Publications & Documents

Financial Accounts and Balance Sheets

Financial accounts and balance sheets are part of countries’ national accounts, which are compiled in line with the international standards of the 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA). The balance sheets (stocks) provide a systematic recording of assets and liabilities, by economic sector, at a point in time. The financial accounts (flows) explain changes over time.

Government Finances and Public Sector Debt

Government Finance Statistics present the accounts of the General Government sector of the national accounts, which provide insight into the economic performance of central, state and local governments and social security funds. Data on Public Sector Debt is for the whole of the public sector which includes financial and non-financial public corporations as well as General Government.

Supply and Use Tables

Supply-Use tables provide the key accounting mechanism to ensure that there is coherence between the various sources of data and approaches countries use to estimate GDP – expenditure, output and income. They also have the potential to inform a wide range of policy areas.

Annual National Accounts: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Answers to mostly asked questions about GDP and other national accounts data series.

GDP and Non-financial Accounts

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the most well-known indicator from the national accounts. It measures total output (or production) of a country’s economy. For those wanting to go ‘beyond GDP’ to build a fuller picture of people’s economic well-being, the non-financial accounts contain indicators for the household sector. They also provide analysis of firms’ investments, value added and productivity.

G20 GDP Growth - Fourth quarter of 2023, OECD

G20 GDP growth continues at a steady pace in the fourth quarter of 2023

GDP Growth - Fourth quarter of 2023, OECD

OECD GDP grows by 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2023

Growth and economic well-being: Third quarter 2023, OECD

Real household income falls slightly after four quarters of growth

Household distributional results in line with national accounts, experimental statistics

There is a large demand for household distributional information in line with national accounts totals, as it provides comprehensive, coherent and comparable results that are consistent with macroeconomic aggregates. For that reason, the OECD and Eurostat launched an expert group to develop distributional results on income, consumption and savings in line with national accounts aggregates.

OECD Handbook on the Compilation of Household Distributional Results on Income, Consumption and Saving in Line with National Accounts Totals