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Country | Time | Source | Method | Notes
Western Europe
Austria | 1950, 1960, 1973 | Maddison | Growth
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1972, 1974 - 1978 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1979 - 1994 | NIESR | Growth
 | 1995 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Belgium | 1950, 1960 | Maddison | Growth
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1969 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1970 - 1990 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1991 - 2009 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2010 | BLS | Levels
 | 2011 - 2013 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth Estimate
Cyprus | 1987 - 1994 | Other | Growth | Growth taken from Greece
 | 1995 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Denmark | 1950, 1960 | Maddison | Growth
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1964 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1965 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1966 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Finland | 1950 | Maddison | Level
 | 1951 - 1959 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1960 - 1974 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1975 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
France | 1950 - 1977 | NIESR | Growth
 | 1978 - 2009 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2010 - 2011 | BLS | Growth
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Germany | 1950 - 1990 |  | Growth | Growth taken from West Germany
 | 1991  - 2011 | Eurostat | Growth
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
West Germany | 1950 | Other | Level | Statistisches Bundesamt
 | 1951 - 1959 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1960 - 2009 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 2010 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Greece | 1950, 1960, 1973, 1979 | Maddison | Growth | 1979 was linked to 1987 using data from Maddison (1982), Phases of Capitalist Development
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1972, 1974 - 1978, 1980 - 1982 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1983 - 1994 | OECD Growth Project | Growth
 | 1995 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Iceland | 1950 -  1963 |  | Growth | Growth taken from Norway
 | 1964 -  1997, 2008-2009 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1998 - 2007 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2008 - 2010 | BLS | Growth
 | 2011 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Ireland | 1950, 1960 | Maddison | Growth
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1969 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1970 - 1982 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1983 - 1990 | OECD Growth Project | Growth
 | 1991 - 2009 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2010 - 2011 | The Conference Board | Growth
Italy | 1950, 1960 | Maddison | Growth
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1969 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1970 - 1979 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1980 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Luxembourg | 1950 - 1978 |  | Growth | Growth taken from Belgium
 | 1979 - 1984 | NIESR | Growth
 | 1985 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Malta | 1987 - 1999 |  | Growth | Growth taken from Spain
 | 2000 - 2009 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2010 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Netherlands | 1950, 1960 | Maddison | Growth
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1968 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1969 - 1994 | Other | Growth | Trend on contractual hours from CBS linked to 1995
 | 1995 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Norway | 1950, 1960 | Maddison | Growth
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1962 - 1969 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1970 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Portugal | 1950, 1960, 1973, 1979 | Maddison | Growth
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1972, 1974 - 1978, 1980 - 1985 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1986 - 1989 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1990 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Spain | 1950, 1960 | Maddison | Growth
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1969 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1970 - 1979 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1980 - 1994 | OECD Growth Project | Growth
 | 1995 - 2010 | OECD National Accounts | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Sweden | 1950 - 1979 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1980 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Switzerland | 1950, 1960 | Maddison | Levels
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1969 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1970 - 1990 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1991 - 2008 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2009 - 2011 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Turkey | 1950 - 2002 |  | Growth | Growth taken from Greece
 | 2003 - 2010 | OECD Employment Outlook | Level
 | 2011 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
United Kingdom | 1950 - 1990 | NIESR | Growth
 | 1991 - 2009 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2010 - 2013 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth Estimate
North America
Canada | 1950, 1960 | Maddison | Growth
 | 1951 - 1959 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1961 - 1969, 2009 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1970 - 2010 | OECD National Accounts | Levels
 | 2011 -2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
United States | 1950 - 2011 | BLS | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Oceania
Australia | 1950, 1960 | Maddison | Growth
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1969 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1980 - 1998 | OECD Growth Project | Levels
 | 1999 - 2004 | BLS | Growth
 | 1970 -  1979, 2005 - 2010 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 2011 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
New Zealand | 1950 - 1969 |  | Growth | Growth taken from Australia
 | 1970 - 1986, 1999 - 201- | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1987 - 1998 | OECD Growth Project | Levels
 | 2011 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Bulgaria | 1989 - 1994 |  | Growth | Growth taken from Czech Republic
 | 1995 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Czech Republic | 1989 - 1994 | OECD Growth Project | Growth
 | 1995 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Estonia | 1989 - 1999 |  | Growth | Growth taken from Czech Republic
