Data for 2014

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2014

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2014
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2014, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2014 covers 187 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 160.84; Burundi is lowest, at 1.12. The middle country reads 18.72. Against 2013, 184 values changed (129 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2014

HighestLuxembourg

160.84

LowestBurundi

1.12

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

187countries
1measure
2014the 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	160.84
2	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	110.70
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	109.70
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	91.10
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	84.74
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	83.32
7	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	82.32
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	81.98
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	81.01
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	77.48
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	76.95
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	75.98
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	75.64
14	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	75.05
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.64
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	73.80
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	73.26
18	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	72.23
19	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	71.74
20	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	69.39
21	United States`USA`Northern America	69.19
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	66.68
=23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	64.44
=23	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	64.44
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	63.20
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.27
27	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	59.36
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	56.06
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	52.92
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	51.80
31	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	51.77
32	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	50.07
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	49.41
34	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	48.74
35	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	47.93
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	47.75
37	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	47.59
38	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	45.72
39	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	45.48
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	45.39
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	44.86
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	41.40
43	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	41.34
44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	40.71
45	Venezuela`VEN`South America	40.13
46	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	39.76
47	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	38.72
48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	37.51
49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	37.10
50	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	36.71
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	36.18
52	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.06
53	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	35.66
54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	35.51
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	35.42
56	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	35.35
57	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	34.94
58	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	34.28
59	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.09
60	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.72
61	Uruguay`URY`South America	32.27
62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31.73
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	31.65
64	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	31.38
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.15
66	Chile`CHL`South America	29.84
67	Suriname`SUR`South America	28.90
68	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	28.53
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	27.51
70	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	26.78
71	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	26.47
72	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	26.03
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	25.25
74	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.13
75	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	24.74
76	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	23.97
77	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.55
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.30
79	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	23.20
80	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.19
81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	21.76
82	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.65
83	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	21.59
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.79
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	20.69
86	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.50
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	20.28
88	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.99
89	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	19.81
90	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	19.72
91	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	19.67
92	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.59
93	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.89
94	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	18.72
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	18.59
96	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	17.99
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.55
98	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	17.36
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	17.04
=100	Guyana`GUY`South America	16.75
=100	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.75
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	16.72
103	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.57
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.34
105	Colombia`COL`South America	16.24
106	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.13
107	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	15.96
108	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15.76
109	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	15.43
110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15.09
111	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.68
112	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.29
113	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	14.27
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.09
115	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14.00
116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.59
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.47
118	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13.43
119	Peru`PER`South America	13.33
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	11.30
121	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11.28
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11.12
123	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.70
124	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	10.50
125	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.24
126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	10.12
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	9.84
128	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	9.16
129	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.09
130	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8.94
131	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.86
132	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	8.80
133	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.63
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.58
135	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.86
136	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7.66
137	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.58
138	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.51
139	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.41
140	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.39
141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.34
142	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.21
143	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.19
144	India`IND`Southern Asia	6.88
145	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.78
146	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.39
147	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.34
148	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	6.33
149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.21
150	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6.07
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.03
152	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	5.88
153	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.75
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.66
155	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.65
156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.50
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.48
158	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.43
159	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.38
160	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.20
161	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4.97
162	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.58
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.48
164	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.36
165	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.08
166	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.05
167	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.04
168	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.65
169	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.49
170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.47
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.39
172	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.33
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3.28
174	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.22
175	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	3.02
176	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.87
177	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.78
178	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.65
179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.34
180	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.17
181	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.98
=182	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.93
=182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.93
184	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.70
185	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.57
186	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.38
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.12

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg160.84
2Macau110.70
3Norway109.70
4Ireland91.10
5Netherlands84.74

Lowest

187Burundi1.12
186Central African Republic1.38
185North Korea1.57
184Liberia1.70
182Nigershared1.93

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 18.72. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
184values changed, of 187 in both
129 · 55rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Ireland86.19 → 91.10+4.91
Singapore78.45 → 81.01+2.56
Canada61.97 → 64.44+2.47
Malta50.53 → 52.92+2.39
Albania16.57 → 18.59+2.02

Fell most

Libya26.13 → 19.59−6.54
Luxembourg166.16 → 160.84−5.32
Macau115.89 → 110.70−5.19
Brunei78.00 → 75.05−2.95
Qatar67.37 → 64.44−2.93

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 2014.
184 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 64.44. 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) (2014). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2014

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