Data for 2022

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2022

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2022
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2022, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2022 covers 186 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 161.09; Burundi is lowest, at 0.92. The middle country reads 19.94. Against 2021, 183 values changed (84 up, 99 down), 1 left.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2022

HighestLuxembourg

161.09

LowestBurundi

0.92

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

186countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
184distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	161.09
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	156.44
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	121.04
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	96.83
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	92.11
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	89.62
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	88.67
8	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	86.38
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	83.40
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	82.96
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.53
12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	78.84
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.04
14	United States`USA`Northern America	76.88
15	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	75.95
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	74.80
17	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	73.54
18	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	71.28
19	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	70.69
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.31
21	Canada`CAN`Northern America	67.47
22	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	67.36
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.64
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.99
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	65.07
26	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	63.26
27	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	61.27
28	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	60.56
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	60.54
30	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	60.34
31	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	57.14
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	55.97
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	54.33
34	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	53.01
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	52.55
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	52.23
37	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	51.95
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	51.40
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	50.45
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	49.99
41	Guyana`GUY`South America	49.61
42	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	48.55
43	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	46.67
44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	46.36
45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	46.08
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	45.35
47	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	44.71
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	44.53
49	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	43.66
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	43.26
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	41.76
52	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	39.70
53	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	39.68
54	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.49
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	38.00
56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	37.48
57	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	36.49
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	36.37
59	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	35.97
60	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35.41
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	34.16
62	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	33.26
63	Chile`CHL`South America	33.25
64	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	32.99
65	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.62
66	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	31.03
67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	30.80
68	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	29.52
69	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.16
70	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	28.09
71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27.09
72	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	26.73
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.43
74	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	26.39
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	26.38
76	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.87
77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25.71
78	Suriname`SUR`South America	24.79
=79	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	24.55
=79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	24.55
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	24.52
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	24.31
83	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.02
84	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	23.71
85	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	23.60
86	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.59
87	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	22.65
88	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.54
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.36
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.65
91	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.89
92	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	20.67
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.45
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.43
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	18.78
96	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.63
97	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.49
98	Colombia`COL`South America	18.33
99	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	18.00
100	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.59
101	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	17.38
102	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.08
103	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	16.98
104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.96
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	16.95
106	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.89
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	16.19
108	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.63
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.59
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.55
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	15.23
112	Venezuela`VEN`South America	15.15
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.07
114	Peru`PER`South America	14.65
115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.24
116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.10
117	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	13.97
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.06
119	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.91
120	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	12.72
121	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.63
122	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11.87
123	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.39
124	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.06
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10.89
126	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	10.88
127	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	10.86
128	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	10.76
129	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	10.68
130	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.10
131	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.67
132	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.33
133	India`IND`Southern Asia	9.30
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.94
135	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.90
=136	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.89
=136	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	8.89
138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.32
139	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.15
140	Honduras`HND`Central America	8.01
141	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.89
142	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7.70
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.63
144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7.25
145	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.91
146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.45
147	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6.35
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.34
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.18
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.04
151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.02
152	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.00
153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.86
154	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.85
155	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	5.84
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.83
157	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.54
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.46
159	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.12
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.10
161	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.07
162	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.74
163	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4.24
164	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.20
165	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.17
166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.99
167	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.78
168	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3.76
169	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3.65
170	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.64
171	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.55
172	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.27
173	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.00
174	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.99
175	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.90
176	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.70
177	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.68
178	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.62
179	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.17
180	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.16
181	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.98
182	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.80
183	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.56
184	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.43
185	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.35
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.92

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg161.09
2Ireland156.44
3Norway121.04
4Singapore96.83
5Netherlands92.11

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 19.94. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
183values changed, of 186 in both
84 · 99rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Guyana34.19 → 49.61+15.42
Saudi Arabia67.78 → 71.28+3.50
Qatar57.33 → 60.34+3.01
Armenia19.94 → 22.65+2.71
Croatia50.03 → 52.55+2.52

Fell most

Luxembourg175.68 → 161.09−14.59
Macau53.58 → 43.66−9.92
Montenegro33.62 → 29.52−4.10
Libya22.45 → 18.63−3.82
United States Virgin Islands79.22 → 75.95−3.27

− Ukraine

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 2022.
184 distinct values among 186
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 24.55. 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 186 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2022). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2022

0621 held

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07Questions