jack Waters (CFE) managed the publication process. Finally, the OECD gratefully acknowledges the support from Mapbox in making their data available. The Mapbox data were obtained through the Development Data Partnership (datapartnership.org), a collaboration between international organisations and private sector companies to facilitate the efficient and responsible use of third-party data in international development.