Data for 2008

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2008

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2008
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2008, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2008 covers 187 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 195.36; Burundi is lowest, at 1.11. The middle country reads 17.17. Against 2007, 187 values changed (139 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2008

HighestLuxembourg

195.36

LowestBurundi

1.11

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

187countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
184distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	195.36
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	107.63
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82.37
4	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	82.11
5	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	81.84
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	80.50
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.77
8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	74.77
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.22
10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	73.11
11	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	72.89
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	72.72
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	72.22
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	72.02
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	71.50
16	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	71.11
17	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	70.54
18	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	70.04
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	69.58
20	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	68.90
21	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	66.94
22	United States`USA`Northern America	64.81
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	63.22
24	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	61.05
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	60.13
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	59.56
27	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	57.02
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	56.25
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	55.49
30	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	54.81
31	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	49.97
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	49.63
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	49.17
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	47.92
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	47.06
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	46.48
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	46.34
38	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	46.08
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	45.86
40	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	45.34
41	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	43.80
42	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	42.63
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	42.28
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	41.90
45	Venezuela`VEN`South America	40.98
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	39.22
=47	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	36.10
=47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	36.10
49	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	35.59
50	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	34.92
51	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	34.72
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	34.43
53	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	34.33
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	34.28
55	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	34.00
56	Argentina`ARG`South America	33.21
57	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	33.18
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	32.72
59	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	31.02
60	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	30.31
61	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.17
62	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	28.91
63	Suriname`SUR`South America	28.15
64	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.79
65	Chile`CHL`South America	27.51
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	26.82
67	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25.83
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	24.64
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.50
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	24.45
71	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	24.02
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	23.75
73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.61
74	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	23.31
75	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	22.87
76	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.56
77	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	21.51
78	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	21.14
79	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.93
80	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	20.69
=81	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.67
=81	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	20.67
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.11
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	19.97
85	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.94
86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	19.93
87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	19.47
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.28
89	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	18.80
90	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.37
91	Brazil`BRA`South America	18.33
92	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.24
93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	17.42
94	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	17.17
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	16.88
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	16.66
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	16.61
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	16.40
99	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.82
100	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15.61
101	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.60
102	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	14.71
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.28
104	Colombia`COL`South America	14.14
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	13.99
106	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	13.85
107	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.50
108	Guyana`GUY`South America	13.41
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13.38
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	13.25
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.16
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.00
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12.39
114	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	11.92
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.87
116	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11.82
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	10.97
118	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.66
119	Peru`PER`South America	10.49
120	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.22
121	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.88
122	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	9.57
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.39
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.36
125	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.30
126	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9.03
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	8.96
128	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	8.31
129	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.19
130	Honduras`HND`Central America	8.14
131	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	7.72
132	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.60
=133	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7.45
=133	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.45
135	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7.17
136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	6.96
137	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6.75
138	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.38
139	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.34
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6.21
141	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.12
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.03
143	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.81
144	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.79
145	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	5.77
146	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.76
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.49
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.40
149	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.36
150	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.31
151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.24
152	India`IND`Southern Asia	5.12
153	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.10
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.97
155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4.92
156	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.86
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.64
158	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.57
159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.46
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.25
161	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4.14
162	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4.08
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.05
164	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.28
165	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.22
166	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.20
167	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.06
168	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.03
169	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.96
170	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.92
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.90
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.84
173	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.83
174	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.78
175	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2.68
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.64
177	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.36
178	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.20
179	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.86
180	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.82
181	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.74
182	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.67
183	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.62
184	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.59
185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.53
186	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.49
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.11

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg195.36
2Norway107.63
3Netherlands82.37
4Saudi Arabia82.11
5Brunei81.84

Lowest

187Burundi1.11
186Liberia1.49
185DR Congo1.53
184North Korea1.59
183Niger1.62

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 17.17. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
139 · 48rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg188.96 → 195.36+6.40
Equatorial Guinea44.80 → 49.97+5.17
Romania29.92 → 32.72+2.80
Belarus21.76 → 23.75+1.99
Slovenia44.53 → 46.48+1.95

Fell most

Brunei86.25 → 81.84−4.41
Qatar60.92 → 57.02−3.90
United Arab Emirates49.76 → 46.08−3.68
Singapore70.51 → 66.94−3.57
Gabon36.51 → 34.28−2.23

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 2008.
184 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 36.10. 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.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2008). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2008

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