List of countries by labour productivity
The following list of countries by labour productivity ranks countries by their workforce productivity. Labour productivity can be measured as gross domestic product (GDP) or gross national income (GNI) generated per hour of work.
OECD
[edit]Different countries by labour productivity measured as GDP per hour worked in 2023 (US$ PPP), GNI per hour worked in 2022 (US$ PPP), and productivity growth in 2024 (%):[1][2][3]
| Country | GDP per hour worked[1] |
GNI per hour worked[2] |
Productivity growth (%)[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ireland |
149.31 | 116.7 | 0.51 |
 Norway |
132.28 | 119.3 | 2.09 |
 Luxembourg |
126.45 | 88.1 | −0.37 |
 Switzerland |
100.63 | 98.5 | 1.24 |
 Belgium |
100.33 | 101.5 | 0.71 |
 Denmark |
99.23 | 107.6 | 3.34 |
 United States |
97.05 | 92.3 | 2.49 |
 Austria |
94.96 | 95.1 | −0.21 |
 Netherlands |
94.38 | 91.5 | −0.23 |
 Germany |
93.81 | 94.4 | −0.13 |
 Sweden |
89.22 | 99.2 | 1.37 |
 France |
88.15 | 88.3 | 0.37 |
 Australia |
83.66 | 75.6 | −10.90 |
 Finland |
82.96 | 85.5 | 0.63 |
 United Kingdom |
78.05 | 77.1 | −0.72 |
 Italy |
77.09 | 74.7 | −1.53 |
 Canada |
73.44 | 70.9 | −0.35 |
 Spain |
73.42 | 69.1 | 1.58 |
 Slovenia |
65.50 | 60.9 | 0.59 |
 Israel |
60.51 | 58.0 | 0.41 |
 Czech Republic |
60.48 | 54.5 | −1.26 |
 Lithuania |
60.37 | 59.0 | −0.15 |
 Slovakia |
60.13 | 55.7 | 1.26 |
 Portugal |
59.25 | 55.5 | 1.23 |
 Japan |
56.26 | 57.0 | −2.90 |
 Latvia |
55.88 | 57.1 | −0.34 |
 New Zealand |
55.42 | 50.6 | 0.06 |
 Hungary |
54.74 | 50.2 | 0.12 |
 South Korea |
54.64 | 50.8 | −3.12 |
 Poland |
54.28 | 53.8 | 4.20 |
 Estonia |
53.38 | 53.3 | −1.65 |
 Greece |
44.78 | 44.3 | 0.30 |
 Chile |
36.51 | 33.6 | – |
 Costa Rica |
31.84 | 27.5 | 0.03 |
 Mexico |
24.97 | 23.4 | −19.75 |
 Colombia |
21.35 | 20.0 | – |
 Turkey |
– | 44.4 | – |
 Bulgaria
|
– | – | 3.55 |
 Croatia
|
– | – | −1.47 |
 Iceland
|
– | – | −1.59 |
 Romania
|
– | – | −1.90 |
International Labour Organization
[edit]Different countries by labour productivity (GDP per working hour) in 2017 International dollar according to the International Labour Organization (ILO):[4]
Historical development
[edit]Different countries by development of labour productivity since 1970 according to the OECD:[5]
| Country | 2022 | 2020 | 2015 | 2010 | 2000 | 1990 | 1980 | 1970 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia
|
103.3 | 103.1 | 100 | 92.2 | 80.9 | 66.0 | 60.3 | 51.4 |
| Austria
|
105.0 | 103.7 | 100 | 95.6 | 83.0 | |||
| Belgium
|
101.8 | 104.0 | 100 | 96.4 | 88.1 | 71.6 | 58.3 | 38.4 |
| Bulgaria
|
110.6 | 100 | 89.5 | 63.8 | ||||
| Canada
|
104.1 | 111.4 | 100 | 94.7 | 86.7 | 73.1 | 66.6 | 56.1 |
| Chile
|
110.6 | 119.4 | 100 | 89.6 | 72.5 | 43.4 | ||
| Colombia
|
134.2 | 100 | 89.0 | 77.3 | 80.8 | 73.3 | ||
| Costa Rica
|
128.1 | 100 | 86.9 | 68.1 | ||||
| Croatia
|
97.3 | 100 | 88.5 | 75.2 | ||||
