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List of countries by labour productivity

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The following list of countries by labour productivity ranks countries by their labour productivity (also called workforce productivity). Labour productivity is the gross domestic product generated per hour of working time.

List (Our World in Data)[edit]

Different countries by labour productivity per working hour in 2019 International dollar according to Our World in Data:[1]

Country GDP per working hour
(2019 US$ PPP)
Year
 Ireland 125.09 2019
 Norway 100.33 2019
 Switzerland 82.91 2019
 Luxembourg 80.33 2019
 Denmark 76.00 2019
 United States 73.70 2019
 Netherlands 69.78 2019
 Germany 68.85 2019
 France 68.63 2019
 Belgium 66.27 2019
 Sweden 65.54 2019
 Austria 65.15 2019
 Iceland 64.24 2019
 Australia 61.44 2019
 Finland 58.44 2019
 Canada 57.24 2019
 Spain 56.31 2019
 Italy 56.09 2019
 Singapore 54.55 2019
 United Kingdom 54.35 2019
 Hong Kong 49.12 2019
 Taiwan 46.01 2019
 New Zealand 44.55 2019
 Turkey 43.69 2019
 Japan 42.56 2019
 Slovenia 42.50 2019
 Cyprus 42.39 2019
 Czech Republic 40.93 2019
 Israel 40.87 2019
 South Korea 40.77 2019
 Malta 40.63 2019
 Estonia 37.10 2019
 Poland 37.08 2019
 Slovakia 35.83 2019
 Portugal 35.15 2019
 Hungary 34.83 2019
 Romania 34.72 2019
 Lithuania 34.45 2019
 Latvia 33.54 2019
 Greece 33.03 2019
 Croatia 32.26 2019
 Brazil 31.49 2019
 Russia 29.55 2019
 Chile 28.42 2019
 Uruguay 28.38 2019
 Bulgaria 26.55 2019
 Malaysia 24.75 2019
 Trinidad and Tobago 21.24 2002
 Mexico 20.34 2019
 Costa Rica 20.02 2019
 Argentina 29.43 2019
 Sri Lanka 18.02 2019
 South Africa 17.97 2019
 Venezuela 17.80 2006
 Dominican Republic 17.53 2019
 Colombia 16.96 2019
 Ecuador 15.26 2019
 Thailand 15.17 2019
 Indonesia 11.84 2019
 China 11.69 2019
 Peru 11.01 2019
 Philippines 9.93 2019
 Pakistan 8.77 2019
 India 8.68 2019
 Jamaica 7.71 2002
 Vietnam 6.74 2019
 Myanmar 5.15 2019
 Bangladesh 4.79 2019
 Cambodia 3.43 2019

List (International Labour Organization)[edit]

Different countries by labour productivity per working hour in 2017 International dollar according to the International Labour Organization (ILO):[2]

