Data for 2009

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2009

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2009
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2009, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2009 covers 187 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 168.02; Burundi is lowest, at 1.08. The middle country reads 17.20. Against 2008, 186 values changed (100 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2009

HighestLuxembourg

168.02

LowestBurundi

1.08

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

187countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
180distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	168.02
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	108.97
3	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	80.17
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	79.80
5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	79.67
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	79.28
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.53
8	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	76.66
9	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	74.97
10	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	73.01
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	72.81
12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	72.44
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	72.16
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	71.88
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	71.79
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	70.44
17	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	69.33
18	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	68.91
19	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	68.32
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	67.72
21	United States`USA`Northern America	67.20
22	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	66.08
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	61.92
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.55
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.28
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	58.09
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.79
28	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	57.08
29	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	53.50
30	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	52.67
31	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	50.22
32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	48.96
33	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	48.92
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	48.14
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	47.00
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	46.54
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	45.60
38	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	45.20
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	44.57
40	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	42.98
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	42.03
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	41.94
43	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	41.86
44	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	41.37
45	Venezuela`VEN`South America	39.16
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	36.90
47	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	36.73
48	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	35.87
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	35.25
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	34.25
51	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	34.08
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	33.74
53	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.52
54	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	33.42
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	33.24
56	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	32.56
57	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	32.52
58	Argentina`ARG`South America	31.70
59	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	31.49
60	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	31.29
61	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	30.23
62	Suriname`SUR`South America	28.44
=63	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.95
=63	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	27.95
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	27.68
66	Chile`CHL`South America	27.50
67	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26.04
68	Panama`PAN`Central America	25.15
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	24.55
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.85
71	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	23.70
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	23.65
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.45
74	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	23.01
75	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	22.44
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.26
77	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.73
78	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	21.43
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	21.42
80	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	21.35
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.80
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.58
83	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.27
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.07
85	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	19.32
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	19.10
87	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.89
88	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.44
89	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.36
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	18.29
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17.89
92	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	17.64
=93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	17.20
=93	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	17.20
=95	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	16.77
=95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	16.77
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	16.67
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	15.99
99	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15.95
100	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.76
101	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.01
102	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	14.59
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.44
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14.02
105	Colombia`COL`South America	13.90
106	Guyana`GUY`South America	13.88
107	Ecuador`ECU`South America	13.73
108	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	13.59
109	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.14
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.06
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12.94
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.71
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12.44
114	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	12.37
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	12.12
116	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11.73
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11.40
118	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.54
119	Peru`PER`South America	10.42
120	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.28
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.97
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.58
=123	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	9.26
=123	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9.26
125	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.01
126	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8.91
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	8.56
128	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	8.23
129	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7.94
130	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.81
131	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.70
132	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7.54
133	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7.48
134	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	7.37
135	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7.35
136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.27
137	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6.93
138	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.48
139	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.46
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6.35
141	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.26
142	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.24
143	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6.20
144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.11
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.94
146	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.82
147	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.73
148	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.62
=149	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.57
=149	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.57
151	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.52
152	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.46
153	India`IND`Southern Asia	5.44
154	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.96
155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4.92
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.77
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.71
158	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.69
159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.63
160	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4.54
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.43
162	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4.23
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.95
164	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.33
165	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.24
166	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.21
167	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3.18
168	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.12
169	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.06
170	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.02
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2.94
=172	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.87
=172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.87
174	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.86
175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.77
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.65
177	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.35
178	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.19
179	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1.94
=180	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.83
=180	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.83
182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.82
183	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.59
184	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.57
185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.54
186	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.52
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.08

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg168.02
2Norway108.97
3Belgium80.17
4Netherlands79.80
5Ireland79.67

Lowest

187Burundi1.08
186Liberia1.52
185DR Congo1.54
184North Korea1.57
183Niger1.59

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 17.20. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
100 · 86rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Puerto Rico70.04 → 74.97+4.93
Ireland74.77 → 79.67+4.90
United States64.81 → 67.20+2.39
Spain55.49 → 57.79+2.30
Iceland56.25 → 58.09+1.84

Fell most

Luxembourg195.36 → 168.02−27.34
Kuwait61.05 → 53.50−7.55
Saudi Arabia82.11 → 76.66−5.45
United Arab Emirates46.08 → 41.37−4.71
Botswana19.28 → 15.99−3.29

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 2009.
180 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 27.95. 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) (2009). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2009

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