Employment in manufacturing and services in affiliates under foreign control
As a percentage of total employment, 2005 or latest available year
The shares of foreign affiliates in manufacturing employment show considerable variation across OECD countries ranging from under 15% in Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States to 35% or more in the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, the Slovak Republic and Ireland. Employment in service sector foreign affiliates is lower in all countries although as noted above, comparability is affected in several countries by the exclusion of employment in banking and insurance services. In the period from 1999 to 2005, employment in foreign-controlled manufacturing affiliates grew or remained stable in all countries for which data are available except Spain and Ireland, where the rate slightly fell and in Belgium, Luxembourg and the United States where the shares have remained fairly stable. Particularly sharp increases were recorded by the Czech Republic, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Over the same period, employment in foreign-controlled service affiliates grew or remained stable in all countries for which data are available, except Belgium. The biggest increases were recorded in the Czech Republic, Ireland, Poland and Sweden.
Share of ICT in value added
Share of ICT manufacturing and ICT services value added, 2003
The ICT sector grew strongly in OECD countries over the 1990s. For the 1995-2003 period the share of ICT services has grown most in Ireland, Finland, Hungary and Sweden. In 2003, Finland’s ICT manufacturing sector’s share of manufacturing value added represented 22% of total manufacturing value added. In 2003, the ICT manufacturing sector represented between 1.2% and 22.2% of total manufacturing value added in OECD countries. The average share for the 25 OECD countries for which data are available was about 6.5%. The Telecommunication services sector is largest, as a percentage of business services value added, in Hungary, Portugal, Australia and Finland. It is smallest in Greece, Korea and the Netherlands.
Obese population aged 15 and above
As a percentage of population aged 15 and above, 2005 or latest available year
Half or more of the adult population is now defined as either being overweight or obese in no less than 15 OECD countries: Mexico, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Greece, New Zealand, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Finland, Spain and Iceland. By comparison, overweight and obesity rates are much lower in the OECD’s two Asian countries (Japan and Korea) and in some European countries (France and Switzerland), although overweight and obesity rates are also increasing in these countries. Focusing only on obesity, the prevalence of obesity among adults varies from a low of 3% in Japan and Korea to over 30% in the United States and Mexico. Based on consistent measures of obesity over time, the rate of obesity has more than doubled over the past 20 years in the United States, while it has almost tripled in Australia and more than tripled in the United Kingdom. The obesity rate in many Western European countries has also increased substantially over the past decade. In all countries, more men are overweight than women, but in almost half of OECD countries, more women are obese than men. Taking overweight and obesity together, the rate for women exceeds that for men in only two countries — Mexico and Turkey.
OECD renewable energy supply
Million tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe)
In OECD countries, total renewables supply grew by 2.3% per annum between 1971 and 2006 as compared to 1.4% per annum for total primary energy supply. Annual growth for hydro (1.1%) was lower than for other renewables such as geothermal (5.8%), combustible renewables and waste (2.7%). Due to a very low base in 1971, solar and wind experienced the most rapid growth in OECD member countries, especially where government policies have stimulated expansion of these energy sources. For total OECD, the contribution of renewables to energy supply increased from 4.7% in 1971 to 6.5% in 2006. The contribution of renewables varied greatly by country. On the high end, renewables represented 78% in Iceland and 39% in Norway. On the low end, renewables contributed only 1% to 2% of supply for Korea, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom. In general, the contribution of renewables to the energy supply in non-OECD countries is higher than in OECD countries. In 2005, renewables contributed 40% to the supply of Brazil, 31% in India, 15% in China, 11% in South Africa and 3% in the Russian Federation.
