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1. Fit for Figure 1.2. Average stringency of lockdown measures across OECD countries
Version 1 - Last updated: 08-Jul-2021
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1.2 Average stringency of lockdown measures across OECD countries

1 January 2020 – 15 May 2021, on a scale of 0-100

100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
01Jan2020
13Jan2020
25Jan2020

06Apr2020
18Apr2020
30Apr2020

05Jun2020
17Jun2020
29Jun2020
11Jul2020
23Jul2020

07Jan2021
19Jan2021
31Jan2021
06Feb2020
18Feb2020
01Mar2020
13Mar2020
25Mar2020

12May2020
24May2020

04Aug2020
16Aug2020
28Aug2020
09Sep2020
21Sep2020
03Oct2020
15Oct2020
27Oct2020
08Nov2020
20Nov2020
02Dec2020
14Dec2020
26Dec2020

12Feb2021
24Feb2021
Source: OECD calculations from Hale et al. (2020[10]), Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/research-projects/co
Note: The graph presents the population-weighted average of the COVID-19 Government Response Stringency Index for OECD countries based on data fr

01Jan2020 02Jan2020 03Jan2020 04Jan2020 05Jan2020 06Jan2020 07Jan2020 08Jan2020 09Jan2020

Average str 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2581073 0.2581073 0.2581073
 07Jan2021
19Jan2021
31Jan2021

01Apr2021
13Apr2021
25Apr2021
02Dec2020
14Dec2020
26Dec2020

12Feb2021
24Feb2021
08Mar2021
20Mar2021

07May2021

.uk/research/research-projects/covid-19-government-response-tracker#data; Population data from World Bank (2020[11]), World Development Indicators: Population, tota
OECD countries based on data from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker (https://covidtracker.bsg.ox.ac.uk/). This collates publicly available information o

10Jan2020 11Jan2020 12Jan2020 13Jan2020 14Jan2020 15Jan2020 16Jan2020 17Jan2020 18Jan2020 19Jan2020
0.2581073 0.2581073 0.2581073 0.2581073 0.2581073 0.2581073 0.2581073 0.2581073 0.2581073 0.2581073
pment Indicators: Population, total, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.
es publicly available information on government responses (school closures, workplace closures, cancellations of public events, restrictions on gatherings, public transport

20Jan2020 21Jan2020 22Jan2020 23Jan2020 24Jan2020 25Jan2020 26Jan2020 27Jan2020 28Jan2020 29Jan2020
0.5313494 0.8396868 1.0937763 1.3752243 2.0663478 2.2735574 2.3574517 2.4532192 2.50017 2.5016472
ns on gatherings, public transport closures, restrictions on movement), recorded on an ordinal scale. The COVID-19 Government Response Stringency Index is a simple a

30Jan2020 31Jan2020 01Feb2020 02Feb2020 03Feb2020 04Feb2020 05Feb2020 06Feb2020 07Feb2020 08Feb2020
2.7913418 4.0048148 5.139941 6.7225954 7.0746829 8.4431127 8.7835883 8.8174011 9.4989658 9.4989658
se Stringency Index is a simple additive score of relevant indicators measured on an ordinal scale, rescaled to range from 0 to 100. This measure is for comparative purpo

09Feb2020 10Feb2020 11Feb2020 12Feb2020 13Feb2020 14Feb2020 15Feb2020 16Feb2020 17Feb2020 18Feb2020
9.5359122 9.5359122 9.5359122 9.8751765 9.8751765 9.8751765 9.8751765 9.8751765 9.8751765 9.8751765
measure is for comparative purposes only, and should not be interpreted as a rating of the appropriateness or effectiveness of a country's response.

