[1] As of May 2023, OFCE was ranked 16th worldwide (and first in France) among economic think tanks by the RePEc initiative.

[2] OFCE was founded in 1981 following a 1979 report by René Lenoir [fr] and Baudouin Prot.

[3] It was long established in a riverfront building on 69, Quai d'Orsay in Paris, and moved in March 2017 to more modern offices at 10, place de Catalogne.

[8] In late 2023, a government-commissioned report by economists Jean-Luc Tavernier [fr] and Nicolas Véron recommended a merger between OFCE and CEPII, another government-funded think tank that focuses on international economics.

Upon the report's publication, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne endorsed the recommendation.