Data for 2020

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2020

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2020
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2020, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2020 covers 187 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 164.68; Burundi is lowest, at 0.97. The middle country reads 19.25. Against 2019, 186 values changed (118 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2020

HighestLuxembourg

164.68

LowestBurundi

0.97

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

187countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
185distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	164.68
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	141.49
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	118.14
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	91.46
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	89.04
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	88.41
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	86.07
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	83.23
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.48
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	80.56
11	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	79.79
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	79.68
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.12
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	77.97
=15	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	76.35
=15	United States`USA`Northern America	76.35
17	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	74.68
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	74.22
19	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	72.35
20	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	71.32
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.92
22	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	69.82
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	68.92
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	65.47
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.63
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	61.74
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	59.55
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	58.62
29	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	57.23
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	56.20
31	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	55.92
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	54.69
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	54.31
34	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	51.96
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	50.92
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	50.22
37	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	49.32
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	48.82
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	48.37
40	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	47.07
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46.48
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	46.13
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	45.13
44	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	44.76
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	44.33
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	43.84
47	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	43.77
48	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	41.08
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	40.64
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	39.96
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	39.73
52	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	39.46
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	39.23
54	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.86
55	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	38.72
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.55
57	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	36.97
58	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.82
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	36.17
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	35.82
61	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35.22
62	Chile`CHL`South America	35.14
63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	32.64
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	31.77
65	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	31.67
66	Guyana`GUY`South America	30.47
67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.33
68	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.49
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	29.07
70	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	28.97
71	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	28.80
72	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	27.84
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27.72
74	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.35
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.18
76	Suriname`SUR`South America	26.85
77	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	26.62
78	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	26.09
79	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	25.58
80	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.54
81	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	24.22
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	24.17
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	23.71
84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	23.34
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.17
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	23.12
87	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	23.05
88	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	22.81
89	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.66
90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	20.78
91	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	20.68
92	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	20.26
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	19.56
94	Colombia`COL`South America	19.25
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	19.23
96	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.20
97	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.18
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.16
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	18.72
100	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	17.74
101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17.59
102	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	17.53
103	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	17.14
104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.83
105	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.78
106	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.57
107	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	16.56
108	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.54
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.31
110	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16.16
111	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.39
112	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	15.20
113	Peru`PER`South America	14.98
114	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.96
115	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.73
116	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.63
117	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	14.30
118	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	14.22
119	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.07
120	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.37
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.96
122	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.62
123	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12.35
124	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11.41
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11.35
126	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.30
127	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.28
128	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	11.22
129	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.04
130	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10.45
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10.38
132	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	10.29
133	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.01
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9.44
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	8.99
136	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.98
137	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.97
138	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.73
139	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8.45
140	India`IND`Southern Asia	8.37
141	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.18
142	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.70
143	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.60
144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.48
145	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.46
146	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7.34
147	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.99
148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.80
149	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6.64
150	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6.60
151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.39
152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.29
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.18
154	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.17
155	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.14
156	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	6.09
157	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.76
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.59
159	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.54
160	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.17
161	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4.95
162	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.73
163	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.67
164	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4.62
165	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.35
166	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.26
167	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.15
168	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.08
169	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.92
170	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.83
171	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.81
172	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.71
173	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.62
174	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.49
175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.09
176	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.01
177	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.83
178	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.81
179	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.52
=180	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.27
=180	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.27
182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.08
183	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.90
184	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.63
185	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.48
186	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.43
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.97

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg164.68
2Ireland141.49
3Norway118.14
4Singapore91.46
5Denmark89.04

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 19.25. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
118 · 68rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Ireland119.03 → 141.49+22.46
Guyana18.95 → 30.47+11.52
Luxembourg157.28 → 164.68+7.40
Brunei70.83 → 76.35+5.52
United States71.38 → 76.35+4.97

Fell most

Macau95.49 → 44.76−50.73
Maldives19.13 → 14.22−4.91
Libya22.23 → 17.74−4.49
Iraq42.82 → 38.86−3.96
Lebanon20.67 → 17.53−3.14

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 2020.
185 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 76.35. 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) (2020). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2020

0621 held

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