19Feb2020 20Feb2020 21Feb2020 22Feb2020 23Feb2020 24Feb2020 25Feb2020 26Feb2020 27Feb2020 28Feb2020
9.8751765 10.391391 11.289297 11.699863 13.33328 13.754532 15.165091 15.51636 15.855106 16.393261
29Feb2020 01Mar2020 02Mar2020 03Mar2020 04Mar2020 05Mar2020 06Mar2020 07Mar2020 08Mar2020 09Mar2020
17.846071 18.554506 20.604835 20.67951 21.011149 23.40619 23.523011 23.531548 23.531548 24.593613
10Mar2020 11Mar2020 12Mar2020 13Mar2020 14Mar2020 15Mar2020 16Mar2020 17Mar2020 18Mar2020 19Mar2020
26.638063 27.897264 32.283124 33.067446 36.2803 38.182734 46.447382 49.538077 51.994822 55.640182
20Mar2020 21Mar2020 22Mar2020 23Mar2020 24Mar2020 25Mar2020 26Mar2020 27Mar2020 28Mar2020 29Mar2020
56.826985 60.652338 62.164743 64.651041 68.578498 70.195746 71.291702 71.58612 72.000726 72.120999
30Mar2020 31Mar2020 01Apr2020 02Apr2020 03Apr2020 04Apr2020 05Apr2020 06Apr2020 07Apr2020 08Apr2020
74.340277 75.012324 75.13013 75.099201 75.375749 75.429937 75.429937 75.591166 75.781435 75.854352
09Apr2020 10Apr2020 11Apr2020 12Apr2020 13Apr2020 14Apr2020 15Apr2020 16Apr2020 17Apr2020 18Apr2020
75.947914 75.794815 75.889867 76.136384 76.022892 75.745618 75.729788 75.90155 75.88311 75.57532
19Apr2020 20Apr2020 21Apr2020 22Apr2020 23Apr2020 24Apr2020 25Apr2020 26Apr2020 27Apr2020 28Apr2020
75.550623 74.220625 74.180704 74.180704 74.162558 74.26546 74.26546 74.240829 74.3077 74.292726
29Apr2020 30Apr2020 01May2020 02May2020 03May2020 04May2020 05May2020 06May2020 07May2020 08May2020
74.279313 74.243749 74.23729 74.219144 74.109544 72.466855 72.351905 71.860235 71.747147 71.777762
09May2020 10May2020 11May2020 12May2020 13May2020 14May2020 15May2020 16May2020 17May2020 18May2020
71.777762 71.777762 70.781042 70.773235 70.502897 69.683667 69.635723 69.603909 69.459906 69.057497
19May2020 20May2020 21May2020 22May2020 23May2020 24May2020 25May2020 26May2020 27May2020 28May2020
68.944408 68.784839 68.784839 68.632624 68.632624 68.632624 67.521836 67.560639 67.432559 67.432559
29May2020 30May2020 31May2020 01Jun2020 02Jun2020 03Jun2020 04Jun2020 05Jun2020 06Jun2020 07Jun2020
67.818753 67.328842 67.328842 64.677698 64.173646 63.590091 63.590091 63.522951 63.464565 63.464565
08Jun2020 09Jun2020 10Jun2020 11Jun2020 12Jun2020 13Jun2020 14Jun2020 15Jun2020 16Jun2020 17Jun2020
63.101578 63.023531 62.996756 62.994226 62.638272 62.596297 62.581458 61.558745 61.558745 61.513191
18Jun2020 19Jun2020 20Jun2020 21Jun2020 22Jun2020 23Jun2020 24Jun2020 25Jun2020 26Jun2020 27Jun2020
61.739979 61.693427 61.682277 60.81313 59.731312 59.765816 59.765816 59.800778 59.673342 59.62953
28Jun2020 29Jun2020 30Jun2020 01Jul2020 02Jul2020 03Jul2020 04Jul2020 05Jul2020 06Jul2020 07Jul2020
59.62953 59.623853 59.604964 59.569501 59.753996 59.935051 60.249106 60.249106 60.019068 59.509254
08Jul2020 09Jul2020 10Jul2020 11Jul2020 12Jul2020 13Jul2020 14Jul2020 15Jul2020 16Jul2020 17Jul2020
59.630111 59.29103 59.266813 58.993142 58.993142 58.962351 58.962351 59.218857 59.147315 59.086046
18Jul2020 19Jul2020 20Jul2020 21Jul2020 22Jul2020 23Jul2020 24Jul2020 25Jul2020 26Jul2020 27Jul2020
59.01539 59.020454 58.589585 58.589585 57.282895 57.712764 57.712764 57.712764 58.056288 57.710646
