The OECD carries out work on health data and indicators to improve international comparisons and economic analyses of health systems. OECD Health Statistics and Health at a Glance are, respectively, the leading statistical database and publication for international comparisons of health and health systems.
OECD Health Statistics offers the most comprehensive source for international comparisons of health and health systems, helping policy makers, researchers, journalists and citizens compare the performance of health systems across OECD and partner countries. It provides data on the health status of the population including obesity (overweight, obese), suicide and life expectancy, health care financing, health care resources, social protection, health care utilisation, the pharmaceutical market, long-term care resources and utilisation, non-medical determinants of health, expenditure on health, and demographic and economic references, with coverage being provided for OECD and selected non-OECD countries as far back as 1960.
