Data for 2005

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2005

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2005
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2005, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2005 covers 187 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 168.50; Burundi is lowest, at 1.12. The middle country reads 15.84.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2005

HighestLuxembourg

168.50

LowestBurundi

1.12

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

187countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
179distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2005, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2005: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	168.50
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	106.79
3	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	90.31
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	89.24
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	80.33
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	78.31
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	76.16
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	72.90
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	71.45
10	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	70.18
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	70.04
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	69.90
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	69.84
14	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	69.70
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	69.69
16	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	69.11
17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	68.20
18	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	67.62
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	66.74
20	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	66.55
21	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	66.35
22	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	66.27
23	United States`USA`Northern America	63.14
24	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62.67
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	60.99
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	58.73
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	58.43
28	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	55.73
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	54.12
30	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	53.31
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	51.83
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	48.63
33	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	46.94
34	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	46.37
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	46.04
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	45.30
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	44.36
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	43.04
39	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.62
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	40.14
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	39.93
42	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	39.64
43	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	39.28
44	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	37.78
45	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	37.52
46	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	37.40
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	36.80
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35.53
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	33.98
50	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.73
51	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	33.57
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	32.80
53	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	29.85
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	29.56
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	29.27
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.61
57	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	28.54
58	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	28.31
59	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	27.33
=60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	26.62
=60	Suriname`SUR`South America	26.62
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	26.35
63	Chile`CHL`South America	26.28
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	25.59
65	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	25.45
66	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	24.74
67	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.08
68	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.19
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.49
70	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	22.18
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.98
72	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	21.91
73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21.09
74	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	20.76
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.15
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.76
77	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.69
78	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	18.75
79	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	18.60
80	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	18.58
81	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	18.45
82	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.33
83	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.10
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17.91
85	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.86
=86	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.98
=86	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	16.98
88	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.88
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	16.78
90	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	16.32
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.06
92	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	15.97
93	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15.94
94	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	15.84
95	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	15.44
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	15.28
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.11
98	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15.05
99	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.91
100	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	14.58
101	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14.26
102	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	13.96
103	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	13.56
104	Colombia`COL`South America	13.06
105	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.44
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.20
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.06
108	Guyana`GUY`South America	11.93
109	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.38
110	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.76
111	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10.71
=112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10.58
=112	Paraguay`PRY`South America	10.58
114	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.57
115	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	10.26
116	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.81
117	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.80
118	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	9.36
119	Peru`PER`South America	9.20
120	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.07
121	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	9.04
122	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.02
123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	8.95
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	8.66
125	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8.32
126	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	7.91
127	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7.78
128	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	7.76
129	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	7.64
130	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.54
131	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.35
132	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	7.02
133	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.94
134	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	6.80
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.18
136	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.15
137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6.05
138	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	6.01
=139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.76
=139	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.76
141	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.60
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.56
143	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.40
=144	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.25
=144	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	5.25
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.24
147	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.12
148	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.00
149	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4.97
150	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.86
=151	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.80
=151	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4.80
=151	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4.80
154	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.60
155	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.57
156	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.56
157	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.45
158	India`IND`Southern Asia	4.39
159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.89
160	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.78
161	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3.75
162	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.62
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.52
164	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.23
165	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.13
166	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3.12
167	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.10
168	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.93
169	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.81
170	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.75
171	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.71
172	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.69
173	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.61
174	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
175	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.42
176	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.19
177	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.99
178	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.85
179	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.72
180	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.64
181	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.58
182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.56
183	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.53
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.44
=185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.36
=185	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.36
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.12

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg168.50
2Norway106.79
3Saudi Arabia90.31
4Brunei89.24
5Belgium80.33

Lowest

187Burundi1.12
185Liberiashared1.36
185DR Congoshared1.36
184Mozambique1.44
183Ethiopia1.53

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 15.84. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2005.
179 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 4.80. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2005). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2005

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