Productivity: output per hour worked

Productivity is measured as gross domestic product (GDP) per hour of work. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.

Productivity: output per hour worked international-$ in 2017 prices per hour
Country or region
1950
2019
Absolute Change
Relative Change
Argentina29 $/h
Australia15 $/h61 $/h+46 $/h+301%
Austria7 $/h65 $/h+58 $/h+859%
Bangladesh5 $/h
Belgium10 $/h66 $/h+56 $/h+566%
Brazil3 $/h19 $/h+17 $/h+653%
Bulgaria27 $/h
Cambodia3 $/h
Canada13 $/h57 $/h+44 $/h+337%
Chile6 $/h28 $/h+23 $/h+408%
China12 $/h
Colombia5 $/h17 $/h+12 $/h+225%
Costa Rica20 $/h
Croatia32 $/h
Cyprus42 $/h
Czechia41 $/h
Denmark11 $/h76 $/h+65 $/h+583%
Dominican Republic18 $/h
Ecuador15 $/h
Estonia37 $/h
Finland6 $/h58 $/h+52 $/h+880%
France7 $/h69 $/h+62 $/h+871%
Germany5 $/h69 $/h+64 $/h+1,336%
Greece4 $/h33 $/h+29 $/h+808%
Hong Kong49 $/h
Hungary35 $/h
Iceland64 $/h
India9 $/h
Indonesia12 $/h
Ireland5 $/h125 $/h+120 $/h+2,290%
Israel41 $/h
Italy5 $/h56 $/h+51 $/h+1,000%
Jamaica
Japan3 $/h43 $/h+40 $/h+1,341%
Latvia34 $/h
Lithuania34 $/h
Luxembourg80 $/h
Malaysia25 $/h
Malta41 $/h
Mexico8 $/h20 $/h+13 $/h+159%
Myanmar5 $/h
Netherlands11 $/h70 $/h+59 $/h+551%
New Zealand45 $/h
Norway10 $/h100 $/h+90 $/h+913%
Pakistan9 $/h
Peru3 $/h11 $/h+8 $/h+316%
Philippines10 $/h
Poland37 $/h
Portugal3 $/h35 $/h+32 $/h+971%
Romania35 $/h
Russia30 $/h
Singapore55 $/h
Slovakia36 $/h
Slovenia43 $/h
South Africa18 $/h
South Korea2 $/h41 $/h+39 $/h+2,559%
Spain4 $/h56 $/h+52 $/h+1,238%
Sri Lanka18 $/h
Sweden11 $/h66 $/h+55 $/h+504%
Switzerland16 $/h83 $/h+67 $/h+426%
Taiwan2 $/h46 $/h+44 $/h+2,558%
Thailand15 $/h
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey44 $/h
United Kingdom10 $/h54 $/h+44 $/h+426%
United States20 $/h74 $/h+54 $/h+272%
Uruguay28 $/h
Venezuela9 $/h
Vietnam7 $/h
Productivity: output per hour worked

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