Country GDP per working hour
(2017 US$ PPP)
Year
 Luxembourg 146.1 2023
 Ireland 142.5 2023
 Norway 92.6 2023
 Netherlands 79.8 2023
 Denmark 78.2 2023
 Switzerland 75.6 2023
 Belgium 75.5 2023
 Austria 74.2 2023
 Singapore 73.8 2023
 Sweden 70.0 2023
 Guyana 69.9 2023
 United States 69.7 2023
 Finland 68.6 2023
 Germany 68.1 2023
 France 67.9 2023
 Italy 61.7 2023
 Macau 60.6 2023
 United Kingdom 59.0 2023
 Australia 58.7 2023
 Iceland 57.9 2023
 Israel 57.2 2023
 Taiwan 57.0 2023
 Canada 56.9 2023
 Spain 56.6 2023
 Hong Kong 56.5 2023
 Saudi Arabia 53.2 2023
 Qatar 52.6 2023
 Malta 50.7 2023
 Puerto Rico 50.3 2023
 Brunei 49.5 2023
 Slovenia 48.2 2023
 Lithuania 46.4 2023
 Czech Republic 46.3 2023
 New Zealand 45.6 2023
 Panama 44.9 2023
 Croatia 44.1 2023
 Bahrain 43.9 2023
 Estonia 43.9 2023
 Portugal 43.7 2023
 South Korea 42.0 2023
 Greece 41.9 2023
 United Arab Emirates 41.7 2023
 Japan 41.6 2023
 Latvia 40.7 2023
 Turkey 40.4 2023
 Romania 38.4 2023
 Kuwait 37.6 2023
 Slovakia 36.6 2023
 Poland 36.5 2023
 Hungary 35.5 2023
 Cyprus 34.7 2023
 Bahamas 32.9 2023
 Oman 31.4 2023
 Brazil 31.3 2023
 Kazakhstan 30.1 2023
 Libya 29.7 2023
 Uruguay 29.6 2023
 Russia 29.5 2023
 Chile 28.9 2023
 Bulgaria 28.6 2023
 Trinidad and Tobago 27.8 2023
 Argentina 27.5 2023
 Malaysia 25.9 2023
 Montenegro 25.8 2023
 Gabon 25.6 2023
 Mauritius 25.5 2023
 Iraq 25.2 2023
 Costa Rica 25.1 2023
 Iran 23.1 2023
 North Macedonia 22.7 2023
 Turkmenistan 22.0 2023
 Dominican Republic 21.9 2023
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.5 2023
 Georgia 21.5 2023
 Botswana 20.8 2023
 South Africa 20.8 2023
 Serbia 20.6 2023
 Armenia 20.5 2023
 Maldives 20.5 2023
 Mexico 20.2 2023
 Suriname 20.1 2023
 Egypt 19.9 2023
 Equatorial Guinea 19.9 2023
 Belarus 19.7 2023
 Djibouti 19.5 2023
 Algeria 19.4 2023
 Fiji 18.6 2023
 Cuba 17.9 2023
 Jordan 17.8 2023
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.5 2023
 Lebanon 16.9 2023
 Barbados 16.7 2023
 Albania 16.5 2023
 Azerbaijan 16.5 2023
 Tunisia 16.0 2023
 Colombia 15.8 2023
 Saint Lucia 15.7 2023
 Eswatini 15.6 2023
 China 15.4 2023
 Sri Lanka 14.9 2023
 Thailand 14.7 2023
 Namibia 14.1 2023
 Paraguay 13.7 2023
 Indonesia 13.5 2023
 Mongolia 13.5 2023
 Mauritania 12.9 2023
 Morocco 12.4 2023
 Peru 12.3 2023
 Yemen 12.1 2023
 Venezuela 11.6 2023
 Ecuador 11.5 2023
 Belize 11.3 2023
 Guatemala 11.1 2023
 Uzbekistan 11.1 2023
 Tonga 10.6 2023
 Philippines 10.5 2023
 Vietnam 9.8 2023
 El Salvador 9.7 2023
 Laos 9.4 2023
 Cape Verde 9.3 2023
 Jamaica 8.9 2023
 Moldova 8.7 2023
 Bolivia 8.6 2023
 Tajikistan 8.5 2023
 Angola 8.0 2023
 India 7.9 2023
 Ghana 7.8 2023
 Samoa 7.8 2023
 Bhutan 7.6 2023
 Nepal 7.5 2023
 Western Sahara 7.4 2023
 Kyrgyzstan 7.2 2023
 Nicaragua 7.0 2023
 Pakistan 6.9 2023
 Timor-Leste 6.9 2023
 Ivory Coast 6.8 2023
 Honduras 6.8 2023
 Nigeria 6.8 2023
 Bangladesh 6.6 2023
 Comoros 6.6 2023
 São Tomé and Príncipe 6.4 2023
 Sudan 6.2 2023
 Papua New Guinea 5.7 2023
 Senegal 5.5 2023
 Syria 5.3 2023
 Somalia 5.0 2023
 Benin 4.9 2023
 Kenya 4.9 2023
 Rwanda 4.9 2023
 Guinea 4.8 2023
 Myanmar 4.8 2023
 Vanuatu 4.8 2023
 Zambia 4.6 2023
 Cameroon 4.3 2023
 Republic of the Congo 4.2 2023
 Cambodia 3.8 2023
 Ethiopia 3.4 2023
 Gambia 3.4 2023
 Haiti 3.4 2023
 Guinea-Bissau 3.2 2023
 South Sudan 3.2 2023
 Uganda 3.2 2023
 Zimbabwe 3.2 2023
 Afghanistan 3.0 2023
 Togo 3.0 2023
 Mali 2.9 2023
 Burkina Faso 2.8 2023
 Tanzania 2.8 2023
 Lesotho 2.5 2023
 Malawi 2.5 2023
 Solomon Islands 2.4 2023
 Sierra Leone 2.3 2023
 Eritrea 2.1 2023
 Mozambique 2.0 2023
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.9 2023
 Madagascar 1.8 2023
 Niger 1.7 2023
 North Korea 1.3 2023
 Liberia 1.3 2023
 Central African Republic 1.1 2023
 Burundi 0.8 2023

