Definition: Rate

OECD - Data and Metadata Reporting

A rate refers to the occurrence of events over a specific interval in time.

Source:
Everitt, B.S., 1989, "The Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK [quoted in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), "Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook", OECD, Paris, 2007]

Created:
2009-09-18

Updated:
2019-05-10