OECD Data Explorer API

Put it to work

Potential use cases

A starting use for this source

Retrieve comparative country-level measures and their dimensions from OECD datasets.

Add context to a market narrative

Compare an appropriate economic series with the market change you are investigating. Keep geography, time period and units consistent before using it in a planning memo or article.

What it covers

Geography and granularity

Geography: OECD members and other covered economies, depending on dataset

Granularity: SDMX data and structural metadata by dataset

Source type: International official statistics

Access and cost

Public API

Use the Data Explorer query builder or SDMX documentation; responsible-use rate limits apply.

Cost: Free of charge subject to OECD terms and conditions.

Update cadence: Dataset-specific publication and revision schedules.

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Before you use it

Limits that matter

The API transports data; it does not harmonize away differences in country methods, coverage, units or reference periods.