This presentation comprises highlights from the publication OECD Competition Trends 2024 published in Paris on 6 March 2024 during the OECD Competition Open Day. The full publication can be accessed at oe.cd/comp-trends.

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OECD
Competition
Trends 2024
KEY HIGHLIGHTS

2. CompStats includes almost all of the world’s
competition enforcement and…
2
Non -OECD
39
77
OECD
38 Europe
34
77
MEA
18
Americas
10
Asia-Pacific
15

3. … over 30 economic and legal variables
3

4. 1. Competition staff and nominal budgets
continued growing but real budgets in 2022 decreased.
4
Real competition budget
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Real
competition
budget
EUR
Millions
Asia-Pacific Europe Middle East and Africa Americas
Although nominal budgets increased 10%
in 2022, real budget decreased 2.6%
Competition staff

5. 2. Leniency applications increased in all regions
for the first time since 2015
5
Total number of leniency applications
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
All Asia-Pacific Europe Americas Middle East and Africa

6. 3. But cartel decisions decreased, mostly in Europe
6
Average number of cartel decisions
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Avg
cartel
decisions
Asia-Pacific Middle East and Africa Americas Europe

7. 4. Abuse of dominance investigations and decisions
also declined
7
Average abuse of dominance investigations (left) and decisions
(right)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
All OECD Non-OECD

8. 5. As a result, fines imposed decreased in 2022
8
Average fines imposed per jurisdiction by type of infringement
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Avg
fines
in
EUR
Millions
Cartel Abuse of dominance

9. 6. There was a drop in merger notifications
9
Average merger notifications by region
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Americas Asia-Pacific Europe Middle East and Africa

10. 7. The intervention rate increased significantly in OECD
jurisdictions (as CAs approved more mergers with remedies)
10
Average merger intervention rate
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
All OECD Non-OECD
The total number of mergers
cleared with remedies in
phase I and II increased 56%.
It went from 169 mergers in
2021 to 263 in 2022.

11. 8. Prohibitions are concentrated in a few jurisdictions
11
Total prohibitions, by jurisdiction, 2015-2022
41
40
15
12
8 8
7 7
6 6 6
5
4 4 4 4 4
3 3
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45

12. 9. Horizontal theories of harm are the most common in
prohibition decisions
12
Total prohibitions, by theory of harm and whether it relied on a single
or multiple theories of harm, 2015-2022
139
16 16
34
20 23
4
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
Horizontal (unilateral) Horizontal (coordinated) Vertical Conglomerate
Total
prohibitions
Single TOH Multiple TOH

13. 10. The industries with most prohibitions between 2015-22
were manufacturing, retail trade and transportation
13
Total prohibitions, by industry (NAICS), 2015-2022
59
28
20 19
16 15
10 9 8 7 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Total
prohibitions

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