# 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.

## List (OECD)

Different countries by labour productivity measured as GNI per hour worked and GDP per hour worked in 2022 (US$ PPP).
| Country | GNI per hour worked | GDP per hour worked | Year |
| Australia | 75.6 | 78.9 | 2022 |
| Austria | 95.1 | 95.1 | 2022 |
| Belgium | 101.5 | 100.0 | 2022 |
| Canada | 70.9 | 71.9 | 2022 |
| Chile | 33.6 | 35.5 | 2022 |
| Colombia | 20.0 | 20.5 | 2022 |
| Costa Rica | 27.5 | 29.6 | 2022 |
| Czechia | 54.5 | 57.2 | 2022 |
| Denmark | 107.6 | 104.2 | 2022 |
| Estonia | 53.3 | 54.9 | 2022 |
| Finland | 85.5 | 84.8 | 2022 |
| France | 88.3 | 86.7 | 2022 |
| Germany | 94.4 | 90.9 | 2022 |
| Greece | 44.3 | 44.7 | 2022 |
| Hungary | 50.2 | 51.8 | 2022 |
| Ireland | 116.7 | 162.5 | 2022 |
| Israel | 58.0 | 58.5 | 2022 |
| Italy | 74.7 | 74.0 | 2022 |
| Japan | 57.0 | 53.4 | 2022 |
| Korea | 50.8 | 50.1 | 2022 |
| Latvia | 57.1 | 57.9 | 2022 |
| Lithuania | 59.0 | 61.2 | 2022 |
| Luxembourg | 88.1 | 130.7 | 2022 |
| Mexico | 23.4 | 24.0 | 2022 |
| Netherlands | 91.5 | 92.3 | 2022 |
| New Zealand | 50.6 | 54.4 | 2022 |
| Norway | 119.3 | 161.8 | 2022 |
| Poland | 53.8 | 56.0 | 2022 |
| Portugal | 55.5 | 56.2 | 2022 |
| Slovakia | 55.7 | 56.6 | 2022 |
| Slovenia | 60.9 | 62.1 | 2022 |
| Spain | 69.1 | 68.8 | 2022 |
| Sweden | 99.2 | 95.6 | 2022 |
| Switzerland | 98.5 | 100.5 | 2022 |
| Turkey | 44.4 | 61.3 | 2022 |
| United Kingdom | 77.1 | 76.7 | 2022 |
| United States | 92.3 | 91.5 | 2022 |

## List (International Labour Organization)

Different countries by labour productivity (GDP per working hour) in 2017 International dollar according to the International Labour Organization (ILO):
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Brazil | 16.9 | 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

Different countries by development of labour productivity since 1970 according to the OECD:
GDP per hour worked 1970–2022 (2015=100) :
| Country | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2022 |
| Australia | 51.4 | 60.3 | 66.0 | 80.9 | 92.2 | 100 | 103.1 | 103.3 |
| Austria | | | | 83.0 | 95.6 | 100 | 103.7 | 105 |
| Belgium | 38.4 | 58.3 | 71.6 | 88.1 | 96.4 | 100 | 104.0 | 101.8 |
| Bulgaria | | | | 63.8 | 89.5 | 100 | 110.6 | |
| Canada | 56.1 | 66.6 | 73.1 | 86.7 | 94.7 | 100 | 111.4 | 104.1 |
| Chile | | | 43.4 | 72.5 | 89.6 | 100 | 119.4 | 110.6 |
| 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 | 108 |
| Denmark | 39.2 | 54.5 | 70.0 | 85.6 | 94.2 | 100 | 107.7 | 106.1 |
| Estonia | | | | 60.5 | 95.2 | 100 | 119.5 | 115.7 |
| Finland | 30.2 | 46.8 | 63.3 | 86.5 | 98.9 | 100 | 103.3 | 106.1 |
| France | 36.6 | 54.3 | 72.9 | 87.5 | 95.7 | 100 | 103.5 | 99.8 |
| Germany | 38.8 | 56.2 | 70.9 | 87.1 | 94.9 | 100 | 104.0 | 106.5 |
| Greece | | | 85.1 | 99.9 | 112.8 | 100 | 99.0 | 99.8 |
| Hungary | | | | 69.3 | 97.5 | 100 | 112.1 | 116.6 |
| Iceland | 33.2 | 54.9 | 61.6 | 69.6 | 96.1 | 100 | 108.8 | 110.3 |
| Ireland | 17.0 | 27.1 | 39.3 | 58.9 | 78.8 | 100 | 122.4 | 139.6 |
| Israel | | | 75.6 | 81.6 | 92.5 | 100 | 115.1 | 118 |
| Italy | 47.5 | 70.9 | 84.6 | 99.1 | 98.9 | 100 | 103.0 | 101.9 |
| Japan | 30.2 | 45.8 | 68.0 | 84.5 | 94.1 | 100 | 104.5 | 104.1 |
| South Korea | 8.4 | 14.6 | 30.8 | 55.9 | 90.4 | 100 | 117.6 | 121.3 |
| Latvia | | | | 54.1 | 87.4 | 100 | 116.1 | 128.9 |
| Lithuania | | | | 53.4 | 88.0 | 100 | 119.5 | 120.5 |
| Luxembourg | 46.5 | 58.3 | 82.3 | 97.7 | 101.4 | 100 | 101.1 | 100.4 |
| Mexico | | | | 99.1 | 94.4 | 100 | 98.2 | 92.4 |
| Netherlands | 44.5 | 65.0 | 77.2 | 88.0 | 97.1 | 100 | 98.8 | 102.7 |
| New Zealand | 57.2 | 62.1 | 74.9 | 84.1 | 94.3 | 100 | 101.3 | 105.1 |
| Norway | 35.0 | 54.0 | 69.2 | 90.5 | 97.2 | 100 | 102.7 | 103.4 |
| Poland | | | | 64.6 | 91.3 | 100 | 119.6 | 126 |
| Portugal | 41.0 | 58.3 | 71.5 | 86.1 | 97.2 | 100 | 103.2 | 111.2 |
| Romania | | | | 43.8 | 82.4 | 100 | 117.8 | |
| Russia | | | | 63.5 | 95.0 | 100 | 112.3 | |
| Slovakia | | | | 58.6 | 89.7 | 100 | 112.7 | 116.5 |
| Slovenia | | | | 76.3 | 96.4 | 100 | 111.5 | 113.5 |
| South Africa | | | | | 89.7 | 100 | | |
| Spain | 37.6 | 59.6 | 78.5 | 86.9 | 94.3 | 100 | 101.0 | 102.5 |
| Sweden | 44.2 | 56.2 | 63.1 | 79.6 | 95.0 | 100 | 103.3 | 108.3 |
| Switzerland | 57.8 | 70.8 | 77.6 | 86.4 | 97.8 | 100 | 107.0 | 111 |
| Turkey | 26.6 | 35.1 | 52.2 | 62.4 | 83.6 | 100 | 122.0 | 124.8 |
| United Kingdom | 40.4 | 53.8 | 66.8 | 87.1 | 97.7 | 100 | 104.6 | 104.3 |
| United States | 48.8 | 56.7 | 66.0 | 78.9 | 98.2 | 100 | 106.3 | 107 |