Historical development[edit]

Different countries by development of labour productivity since 1970 according to the OECD:[3]

GDP per hour worked 1970–2020
(2015=100)
Country 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 2020
 Australia 51.4 60.3 66.0 80.9 92.2 100 103.1
 Austria 83.0 95.6 100 103.7
 Belgium 38.4 58.3 71.6 88.1 96.4 100 104.0
 Bulgaria 63.8 89.5 100 110.6
 Canada 56.1 66.6 73.1 86.7 94.7 100 111.4
 Chile 43.4 72.5 89.6 100 119.4
 Colombia 73.3 80.8 77.3 89.0 100 134.2
 Costa Rica 68.1 86.9 100 128.1
 Croatia 75.2 88.5 100 97.3
 Czech Republic 66.0 91.7 100 107.8
 Denmark 39.2 54.5 70.0 85.6 94.2 100 107.7
 Estonia 60.5 95.2 100 119.5
 Finland 30.2 46.8 63.3 86.5 98.9 100 103.3
 France 36.6 54.3 72.9 87.5 95.7 100 103.5
 Germany 38.8 56.2 70.9 87.1 94.9 100 104.0
 Greece 85.1 99.9 112.8 100 99.0
 Hungary 69.3 97.5 100 112.1
 Iceland 33.2 54.9 61.6 69.6 96.1 100 108.8
 Ireland 17.0 27.1 39.3 58.9 78.8 100 122.4
 Israel 75.6 81.6 92.5 100 115.1
 Italy 47.5 70.9 84.6 99.1 98.9 100 103.0
 Japan 30.2 45.8 68.0 84.5 94.1 100 104.5
 South Korea 8.4 14.6 30.8 55.9 90.4 100 117.6
 Latvia 54.1 87.4 100 116.1
 Lithuania 53.4 88.0 100 119.5
 Luxembourg 46.5 58.3 82.3 97.7 101.4 100 101.1
 Mexico 99.1 94.4 100 98.2
 Netherlands 44.5 65.0 77.2 88.0 97.1 100 98.8
 New Zealand 57.2 62.1 74.9 84.1 94.3 100 101.3
 Norway 35.0 54.0 69.2 90.5 97.2 100 102.7
 Poland 64.6 91.3 100 119.6
 Portugal 41.0 58.3 71.5 86.1 97.2 100 103.2
 Romania 43.8 82.4 100 117.8
 Russia 63.5 95.0 100 112.3
 Slovakia 58.6 89.7 100 112.7
 Slovenia 76.3 96.4 100 111.5
 South Africa 89.7 100
 Spain 37.6 59.6 78.5 86.9 94.3 100 101.0
 Sweden 44.2 56.2 63.1 79.6 95.0 100 103.3
 Switzerland 57.8 70.8 77.6 86.4 97.8 100 107.0
 Turkey 26.6 35.1 52.2 62.4 83.6 100 122.0
 United Kingdom 40.4 53.8 66.8 87.1 97.7 100 104.6
 United States 48.8 56.7 66.0 78.9 98.2 100 106.3

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Productivity per hour worked". Our World in Data. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  2. ^ "Statistics on labour productivity". ILOSTAT. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  3. ^ "Productivity - GDP per hour worked - OECD Data". theOECD. Retrieved 2022-02-02.