This dataset provides indicators on passenger private road motor vehicles by type of engine, in regions. A road motor vehicle is defined here as a vehicle other than a motorcycle, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine persons including the driver. The term passenger car therefore covers micro-cars (do not need a permit to be driven), taxis and hired passenger cars, provided that they have fewer than ten seats. This category may also include pick-ups
Regions and territorial levels
Regions are subnational units below national boundaries and correspond to administrative divisions defined autonomously by countries according to different criteria. The OECD classifies regions into two regional levels: large regions (territorial level 2 or TL2) and small regions (territorial level 3 or TL3). This classification facilitates greater comparability of geographic units at the same territorial level.
For more information, see the OECD Territorial grid (pdf).
Regional typologies
Regional typologies helps to assess differences in socio-economic trends in regions, both within and across countries. Small (TL3) regions are categorized based on shared characteristics into two types of typology:
- Typology based on the proximity of regions to functional urban areas of different sizes (FUAs encompass the economic and functional extent of cities based on daily people’s movements). See the methodology (pdf).
- Typology based on urban-rural population: traditionally the OECD has classified small regions as predominantly urban, intermediate, or predominantly rural regions. See the methodology (pdf).
The list of OECD regions and typologies are presented in the OECD Territorial correspondence table (xlsx).
Cite this dataset
OECD Regions, Cities and Local Areas database http://oe.cd/geostats.
Further information
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