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The following signs are used in figures and tables:

.. : not available

_ : nil or negligible

. : decimal point

OECD Europe: This zone includes all European member countries of the OECD, i.e. Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

OECD: This zone includes all member countries of the OECD, i.e. the countries of OECD Europe plus Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Israel*, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand and the United States.

Country aggregates may include Secretariat estimates.

This publication presents EU aggregates that predate the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union on 1 February 2020. Therefore, the EU aggregates presented here refer to the European Union including the United Kingdom, unless otherwise stated.

Costa Rica was not an OECD member at the time this publication was prepared. Accordingly, Costa Rica does not appear in the list of OECD members and is not included in the zone aggregates.

Monetary unit: Euro (EUR)

In 2019, USD 1 = EUR 0.893

In 2018, USD 1 = EUR 0.847

This report is based on information and data available up to December 2020.

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