OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance presents indicators on individual regions and
cities since the turn of the new millennium. It provides a comprehensive picture of
past successes and likely challenges that regions and cities in OECD members and partner
countries will face in their efforts to build stronger, more sustainable and more
resilient economies. By relying on a combination of traditional and more innovative
data sources, OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance describes the evolving nature of
spatial disparities within countries from a multidimensional perspective. New topics
covered by this edition include the economic impact of recent shocks, such as the
pandemic and the energy crisis, housing affordability, climate change and digitalisation.
Employment has only recovered in about half of OECD regions. Colombia and Costa Rica,
as well as Greece, had the widest disparities of job recovery across their regions.
Energy
Although 50 OECD regions still rely mostly on coal for electricity generation, remote
regions lead clean energy production, and capital regions on the transition towards
electric and hybrid mobility.
Digital access
Metropolitan regions have 40% faster fixed internet on average than regions far from
metropolitan areas, meaning that rural areas could slip behind due to poor digital
infrastructure.
15 November 2022, 14:00-15:35 Paris Time Digital event
How are regions and cities adapting to the challenges of a strong recovery, increasing pressure for energy transition and raising costs of living? OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance 2022 focuses on the spatially heterogeneous effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as of those triggered by on-going megatrends, such as urbanisation, digitalisation and demographic change.