Data for 2015

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2015

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2015
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2015, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2015 covers 187 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 156.18; Burundi is lowest, at 1.06. The middle country reads 18.23. Against 2014, 185 values changed (123 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2015

HighestLuxembourg

156.18

LowestBurundi

1.06

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

187countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
186distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	156.18
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	111.93
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	110.25
4	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	88.20
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	85.81
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	83.51
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	83.50
8	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	81.30
9	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	80.18
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	79.08
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	78.41
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	77.17
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	76.42
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	75.36
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	74.11
16	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.05
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	73.75
18	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	72.49
19	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	71.86
20	United States`USA`Northern America	70.04
21	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	68.15
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	66.89
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	63.82
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	63.77
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.09
26	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	60.98
27	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	57.57
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	56.44
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	55.86
30	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	52.52
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	51.53
32	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	50.39
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	50.32
34	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	49.43
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	48.58
36	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	48.38
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	47.46
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	46.59
39	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	45.09
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	44.84
41	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	42.92
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	42.62
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	41.51
44	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	41.42
45	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	40.02
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.93
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.33
48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	37.12
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	36.64
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	36.52
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	36.49
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	36.42
53	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	36.28
54	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36.25
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.06
56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	35.91
57	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.30
58	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	33.94
59	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	33.91
60	Uruguay`URY`South America	33.19
61	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.75
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	32.53
63	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	32.28
64	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	31.66
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.98
66	Chile`CHL`South America	29.96
67	Suriname`SUR`South America	28.76
68	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	27.69
69	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	27.58
70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.16
71	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	26.80
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	25.82
73	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.67
74	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25.04
75	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	24.72
76	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.55
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.30
78	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.08
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.55
80	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.41
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	22.21
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	21.75
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	21.23
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.81
=85	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.78
=85	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	20.78
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	20.39
88	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.32
89	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.23
90	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	19.67
91	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	19.39
92	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.11
93	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.49
94	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.23
95	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	17.99
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	17.96
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.94
98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.83
99	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.21
100	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	17.15
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	17.09
102	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	17.02
103	Guyana`GUY`South America	16.84
104	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.75
105	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.53
106	Colombia`COL`South America	16.48
107	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15.87
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.56
109	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15.53
110	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	15.40
111	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	14.92
112	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.62
113	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.59
114	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.06
115	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.96
116	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.70
117	Peru`PER`South America	13.61
118	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13.58
119	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.40
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11.55
121	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11.49
122	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	11.31
123	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	11.18
124	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.90
125	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	10.52
126	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	10.06
127	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.67
128	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.54
129	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	9.39
130	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.31
131	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.23
132	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	9.09
133	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.87
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.63
135	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.24
136	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.87
137	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.78
138	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7.72
139	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.60
140	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.54
141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.51
142	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.50
143	India`IND`Southern Asia	7.30
144	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.20
145	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.63
146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.53
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.49
148	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.47
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.22
150	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	6.21
151	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.12
152	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.00
153	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.98
154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.86
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.72
156	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.61
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.46
158	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.38
159	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.12
160	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.08
161	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.03
162	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.69
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.35
164	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.33
165	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.32
166	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.29
167	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.87
168	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.80
169	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.58
170	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.51
171	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.39
172	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.38
173	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.35
174	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.95
175	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.92
176	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.88
177	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.86
178	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.61
179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.45
180	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.18
181	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.06
182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.94
183	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.92
184	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.65
185	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.54
186	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.45
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.06

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg156.18
2Norway111.93
3Ireland110.25
4Macau88.20
5Netherlands85.81

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 18.23. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
185values changed, of 187 in both
123 · 62rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Ireland91.10 → 110.25+19.15
Sweden75.98 → 79.08+3.10
Malta52.92 → 55.86+2.94
Slovakia37.51 → 39.93+2.42
Norway109.70 → 111.93+2.23

Fell most

Macau110.70 → 88.20−22.50
Equatorial Guinea38.72 → 33.94−4.78
Luxembourg160.84 → 156.18−4.66
Qatar64.44 → 60.98−3.46
Venezuela40.13 → 37.33−2.80

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 2015.
186 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 20.78. 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) (2015). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2015

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