OECD

American  

1. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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OECD British  

abbreviation

1. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; an association of 34 nations to promote growth and trade, set up in 1961 to supersede the OEEC

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Example Sentences

“The forecast is shaped by two counteracting forces,” said Asa Johansson, director of policy studies at the OECD.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

On the right-hand side of the chart, Northern European countries with generous paternity leaves, like Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, tend to have high male participation in household labor and higher-than-average birth rates for the OECD.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2025

Logging an average of 1,872 hours a year — a 10-hour a week reduction — South Koreans now rank sixth in the 38-member OECD.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

The Paris-based OECD, comprising 38 mainly developed countries, estimated that international growth would also slow from an expected 2.9% in 2023 to 2.7% in 2024.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

When 35 million, nowadays unemployed in the OECD, are supposed to find a job, then apparently the policy maker is supposed to be able to judge on the �stabilities� involved.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas