Data for 2016

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2016

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2016
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2016, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2016 covers 187 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 161.83; Burundi is lowest, at 1.04. The middle country reads 18.54. Against 2015, 186 values changed (117 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2016

HighestLuxembourg

161.83

LowestBurundi

1.04

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

187countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
187distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	161.83
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	113.02
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	106.29
4	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	87.16
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	85.55
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	85.53
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	83.68
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	83.15
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	78.40
10	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	78.24
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	77.82
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	77.09
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	76.80
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	75.50
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	74.00
16	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	72.81
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	72.50
18	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	71.61
19	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	70.89
20	United States`USA`Northern America	69.87
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	67.89
22	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	66.46
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	64.60
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	64.16
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.46
26	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	59.98
27	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	58.38
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	57.90
29	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	54.68
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	53.84
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	51.63
32	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	51.18
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	50.28
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	50.17
35	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	49.08
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	49.06
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	47.27
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	45.90
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	45.81
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	44.71
41	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	44.18
42	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	42.40
43	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	41.97
44	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	41.35
45	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	40.30
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	39.67
47	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.09
48	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	37.49
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	37.37
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	36.99
51	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36.62
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	36.48
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	35.99
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.59
55	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	35.47
56	Uruguay`URY`South America	34.95
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	34.30
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	33.97
59	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	33.41
60	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	32.41
61	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	32.30
62	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.18
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.50
64	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30.86
65	Chile`CHL`South America	30.34
66	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	29.27
67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	28.73
68	Suriname`SUR`South America	28.08
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	27.71
70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.62
71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	27.08
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	26.46
73	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.78
74	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25.66
75	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	23.98
76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.35
77	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	23.29
78	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	23.28
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.09
80	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.01
81	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.75
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.69
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.50
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.06
85	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	21.67
86	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.59
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	21.50
88	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	20.64
89	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.25
90	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.16
91	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.12
92	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	18.74
93	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.58
94	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.54
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	18.10
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	17.99
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	17.85
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	17.76
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	17.53
100	Guyana`GUY`South America	17.42
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	17.08
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	17.02
103	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.86
104	Colombia`COL`South America	16.76
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	16.73
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.30
107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	15.74
108	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	15.68
109	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.63
110	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.41
111	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	15.27
112	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.02
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	14.81
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14.38
115	Peru`PER`South America	14.10
116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.00
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.32
118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.31
119	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12.93
120	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.11
121	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11.94
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11.67
123	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.23
124	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.03
125	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	10.85
126	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.19
127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	10.05
128	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	9.77
129	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.76
130	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.68
131	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.56
132	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.30
133	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.99
134	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.97
135	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.37
136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.34
137	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	7.97
138	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7.86
139	India`IND`Southern Asia	7.78
140	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.54
141	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.48
142	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.44
143	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.30
144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.72
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.69
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.62
147	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.58
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.57
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.49
150	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.43
151	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.30
152	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.05
153	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.93
154	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.86
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.73
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.51
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.36
158	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.32
159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.06
160	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.01
161	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.85
162	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.71
163	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.58
164	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.43
165	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.32
166	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.22
167	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.02
168	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.98
169	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.66
170	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.64
171	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.45
172	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.43
173	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.37
174	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.10
175	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.99
176	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.97
177	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.92
178	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.78
179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.45
180	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.23
181	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.05
182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.98
183	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.94
184	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.59
185	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.58
186	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.49
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.04

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg161.83
2Norway113.02
3Ireland106.29
4Macau87.16
5Netherlands85.55

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 18.54. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
117 · 69rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg156.18 → 161.83+5.65
Iraq34.30 → 38.09+3.79
United States Virgin Islands57.57 → 59.98+2.41
Singapore81.30 → 83.68+2.38
Iran20.81 → 23.01+2.20

Fell most

Venezuela37.33 → 30.86−6.47
Equatorial Guinea33.94 → 29.27−4.67
Ireland110.25 → 106.29−3.96
Trinidad and Tobago37.12 → 34.30−2.82
Qatar60.98 → 58.38−2.60

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 2016.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2016). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2016

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