Data for 2012

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2012

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2012
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2012, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2012 covers 187 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 161.71; Burundi is lowest, at 1.09. The middle country reads 18.40. Against 2011, 182 values changed (137 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2012

HighestLuxembourg

161.71

LowestBurundi

1.09

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

187countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
183distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	161.71
2	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	108.99
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	108.32
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	87.65
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82.82
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	81.39
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	81.09
8	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	80.77
9	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	80.31
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	75.85
11	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	75.60
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	75.00
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.30
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	74.29
15	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	73.87
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	73.72
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	73.24
18	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	73.04
19	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	72.20
20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71.96
21	United States`USA`Northern America	68.57
22	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	68.06
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	64.00
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	63.04
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.03
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.02
27	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	57.82
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	57.42
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	49.80
30	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	49.45
31	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	49.09
32	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	49.07
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.05
34	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	48.54
35	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	48.33
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	47.50
37	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	46.33
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	45.56
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	44.90
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	44.51
41	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	44.29
42	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	43.89
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	41.31
44	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	40.32
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	40.15
46	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	39.49
47	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	39.25
48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	37.22
49	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36.52
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	36.47
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35.78
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	35.73
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	35.71
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.44
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	35.11
56	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	34.58
57	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	34.36
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.92
59	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	33.70
60	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.57
61	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	33.09
62	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	32.52
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	30.64
64	Suriname`SUR`South America	29.89
65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	29.56
66	Panama`PAN`Central America	29.48
67	Chile`CHL`South America	28.89
68	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	27.62
69	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	27.50
70	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	26.62
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.28
72	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	25.98
73	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.52
74	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.98
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.55
76	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	23.42
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.35
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	23.34
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	23.25
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.04
81	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	22.66
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.25
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	21.22
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.75
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.60
86	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.34
87	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	20.08
88	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.84
89	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.44
90	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	19.06
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	19.02
92	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	18.86
93	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.75
94	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.40
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.41
96	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	17.31
97	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	16.70
98	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.69
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.66
100	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	16.48
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	16.19
102	Guyana`GUY`South America	15.97
103	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	15.83
104	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.51
105	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	15.50
106	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	15.20
107	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15.16
108	Colombia`COL`South America	15.06
109	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.89
110	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.07
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	13.99
112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13.79
113	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.71
114	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	13.28
115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.97
116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	12.73
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.44
118	Peru`PER`South America	12.36
119	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.44
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	11.07
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.63
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.55
123	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.41
124	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10.35
125	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.46
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	9.40
127	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.14
128	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	8.91
129	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.57
130	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8.41
131	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.33
132	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.25
133	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.16
134	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	8.11
135	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.86
136	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.41
137	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.22
138	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.05
139	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.98
140	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.89
141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6.84
142	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.64
143	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.53
144	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.40
145	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.30
146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.27
=147	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	6.04
=147	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6.04
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.96
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.93
151	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.88
152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.71
153	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.62
154	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5.33
=155	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.27
=155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.27
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.20
158	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.06
159	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.99
=160	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4.88
=160	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4.88
162	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.39
163	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.28
164	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.08
165	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.91
166	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.83
167	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.63
168	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.54
169	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.30
170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.29
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.27
172	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.18
173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.15
174	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.08
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.86
176	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.83
177	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.62
178	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.31
=179	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.12
=179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.12
181	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.09
182	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.99
183	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.81
184	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.77
185	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.65
186	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.56
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.09

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg161.71
2Macau108.99
3Norway108.32
4Ireland87.65
5Netherlands82.82

Lowest

187Burundi1.09
186North Korea1.56
185Liberia1.65
184DR Congo1.77
183Niger1.81

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 18.40. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 187 in both
137 · 45rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Libya16.61 → 32.52+15.91
Macau102.25 → 108.99+6.74
Iraq30.52 → 33.57+3.05
Panama27.38 → 29.48+2.10
Latvia31.61 → 33.70+2.09

Fell most

Luxembourg170.22 → 161.71−8.51
United States Virgin Islands65.59 → 57.82−7.77
Oman41.08 → 35.78−5.30
Montenegro29.75 → 26.62−3.13
Saudi Arabia75.90 → 73.87−2.03

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 2012.
183 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 6.04. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2012). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2012

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