 | 2000 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Hungary | 1980 - 1994 | OECD Growth Project | Growth
 | 1995 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Latvia | 1989 - 1997 |  | Growth | Growth taken from Czech Republic
 | 1998 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Lithuania | 1989 - 1994 |  | Growth | Growth taken from Czech Republic
 | 1995 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Poland | 1989 - 1999 |  | Growth | From Hungary
 | 2000 -  2010 | OECD National Accounts | Levels
 | 2010 - 2011 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Romania | 1989 - 1993 |  | Growth | Growth taken from Poland
 | 1994 - 1998 | ILO | Growth
 | 1999 - 2010 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2011 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Slovak Republic | 1989 - 1994 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
 | 1995 - 2011 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Slovenia | 1989 - 1995 |  | Growth | Growth taken from Hungary
 | 1996 - 2010 | Eurostat | Levels
 | 2011 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
USSR | 1950, 1973, 1992 | Maddison | Levels
 | 1951 - 1972, 1974 - 1991 |  | Growth Interpolated
Asia
Hong Kong | 1950, 1973, 1992 | Crafts | Levels
 | 1951 - 1972, 1974 - 1991, 2009 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1993 - 2008 | ILO | Growth
 | 2009 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Japan | 1950 | Maddison | Level
 | 1951 - 1952 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1953 - 1979 | Other | Growth | Pilat (1994)
 | 1980 - 1998 | OECD Growth Project | Levels
 | 1999 - 2009 | BLS | Growth
 | 2010 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Singapore | 1950, 1973, 1992 - 2009 | Other | Levels | Crafts (1992)
 | 1951 - 1972, 1974 - 1991 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1993 - 2011 | BLS | Growth
 | 2012 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
South Korea | 1950 | Other | Growth | Crafts (1992)
 | 1963 - 1991 | Growth | Growth
 | 1992 - 2009 | OECD National Accounts | Levels
 | 2010 | OECD Economic Outlook | Growth
 | 2011 -2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Taiwan | 1950 | Other | Levels | Crafts (1992)
 | 1951 - 1971 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1972 - 2012 | Other | Levels | DGBAS, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
 | 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Latin America
Argentina | 1950, 1998 | Maddison | Levels | Maddison, A. (2001), The World Economy. A Millennial Perspective, OECD Development Centre
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1969, 1971 - 1972,  1974 - 1979, 1981 - 1988, 1991 - 1993,  1995 - 1997, 2006 - 2009 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1960, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1989 - 1990, 1994 | Other | Levels | [NAME] (1998)
 | 1999 - 2005 | ILO | Growth
 | 2006 - 2011 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Barbados | 1991 - 2001 | Other | Levels | “Caribbean Labour Market Information System Project”, Working paper no. 5: Establishing Labour Productivity Indicators for the Caribbean
 | 2002 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Brazil | 1950, 1998 | Maddison | Levels | Maddison, A. (2001), The World Economy. A Millennial Perspective, OECD Development Centre
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1969, 1971 - 1972,  1974 - 1979, 1981 - 1988, 1991 - 1993,  1995 - 1997, 1999 - 2009 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1960, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1989 - 1990, 1994 | Other | Levels | [NAME] (1998)
 | 1999 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Chile | 1950, 1998 | Maddison | Levels | Maddison, A. (2001), The World Economy. A Millennial Perspective, OECD Development Centre
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1969, 1971 - 1972,  1974 - 1979, 1981 - 1988, 1991 - 1993,  1995 - 1997, 2009 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1960, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1989 - 1990, 1994 | Other | Levels | [NAME] (1998)
 | 1999 - 2008 | ILO | Growth
 | 2009 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Zero Growth Estimate
Colombia | 1950, 1998 | Maddison | Levels | Maddison, A. (2001), The World Economy. A Millennial Perspective, OECD Development Centre
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1969, 1971 - 1972,  1974 - 1979, 1981 - 1988, 1991 - 1993,  1995 - 1997, 1999 - 2009 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1960, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1989 - 1990, 1994 | Other | Levels | [NAME] (1998)
 | 1999 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Zero Growth Estimate
Jamaica | 1986 - 2001 | Other | Levels | 1986-2001 from “Caribbean Labour Market Information System Project”, Working paper no. 5: Establishing Labour Productivity Indicators for the Caribbean
 | 2002 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Zero Growth Estimate
Mexico | 1950 | Maddison | Growth | Maddison, A. (2001), The World Economy. A Millennial Perspective, OECD Development Centre
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1969, 1971 - 1972, 1974, 1979, 1981 - 1988 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1960, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1989 | Other | Growth | [NAME] (1998)
 | 1990 - 1994 | OECD Growth Project | Growth
 | 1995 - 2009 | OECD National Accounts | Levels
 | 2010 - 2011 | OECD Employment Outlook | Growth
Peru | 1950, 1973, 1990, 1992, 1998 | Maddison | Levels | Maddison, A. (2001), The World Economy. A Millennial Perspective, OECD Development Centre
 | 1951 - 1972, 1974 - 1989, 1993 - 1997, 1999 - 2013 |  | Zero Growth Estimate
St. Lucia | 1985 - 2001 | Other | Levels | “Caribbean Labour Market Information System Project”, Working paper no. 5: Establishing Labour Productivity Indicators for the Caribbean
 | 2002 - 2013 |  | Zero Growth Estimate
Trinidad & Tobago | 1991 - 2002 | Other | Levels | “Caribbean Labour Market Information System Project”, Working paper no. 5: Establishing Labour Productivity Indicators for the Caribbean
 | 2003 - 2009 |  | Previous years level
 | 2010 - 2011 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Venezuela | 1950, 1998 | Maddison | Levels | Maddison, A. (2001), The World Economy. A Millennial Perspective, OECD Development Centre
 | 1951 - 1959, 1961 - 1969, 1971 - 1972,  1974 - 1979, 1981 - 1988, 1991 - 1993,  1995 - 1997, 1999 - 2009 |  | Growth Interpolated
 | 1960, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1989 - 1990, 1994 | Other | Levels | [NAME] (1998)
 | 2010 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Growth Estimate
Middle East
Israel | 1995 - 2010 | OECD National Accounts | Levels
 | 2011 - 2013 | The Conference Board | Zero Growth Estimate