List of countries by labour productivity

Last updated September 23, 2025

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

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

Different countries by labour productivity (GDP per working hour) in 2017 International dollar according to the International Labour Organization (ILO):^[4]

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

Historical development

Different countries by development of labour productivity since 1970 according to the OECD:^[5]

GDP per hour worked 1970–2022 (2015=100)
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

References

1 2 "GDP per hour worked". OECD. 5 Aug 2025.
1 2 "Cross-country comparisons of labour productivity levels, Figure 3.7: Labour productivity comparison across countries". OECD. 28 Feb 2024.
1 2 "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.

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[f123-1] 1 2 "GDP per hour worked". OECD. 5 Aug 2025.

[f122-2] 1 2 "Cross-country comparisons of labour productivity levels, Figure 3.7: Labour productivity comparison across countries". OECD. 28 Feb 2024.

[b201-3] 1 2 "OECD Productivity database, Measure: Gross value added per hour worked, Transformation: Growth rate, over 1 year, Time period: 2024".

[4] "Statistics on labour productivity". ILOSTAT. Retrieved 2024-01-25.

[5] "Productivity - GDP per hour worked - OECD Data". theOECD. Retrieved 2022-02-02.

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Historical development

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References