Productivity: output per hour worked, 2019
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 | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Argentina | 29 $/h |
| Australia | 61 $/h |
| Austria | 65 $/h |
| Bangladesh | 5 $/h |
| Belgium | 66 $/h |
| Brazil | 19 $/h |
| Bulgaria | 27 $/h |
| Cambodia | 3 $/h |
| Canada | 57 $/h |
| Chile | 28 $/h |
| China | 12 $/h |
| Colombia | 17 $/h |
| Costa Rica | 20 $/h |
| Croatia | 32 $/h |
| Cyprus | 42 $/h |
| Czechia | 41 $/h |
| Denmark | 76 $/h |
| Dominican Republic | 18 $/h |
| Ecuador | 15 $/h |
| Estonia | 37 $/h |
| Finland | 58 $/h |
| France | 69 $/h |
| Germany | 69 $/h |
| Greece | 33 $/h |
| Hong Kong | 49 $/h |
| Hungary | 35 $/h |
| Iceland | 64 $/h |
| India | 9 $/h |
| Indonesia | 12 $/h |
| Ireland | 125 $/h |
| Israel | 41 $/h |
| Italy | 56 $/h |
| Jamaica | |
| Japan | 43 $/h |
| Latvia | 34 $/h |
| Lithuania | 34 $/h |
| Luxembourg | 80 $/h |
| Malaysia | 25 $/h |
| Malta | 41 $/h |
| Mexico | 20 $/h |
| Myanmar | 5 $/h |
| Netherlands | 70 $/h |
| New Zealand | 45 $/h |
| Norway | 100 $/h |
| Pakistan | 9 $/h |
| Peru | 11 $/h |
| Philippines | 10 $/h |
| Poland | 37 $/h |
| Portugal | 35 $/h |
| Romania | 35 $/h |
| Russia | 30 $/h |
| Singapore | 55 $/h |
| Slovakia | 36 $/h |
| Slovenia | 43 $/h |
| South Africa | 18 $/h |
| South Korea | 41 $/h |
| Spain | 56 $/h |
| Sri Lanka | 18 $/h |
| Sweden | 66 $/h |
| Switzerland | 83 $/h |
| Taiwan | 46 $/h |
| Thailand | 15 $/h |
| Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Turkey | 44 $/h |
| United Kingdom | 54 $/h |
| United States | 74 $/h |
| Uruguay | 28 $/h |
| Venezuela | |
| Vietnam | 7 $/h |
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