Data for 2021

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2021

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2021
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2021, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2021 covers 187 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 175.68; Burundi is lowest, at 0.95. The middle country reads 19.82. Against 2020, 186 values changed (93 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2021

HighestLuxembourg

175.68

LowestBurundi

0.95

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

187countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
182distinct 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	175.68
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	156.41
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	120.65
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	96.77
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	90.61
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	90.44
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	88.03
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	84.77
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.50
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	82.78
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.20
12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	79.47
13	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	79.22
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.87
15	United States`USA`Northern America	76.94
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	74.22
17	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	72.50
18	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	71.31
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.28
20	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	68.23
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	68.22
22	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	67.78
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	66.74
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.46
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.42
=26	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	61.90
=26	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	61.90
28	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	61.19
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	60.65
30	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	59.37
31	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	57.33
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	54.77
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	54.59
34	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	54.09
35	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	53.58
=36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	52.02
=36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	52.02
38	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	51.74
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	50.56
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	50.03
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	49.51
42	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	47.70
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	46.91
44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	46.51
45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	45.52
46	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	44.43
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	44.32
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	44.08
49	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	43.33
50	Panama`PAN`Central America	41.76
51	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	40.84
52	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	39.03
53	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	38.62
54	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	38.59
55	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	38.22
56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	36.75
57	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	36.68
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	36.21
59	Chile`CHL`South America	35.56
60	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35.46
61	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.21
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	34.62
63	Guyana`GUY`South America	34.19
64	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	33.62
65	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	33.30
66	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	32.71
67	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	31.95
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	30.95
69	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	29.42
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	28.71
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.62
72	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	27.52
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	27.44
74	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	26.99
75	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	26.30
76	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.24
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	26.06
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	25.27
79	Suriname`SUR`South America	24.93
80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	24.24
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	23.96
82	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23.68
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.13
84	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	22.86
85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.81
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.68
87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.53
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.45
89	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.26
90	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.08
91	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.35
92	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	20.86
93	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	19.94
94	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.82
95	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.71
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	19.42
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	19.16
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.13
99	Colombia`COL`South America	18.41
100	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.09
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.84
102	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	17.74
103	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	17.60
104	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	17.24
105	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.18
106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.14
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16.74
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.04
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.02
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	15.40
111	Venezuela`VEN`South America	15.39
112	Peru`PER`South America	15.27
113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.21
114	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.61
115	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.57
116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.25
117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.12
118	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.75
119	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	13.58
120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.54
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.89
122	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.49
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11.90
124	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.76
125	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.43
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	11.39
127	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	10.85
128	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	10.70
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10.68
130	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.38
131	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	10.10
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	9.76
133	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.25
134	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	9.02
135	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.00
136	India`IND`Southern Asia	8.91
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.90
138	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8.77
139	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.53
140	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	8.41
=141	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.73
=141	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	7.73
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.72
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.63
145	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7.14
146	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.89
147	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.46
148	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6.36
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.27
150	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6.24
151	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.12
=152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.08
=152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.08
154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.01
=155	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.00
=155	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.00
157	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.78
158	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.76
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.31
160	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.27
161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.20
162	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.02
163	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.78
164	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4.60
165	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.27
166	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.13
167	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.09
168	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.94
169	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3.90
170	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.74
171	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.72
172	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.70
173	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.52
174	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.16
175	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.02
176	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.86
177	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.72
178	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.71
179	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.68
180	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.17
181	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.14
182	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.95
183	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.82
184	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.57
185	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.45
186	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.40
187	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.95

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg175.68
2Ireland156.41
3Norway120.65
4Singapore96.77
5Denmark90.61

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 19.82. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
93 · 93rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Ireland141.49 → 156.41+14.92
Luxembourg164.68 → 175.68+11.00
Macau44.76 → 53.58+8.82
Singapore91.46 → 96.77+5.31
Malta56.20 → 61.19+4.99

Fell most

Brunei76.35 → 68.23−8.12
Puerto Rico69.82 → 61.90−7.92
Argentina39.23 → 34.62−4.61
Saint Lucia26.62 → 22.26−4.36
Saudi Arabia71.32 → 67.78−3.54

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 2021.
182 distinct values among 187
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 61.90. 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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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2021). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2021

0621 held

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07Questions