28Jul2020 29Jul2020 30Jul2020 31Jul2020 01Aug2020 02Aug2020 03Aug2020 04Aug2020 05Aug2020 06Aug2020
57.74538 57.815721 57.815721 58.010776 58.152529 58.221536 58.278693 58.278693 58.619782 58.44802
07Aug2020 08Aug2020 09Aug2020 10Aug2020 11Aug2020 12Aug2020 13Aug2020 14Aug2020 15Aug2020 16Aug2020
58.470754 58.393325 58.440192 58.220584 58.180641 58.311873 58.217093 58.361072 58.361072 58.301761
17Aug2020 18Aug2020 19Aug2020 20Aug2020 21Aug2020 22Aug2020 23Aug2020 24Aug2020 25Aug2020 26Aug2020
58.419068 58.570894 58.570894 58.918922 58.91052 58.91052 58.920571 59.090509 58.943745 58.943745
27Aug2020 28Aug2020 29Aug2020 30Aug2020 31Aug2020 01Sep2020 02Sep2020 03Sep2020 04Sep2020 05Sep2020
58.896879 58.973718 58.973718 58.973718 58.890018 57.823718 57.703177 57.686887 57.338925 57.338925
06Sep2020 07Sep2020 08Sep2020 09Sep2020 10Sep2020 11Sep2020 12Sep2020 13Sep2020 14Sep2020 15Sep2020
57.326849 57.178569 57.167376 57.494603 58.434275 57.683783 57.162583 57.162583 57.175294 57.18579
16Sep2020 17Sep2020 18Sep2020 19Sep2020 20Sep2020 21Sep2020 22Sep2020 23Sep2020 24Sep2020 25Sep2020
57.18579 57.191861 57.335059 57.348922 57.29675 56.776293 57.032159 57.022108 56.59681 56.621508
26Sep2020 27Sep2020 28Sep2020 29Sep2020 30Sep2020 01Oct2020 02Oct2020 03Oct2020 04Oct2020 05Oct2020
56.75859 56.75859 57.060874 57.229195 57.182245 57.093353 57.089085 57.182677 57.077355 57.372561
06Oct2020 07Oct2020 08Oct2020 09Oct2020 10Oct2020 11Oct2020 12Oct2020 13Oct2020 14Oct2020 15Oct2020
57.609311 57.678869 57.678869 57.329403 57.385971 57.402857 56.936113 58.383725 58.379814 58.965909
16Oct2020 17Oct2020 18Oct2020 19Oct2020 20Oct2020 21Oct2020 22Oct2020 23Oct2020 24Oct2020 25Oct2020
58.852417 59.100819 59.100819 59.332325 59.365486 59.441565 59.683972 61.166393 62.237454 62.458752
26Oct2020 27Oct2020 28Oct2020 29Oct2020 30Oct2020 31Oct2020 01Nov2020 02Nov2020 03Nov2020 04Nov2020
61.670089 61.717173 61.106918 60.668904 62.238318 62.239795 62.239795 62.609616 62.68005 62.809662
05Nov2020 06Nov2020 07Nov2020 08Nov2020 09Nov2020 10Nov2020 11Nov2020 12Nov2020 13Nov2020 14Nov2020
62.951158 63.121412 63.517769 63.552272 64.032898 64.068834 64.0743 64.0743 64.0743 64.0743
15Nov2020 16Nov2020 17Nov2020 18Nov2020 19Nov2020 20Nov2020 21Nov2020 22Nov2020 23Nov2020 24Nov2020
64.0743 66.506208 66.554576 66.627736 66.600012 66.963617 66.951952 66.739001 66.93909 66.882777
25Nov2020 26Nov2020 27Nov2020 28Nov2020 29Nov2020 30Nov2020 01Dec2020 02Dec2020 03Dec2020 04Dec2020
66.882777 66.819716 66.819716 66.637269 66.637269 66.995327 67.832862 66.939833 66.707452 66.673805
05Dec2020 06Dec2020 07Dec2020 08Dec2020 09Dec2020 10Dec2020 11Dec2020 12Dec2020 13Dec2020 14Dec2020
66.673805 66.673805 66.432543 66.986148 67.013873 67.013873 66.980466 67.00251 67.00251 67.30393
15Dec2020 16Dec2020 17Dec2020 18Dec2020 19Dec2020 20Dec2020 21Dec2020 22Dec2020 23Dec2020 24Dec2020
67.426418 68.007835 68.007835 68.036864 68.368127 68.368127 68.406763 68.653469 69.150141 69.538841
25Dec2020 26Dec2020 27Dec2020 28Dec2020 29Dec2020 30Dec2020 31Dec2020 01Jan2021 02Jan2021 03Jan2021
69.333909 69.611361 69.710628 69.549952 69.549952 69.739144 71.050874 70.964068 70.857771 70.857771
