Data for 2017

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2017

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2017
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2017, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2017 covers 187 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 160.99; Burundi is lowest, at 1.02. The middle country reads 19.20. Against 2016, 186 values changed (138 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2017

HighestLuxembourg

160.99

LowestBurundi

1.02

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

187countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	160.99
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	116.06
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	112.26
4	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	94.74
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	87.60
6	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	86.76
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	86.21
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	83.21
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	80.01
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	78.26
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	78.22
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	77.96
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	77.93
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	76.39
15	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	75.82
16	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	74.07
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	72.49
18	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	71.88
19	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	71.84
20	United States`USA`Northern America	70.47
21	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	69.47
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	67.72
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	65.10
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	64.72
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.36
26	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	60.29
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	59.44
28	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	58.34
29	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	56.35
30	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	56.31
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	52.79
32	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	52.60
33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	51.94
34	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	50.77
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	50.69
36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	49.83
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	48.65
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	45.78
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	45.62
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.09
41	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	44.32
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	44.20
43	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	43.92
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	40.64
45	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	39.92
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	39.57
47	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	39.17
48	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38.42
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	38.39
50	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	38.33
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	38.07
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	37.16
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	37.14
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	36.87
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	35.81
56	Uruguay`URY`South America	35.30
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	34.63
58	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	33.42
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.84
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	32.70
61	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	32.65
62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	32.55
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30.72
64	Chile`CHL`South America	30.03
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	28.91
66	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	28.37
67	Suriname`SUR`South America	28.11
68	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	27.46
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.35
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	26.86
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	26.78
72	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	26.73
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.52
74	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.02
75	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.25
76	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.04
77	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	24.01
78	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.70
79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.36
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.02
81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	22.96
82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.90
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.80
84	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	22.71
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.42
86	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.16
87	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.05
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	21.67
89	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	21.39
90	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.07
91	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.62
92	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.39
93	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	19.43
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	19.20
95	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.78
96	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.60
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	18.54
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	18.02
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	17.99
100	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	17.51
101	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	17.41
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	17.13
103	Colombia`COL`South America	16.90
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.79
105	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	16.48
106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	16.45
107	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	16.38
108	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.27
109	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	15.70
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.39
111	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.34
112	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.05
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	14.93
114	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14.66
115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.58
116	Peru`PER`South America	13.87
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.56
118	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.04
119	Belize`BLZ`Central America	12.66
120	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12.49
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.35
122	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12.28
=123	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.29
=123	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	11.29
125	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.22
126	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.88
127	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	10.32
128	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.08
129	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10.01
130	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	9.89
131	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.42
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	9.37
133	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.34
134	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.14
135	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.89
136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.76
137	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	8.70
138	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.21
139	India`IND`Southern Asia	8.15
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.03
141	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.66
142	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.38
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.20
144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.89
145	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	6.86
=146	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.77
=146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.77
148	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6.67
149	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.66
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.55
151	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.52
152	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.31
153	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.98
154	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.88
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.84
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	5.79
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.45
158	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.41
=159	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.17
=159	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.17
161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.14
162	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.76
163	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.62
164	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.48
165	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.34
166	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.28
167	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.05
168	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.03
169	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.74
170	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.63
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.56
172	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.53
173	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.42
174	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.35
175	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.06
=176	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.96
=176	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.96
178	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.46
179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.40
180	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.28
181	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.05
182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.00
183	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.95
184	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.57
185	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.53
186	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.52
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.02

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg160.99
2Norway116.06
3Ireland112.26
4Macau94.74
5Denmark87.60

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 19.20. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
138 · 48rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Macau87.16 → 94.74+7.58
Ireland106.29 → 112.26+5.97
Libya18.58 → 24.01+5.43
Malta53.84 → 58.34+4.50
Singapore83.68 → 86.76+3.08

Fell most

Venezuela30.86 → 26.78−4.08
Kuwait41.97 → 38.33−3.64
Equatorial Guinea29.27 → 26.73−2.54
Puerto Rico78.24 → 75.82−2.42
Qatar58.38 → 56.35−2.03

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 2017.
183 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 11.29. 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) (2017). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2017

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