The followinglist of countries by labour productivity ranks countries by theirworkforce productivity. Labour productivity can be measured asgross domestic product (GDP) orgross national income (GNI) generated per hour of work.
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] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 149.31 | 116.7 | 0.51 | |
| 132.28 | 119.3 | 2.09 | |
| 126.45 | 88.1 | −0.37 | |
| 100.63 | 98.5 | 1.24 | |
| 100.33 | 101.5 | 0.71 | |
| 99.23 | 107.6 | 3.34 | |
| 97.05 | 92.3 | 2.49 | |
| 94.96 | 95.1 | −0.21 | |
| 94.38 | 91.5 | −0.23 | |
| 93.81 | 94.4 | −0.13 | |
| 89.22 | 99.2 | 1.37 | |
| 88.15 | 88.3 | 0.37 | |
| 83.66 | 75.6 | −10.90 | |
| 82.96 | 85.5 | 0.63 | |
| 78.05 | 77.1 | −0.72 | |
| 77.09 | 74.7 | −1.53 | |
| 73.44 | 70.9 | −0.35 | |
| 73.42 | 69.1 | 1.58 | |
| 65.50 | 60.9 | 0.59 | |
| 60.51 | 58.0 | 0.41 | |
| 60.48 | 54.5 | −1.26 | |
| 60.37 | 59.0 | −0.15 | |
| 60.13 | 55.7 | 1.26 | |
| 59.25 | 55.5 | 1.23 | |
| 56.26 | 57.0 | −2.90 | |
| 55.88 | 57.1 | −0.34 | |
| 55.42 | 50.6 | 0.06 | |
| 54.74 | 50.2 | 0.12 | |
| 54.64 | 50.8 | −3.12 | |
| 54.28 | 53.8 | 4.20 | |
| 53.38 | 53.3 | −1.65 | |
| 44.78 | 44.3 | 0.30 | |
| 36.51 | 33.6 | – | |
| 31.84 | 27.5 | 0.03 | |
| 24.97 | 23.4 | −19.75 | |
| 21.35 | 20.0 | – | |
| – | 44.4 | – | |
| – | – | 3.55 | |
| – | – | −1.47 | |
| – | – | −1.59 | |
| – | – | −1.90 |
Different countries by labour productivity (GDP per working hour) in 2017International dollar according to theInternational Labour Organization (ILO):[4]
Different countries by development of labour productivity since 1970 according to theOECD:[5]
| Country | 2022 | 2020 | 2015 | 2010 | 2000 | 1990 | 1980 | 1970 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103.3 | 103.1 | 100 | 92.2 | 80.9 | 66.0 | 60.3 | 51.4 | |
| 105.0 | 103.7 | 100 | 95.6 | 83.0 | ||||
| 101.8 | 104.0 | 100 | 96.4 | 88.1 | 71.6 | 58.3 | 38.4 | |
| 110.6 | 100 | 89.5 | 63.8 | |||||
| 104.1 | 111.4 | 100 | 94.7 | 86.7 | 73.1 | 66.6 | 56.1 | |
| 110.6 | 119.4 | 100 | 89.6 | 72.5 | 43.4 | |||
| 134.2 | 100 | 89.0 | 77.3 | 80.8 | 73.3 | |||
| 128.1 | 100 | 86.9 | 68.1 | |||||
| 97.3 | 100 | 88.5 | 75.2 | |||||
| 108.0 | 107.8 | 100 | 91.7 | 66.0 | ||||
| 106.1 | 107.7 | 100 | 94.2 | 85.6 | 70.0 | 54.5 | 39.2 | |
| 115.7 | 119.5 | 100 | 95.2 | 60.5 | ||||
| 106.1 | 103.3 | 100 | 98.9 | 86.5 | 63.3 | 46.8 | 30.2 | |
| 99.8 | 103.5 | 100 | 95.7 | 87.5 | 72.9 | 54.3 | 36.6 | |
| 106.5 | 104.0 | 100 | 94.9 | 87.1 | 70.9 | 56.2 | 38.8 | |
| 99.8 | 99.0 | 100 | 112.8 | 99.9 | 85.1 | |||
| 116.6 | 112.1 | 100 | 97.5 | 69.3 | ||||
| 110.3 | 108.8 | 100 | 96.1 | 69.6 | 61.6 | 54.9 | 33.2 | |
| 139.6 | 122.4 | 100 | 78.8 | 58.9 | 39.3 | 27.1 | 17.0 | |
| 118.0 | 115.1 | 100 | 92.5 | 81.6 | 75.6 | |||
| 101.9 | 103.0 | 100 | 98.9 | 99.1 | 84.6 | 70.9 | 47.5 | |
| 104.1 | 104.5 | 100 | 94.1 | 84.5 | 68.0 | 45.8 | 30.2 | |
| 121.3 | 117.6 | 100 | 90.4 | 55.9 | 30.8 | 14.6 | 8.4 | |
| 128.9 | 116.1 | 100 | 87.4 | 54.1 | ||||
| 120.5 | 119.5 | 100 | 88.0 | 53.4 | ||||
| 100.4 | 101.1 | 100 | 101.4 | 97.7 | 82.3 | 58.3 | 46.5 | |
| 92.4 | 98.2 | 100 | 94.4 | 99.1 | ||||
| 102.7 | 98.8 | 100 | 97.1 | 88.0 | 77.2 | 65.0 | 44.5 | |
| 105.1 | 101.3 | 100 | 94.3 | 84.1 | 74.9 | 62.1 | 57.2 | |
| 103.4 | 102.7 | 100 | 97.2 | 90.5 | 69.2 | 54.0 | 35.0 | |
| 126.0 | 119.6 | 100 | 91.3 | 64.6 | ||||
| 111.2 | 103.2 | 100 | 97.2 | 86.1 | 71.5 | 58.3 | 41.0 | |
| 117.8 | 100 | 82.4 | 43.8 | |||||
| 112.3 | 100 | 95.0 | 63.5 | |||||
| 116.5 | 112.7 | 100 | 89.7 | 58.6 | ||||
| 113.5 | 111.5 | 100 | 96.4 | 76.3 | ||||
| 100 | 89.7 | |||||||
| 102.5 | 101.0 | 100 | 94.3 | 86.9 | 78.5 | 59.6 | 37.6 | |
| 108.3 | 103.3 | 100 | 95.0 | 79.6 | 63.1 | 56.2 | 44.2 | |
| 111.0 | 107.0 | 100 | 97.8 | 86.4 | 77.6 | 70.8 | 57.8 | |
| 124.8 | 122.0 | 100 | 83.6 | 62.4 | 52.2 | 35.1 | 26.6 | |
| 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 |