Data for 2010

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2010

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2010
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2010, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2010 covers 187 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 170.67; Burundi is lowest, at 1.08. The middle country reads 18.14. Against 2009, 186 values changed (152 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2010

HighestLuxembourg

170.67

LowestBurundi

1.08

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

187countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
182distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	170.67
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	107.79
3	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	85.94
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	84.50
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82.18
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	80.42
7	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	80.04
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	79.76
9	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	78.23
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	74.67
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.60
12	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	73.84
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	73.70
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	73.46
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	72.76
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	71.92
17	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	71.79
18	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	71.50
19	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	71.14
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	69.86
21	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	69.70
22	United States`USA`Northern America	68.50
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	63.18
24	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	62.61
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	61.72
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	60.52
27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	58.77
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	57.40
29	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	50.94
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	49.98
31	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49.32
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	48.24
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	48.12
34	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	48.10
35	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	47.18
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	47.12
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	46.65
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	46.16
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	45.75
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	43.42
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	43.09
42	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	41.76
43	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	41.75
44	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	40.61
45	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	38.45
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.94
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	37.57
48	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	36.19
49	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	36.08
50	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36.02
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	35.62
52	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	34.54
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	34.13
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	34.10
55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	33.76
56	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	33.74
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	33.54
58	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.07
59	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	32.27
60	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	31.38
61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	31.27
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	29.40
63	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	29.07
64	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	28.88
65	Suriname`SUR`South America	28.56
66	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	27.48
67	Chile`CHL`South America	26.90
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	25.67
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	25.63
70	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	25.46
71	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	25.36
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.85
73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	23.73
74	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.46
75	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	23.42
76	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	23.02
77	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	22.89
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.85
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.84
80	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.35
81	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.18
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.48
83	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	20.24
84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	20.13
85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.12
86	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.98
87	Brazil`BRA`South America	19.60
88	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	19.19
89	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.80
90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.68
91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	18.50
92	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.27
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	18.18
94	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.14
95	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	17.88
96	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.90
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	16.82
98	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	16.58
99	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	16.08
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	15.99
101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14.95
102	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	14.84
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.75
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.64
105	Guyana`GUY`South America	14.45
106	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14.19
107	Colombia`COL`South America	14.14
108	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	13.94
109	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	13.36
110	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	13.31
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.23
112	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.22
113	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13.09
114	Paraguay`PRY`South America	13.02
115	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12.65
116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.64
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	12.13
118	Peru`PER`South America	11.09
119	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.51
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	10.39
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.25
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.84
123	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	9.48
124	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9.47
125	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.27
126	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	8.68
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	8.66
=128	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	8.37
=128	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.37
130	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.04
=131	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.89
=131	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.89
=133	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	7.69
=133	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7.69
135	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7.68
136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.66
137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.84
138	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6.77
139	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6.65
140	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.63
141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6.51
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.43
143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.30
144	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.26
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.16
146	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6.04
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.01
148	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.88
=149	India`IND`Southern Asia	5.85
=149	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.85
=151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.76
=151	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.76
153	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.64
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.29
155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.13
156	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.99
157	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.83
158	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4.76
159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.72
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.66
161	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4.39
162	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.32
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.07
164	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3.77
165	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.47
166	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.36
167	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.23
168	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.20
169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.19
170	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.17
171	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.12
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.04
173	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.99
174	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.85
175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.83
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.70
177	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.49
178	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.13
179	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.09
180	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.95
181	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.94
182	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.91
183	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.65
184	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.62
185	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.57
186	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.55
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.08

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg170.67
2Norway107.79
3Macau85.94
4Ireland84.50
5Netherlands82.18

Lowest

187Burundi1.08
186North Korea1.55
185Liberia1.57
184DR Congo1.62
183Niger1.65

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 18.14. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
152 · 34rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Macau73.01 → 85.94+12.93
Singapore66.08 → 71.79+5.71
Qatar57.08 → 62.61+5.53
Ireland79.67 → 84.50+4.83
Puerto Rico74.97 → 78.23+3.26

Fell most

Equatorial Guinea48.92 → 41.75−7.17
Kuwait53.50 → 49.32−4.18
Romania34.25 → 31.27−2.98
Saudi Arabia76.66 → 73.84−2.82
Oman50.22 → 48.10−2.12

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 2010.
182 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 8.37. 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) (2010). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2010

0621 held

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