| Czech Republic
|
108.0 | 107.8 | 100 | 91.7 | 66.0 | |||
| Denmark
|
106.1 | 107.7 | 100 | 94.2 | 85.6 | 70.0 | 54.5 | 39.2 |
| Estonia
|
115.7 | 119.5 | 100 | 95.2 | 60.5 | |||
| Finland
|
106.1 | 103.3 | 100 | 98.9 | 86.5 | 63.3 | 46.8 | 30.2 |
| France
|
99.8 | 103.5 | 100 | 95.7 | 87.5 | 72.9 | 54.3 | 36.6 |
| Germany
|
106.5 | 104.0 | 100 | 94.9 | 87.1 | 70.9 | 56.2 | 38.8 |
| Greece
|
99.8 | 99.0 | 100 | 112.8 | 99.9 | 85.1 | ||
| Hungary
|
116.6 | 112.1 | 100 | 97.5 | 69.3 | |||
| Iceland
|
110.3 | 108.8 | 100 | 96.1 | 69.6 | 61.6 | 54.9 | 33.2 |
| Ireland
|
139.6 | 122.4 | 100 | 78.8 | 58.9 | 39.3 | 27.1 | 17.0 |
| Israel
|
118.0 | 115.1 | 100 | 92.5 | 81.6 | 75.6 | ||
| Italy
|
101.9 | 103.0 | 100 | 98.9 | 99.1 | 84.6 | 70.9 | 47.5 |
| Japan
|
104.1 | 104.5 | 100 | 94.1 | 84.5 | 68.0 | 45.8 | 30.2 |
| South Korea
|
121.3 | 117.6 | 100 | 90.4 | 55.9 | 30.8 | 14.6 | 8.4 |
| Latvia
|
128.9 | 116.1 | 100 | 87.4 | 54.1 | |||
| Lithuania
|
120.5 | 119.5 | 100 | 88.0 | 53.4 | |||
| Luxembourg
|
100.4 | 101.1 | 100 | 101.4 | 97.7 | 82.3 | 58.3 | 46.5 |
| Mexico
|
92.4 | 98.2 | 100 | 94.4 | 99.1 | |||
| Netherlands
|
102.7 | 98.8 | 100 | 97.1 | 88.0 | 77.2 | 65.0 | 44.5 |
| New Zealand
|
105.1 | 101.3 | 100 | 94.3 | 84.1 | 74.9 | 62.1 | 57.2 |
| Norway
|
103.4 | 102.7 | 100 | 97.2 | 90.5 | 69.2 | 54.0 | 35.0 |
| Poland
|
126.0 | 119.6 | 100 | 91.3 | 64.6 | |||
| Portugal
|
111.2 | 103.2 | 100 | 97.2 | 86.1 | 71.5 | 58.3 | 41.0 |
| Romania
|
117.8 | 100 | 82.4 | 43.8 | ||||
 Russia
|
112.3 | 100 | 95.0 | 63.5 | ||||
| Slovakia
|
116.5 | 112.7 | 100 | 89.7 | 58.6 | |||
| Slovenia
|
113.5 | 111.5 | 100 | 96.4 | 76.3 | |||
 South Africa
|
100 | 89.7 | ||||||
| Spain
|
102.5 | 101.0 | 100 | 94.3 | 86.9 | 78.5 | 59.6 | 37.6 |
| Sweden
|
108.3 | 103.3 | 100 | 95.0 | 79.6 | 63.1 | 56.2 | 44.2 |
| Switzerland
|
111.0 | 107.0 | 100 | 97.8 | 86.4 | 77.6 | 70.8 | 57.8 |
| Turkey
|
124.8 | 122.0 | 100 | 83.6 | 62.4 | 52.2 | 35.1 | 26.6 |
| United Kingdom
|
104.3 | 104.6 | 100 | 97.7 | 87.1 | 66.8 | 53.8 | 40.4 |
 United States
|
107.0 | 106.3 | 100 | 98.2 | 78.9 | 66.0 | 56.7 | 48.8 |
See also
[edit]- Income distribution
- Labor share
- Median income
- Productivity
- Workforce productivity
- List of countries by average annual labor hours
- List of countries by average wage
- List of countries by minimum wage
- List of countries by GNI per capita growth
References
[edit]- ^ a b "GDP per hour worked". OECD. 5 Aug 2025.
- ^ a b "Cross-country comparisons of labour productivity levels, Figure 3.7: Labour productivity comparison across countries". OECD. 28 Feb 2024.
- ^ a b "OECD Productivity database, Measure: Gross value added per hour worked, Transformation: Growth rate, over 1 year, Time period: 2024".
- ^ "Statistics on labour productivity". ILOSTAT. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
- ^ "Productivity - GDP per hour worked - OECD Data". theOECD. Retrieved 2022-02-02.