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 or gross national income generated per hour of work.

OECD

Different countries by labour productivity measured as GDP per hour worked in 2023, GNI per hour worked in 2022, and productivity growth in 2024 :

Country

GDP per hour
worked

GNI per hour
worked

Productivity
growth

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International Labour Organization

Different countries by labour productivity in 2025 using 2021 International dollar according to the International Labour Organization modeled estimates and projections:

Country

Productivity

164.7

159.5

125.6

100.4

99.6

92.3

92.2

91.5

86.7

85.8

83.9

81.8

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Historical development

Different countries by development of labour productivity since 1970 according to the OECD:

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
	107.0	106.3	100	98.2	78.9	66.0	56.7	48.8