04Jan2021 05Jan2021 06Jan2021 07Jan2021 08Jan2021 09Jan2021 10Jan2021 11Jan2021 12Jan2021 13Jan2021
70.8567 71.559859 70.72815 70.9902 70.995404 71.132262 71.013358 70.530356 70.530356 70.528879
14Jan2021 15Jan2021 16Jan2021 17Jan2021 18Jan2021 19Jan2021 20Jan2021 21Jan2021 22Jan2021 23Jan2021
70.528879 71.053868 71.075732 71.075732 70.959421 70.959421 70.987361 71.030904 71.170753 71.224066
24Jan2021 25Jan2021 26Jan2021 27Jan2021 28Jan2021 29Jan2021 30Jan2021 31Jan2021 01Feb2021 02Feb2021
71.224066 70.389651 70.740805 70.764196 70.764196 70.857218 71.106012 71.41189 71.132972 71.132972
03Feb2021 04Feb2021 05Feb2021 06Feb2021 07Feb2021 08Feb2021 09Feb2021 10Feb2021 11Feb2021 12Feb2021
70.239046 70.239046 70.046723 70.046723 69.898737 69.624235 69.354913 69.354913 69.346507 69.721101
13Feb2021 14Feb2021 15Feb2021 16Feb2021 17Feb2021 18Feb2021 19Feb2021 20Feb2021 21Feb2021 22Feb2021
69.721101 69.721101 69.75435 69.680595 69.680595 69.182477 69.170138 69.168921 69.168921 68.873747
23Feb2021 24Feb2021 25Feb2021 26Feb2021 27Feb2021 28Feb2021 01Mar2021 02Mar2021 03Mar2021 04Mar2021
68.450134 68.450134 68.554915 69.140786 69.282433 69.388924 68.255422 66.386773 66.339617 65.444174
05Mar2021 06Mar2021 07Mar2021 08Mar2021 09Mar2021 10Mar2021 11Mar2021 12Mar2021 13Mar2021 14Mar2021
65.952426 65.776343 65.664152 65.502497 65.546325 65.546325 65.571609 65.60362 65.499041 65.499041
15Mar2021 16Mar2021 17Mar2021 18Mar2021 19Mar2021 20Mar2021 21Mar2021 22Mar2021 23Mar2021 24Mar2021
64.732662 64.73067 64.819228 64.819228 65.313951 65.275254 65.275254 65.637798 64.520305 64.520305
25Mar2021 26Mar2021 27Mar2021 28Mar2021 29Mar2021 30Mar2021 31Mar2021 01Apr2021 02Apr2021 03Apr2021
64.526947 64.623205 64.323115 64.323115 64.191307 63.739001 63.739001 63.314267 63.314267 63.707713
04Apr2021 05Apr2021 06Apr2021 07Apr2021 08Apr2021 09Apr2021 10Apr2021 11Apr2021 12Apr2021 13Apr2021
63.707713 63.720037 63.587144 63.514925 63.514925 63.773032 63.773032 63.773032 62.850601 63.515872
14Apr2021 15Apr2021 16Apr2021 17Apr2021 18Apr2021 19Apr2021 20Apr2021 21Apr2021 22Apr2021 23Apr2021
63.515872 63.481368 63.406396 63.406396 63.394014 62.924066 62.924066 62.912214 62.781674 62.773153
24Apr2021 25Apr2021 26Apr2021 27Apr2021 28Apr2021 29Apr2021 30Apr2021 01May2021 02May2021 03May2021
63.446631 63.790155 63.809072 63.396942 63.349657 63.312711 63.600964 63.381308 63.450315 62.090608
04May2021 05May2021 06May2021 07May2021 08May2021 09May2021 10May2021 11May2021 12May2021 13May2021
62.038955 62.038955 61.914083 61.914083 61.736213 60.408526 60.217253 59.72705 59.645357 59.645357
14May2021 15May2021 16May2021 17May2021 18May2021 19May2021 20May2021 21May2021 22May2021 23May2021
59.645357 59.537783 59.513928 58.926423 58.326124 57.816924 57.816924 57.801094 57.787102 56.498789
24May2021 25May2021 26May2021 27May2021 28May2021 29May2021 30May2021 31May2021 01Jun2021 02Jun2021
56.129458 55.995266 56.036183 56.307797 56.722339 56.671205 56.671205 52.039056 51.805799 51.794555
03Jun2021 04Jun2021 05Jun2021 06Jun2021 07Jun2021 08Jun2021 09Jun2021 10Jun2021 11Jun2021 12Jun2021
51.794555 51.465168 46.205287 46.127668 41.70718 41.004014 37.856075 37.759717 37.45341 31.271846
13Jun2021 14Jun2021
28.71512 14.002909