Data for 2006

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2006

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2006
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2006, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2006 covers 187 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 181.72; Burundi is lowest, at 1.14. The middle country reads 16.77. Against 2005, 183 values changed (154 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2006

HighestLuxembourg

181.72

LowestBurundi

1.14

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

187countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
186distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	181.72
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	106.69
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	90.90
4	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	87.40
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	81.12
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.81
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	78.68
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	73.59
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	73.36
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	71.95
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	71.86
12	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	71.71
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	71.21
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	70.98
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	70.82
16	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	70.50
17	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	69.17
18	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	68.12
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	68.04
20	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	67.96
21	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	67.94
22	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	65.39
23	United States`USA`Northern America	63.60
24	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	63.38
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	62.07
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	59.54
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	59.23
28	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	55.32
29	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	54.11
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	53.39
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	52.96
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	48.24
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	47.61
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	47.16
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	46.57
36	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	45.45
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	45.09
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	43.70
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	42.86
40	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	42.19
41	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	41.34
42	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	40.73
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	40.45
44	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	39.93
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	38.37
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.24
47	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36.18
48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.51
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	35.38
50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	35.11
51	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	34.87
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	33.16
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	32.87
54	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	32.15
55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	30.85
56	Argentina`ARG`South America	30.51
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	29.88
58	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.30
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	28.03
60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27.80
61	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	27.73
62	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	27.25
63	Suriname`SUR`South America	27.10
64	Chile`CHL`South America	26.75
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	25.64
66	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	25.27
67	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	24.66
68	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.12
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	23.18
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.17
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	22.66
72	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	22.25
73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21.52
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	21.34
75	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	21.21
76	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.67
77	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.36
78	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	20.17
79	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	19.56
80	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	19.36
81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.23
82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.85
83	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	18.61
84	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.46
85	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.31
86	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.17
87	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18.12
88	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	17.73
89	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	17.29
90	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.19
91	Brazil`BRA`South America	17.13
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.79
93	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.78
94	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.77
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	16.44
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	16.23
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15.74
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.41
99	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	15.19
100	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15.05
101	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	14.96
102	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	14.32
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14.11
104	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.88
105	Colombia`COL`South America	13.47
106	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	13.29
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.51
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.46
109	Guyana`GUY`South America	12.42
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.56
111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11.51
112	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11.43
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.25
114	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11.23
115	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.78
116	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	10.10
117	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.05
118	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	9.93
119	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	9.90
120	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.75
121	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.45
122	Peru`PER`South America	9.33
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	8.98
124	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	8.74
125	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8.57
126	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.16
127	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.14
128	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	8.06
129	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7.87
130	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.57
131	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.45
132	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.17
133	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7.13
134	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.93
135	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6.25
136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	6.17
137	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.13
138	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.98
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.86
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.85
141	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.76
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.73
143	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.53
144	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.36
145	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	5.34
146	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.14
147	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.04
148	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.02
149	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.01
150	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4.94
151	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4.92
152	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	4.91
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.85
=154	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.83
=154	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.83
156	India`IND`Southern Asia	4.72
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.59
158	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.45
159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.04
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.81
161	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.77
162	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.76
163	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3.60
164	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.37
165	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.22
166	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.14
167	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.03
168	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3.01
169	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.92
170	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.85
171	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.80
172	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.75
173	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.68
174	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.67
175	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.60
176	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.23
177	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2.22
178	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.91
179	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.76
180	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.63
181	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.62
182	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.60
183	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.58
184	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.56
185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.41
186	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.39
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.14

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg181.72
2Norway106.69
3Brunei90.90
4Saudi Arabia87.40
5Belgium81.12

Lowest

187Burundi1.14
186Liberia1.39
185DR Congo1.41
184Mozambique1.56
183Niger1.58

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 16.77. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
183values changed, of 187 in both
154 · 29rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg168.50 → 181.72+13.22
Macau66.27 → 70.50+4.23
Azerbaijan11.38 → 15.19+3.81
Finland68.20 → 71.86+3.66
Maldives15.97 → 19.36+3.39

Fell most

Guam69.70 → 65.39−4.31
Saudi Arabia90.31 → 87.40−2.91
Gabon37.52 → 35.51−2.01
Bahrain46.94 → 45.45−1.49
Bahamas37.40 → 36.18−1.22

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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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 2006.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 4.83. 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) (2006). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2006

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