Besides a high per capita income, the OECD member nations have a record better than those of most other countries in noneconomic areas like education, medicine, culture and leisure, and social involvement--a development that is sound and multifaceted.
因此 OECD 會員國除了在國民所得、產業結構方面，有優於大多數國家的成績；在國民教育程度、醫療、文化休閒、社會參與度等非經濟層面，也有健全而多元的發展。