Data for 2023

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2023

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2023
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2023, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2023 covers 184 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 158.93; Burundi is lowest, at 0.91. The middle country reads 20.55. Against 2022, 182 values changed (110 up, 72 down), 2 left.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2023

HighestLuxembourg

158.93

LowestBurundi

0.91

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

184countries
1measure
2023the 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	158.93
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	147.50
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	122.33
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	96.60
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	90.32
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	90.07
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	89.82
8	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.14
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	82.56
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	82.52
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.99
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.64
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	78.43
14	United States`USA`Northern America	78.13
15	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	73.71
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	73.70
17	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	73.16
18	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	71.95
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	69.90
20	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	67.93
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	67.72
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	67.07
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.74
24	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	66.10
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	65.95
26	Guyana`GUY`South America	64.75
27	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	64.69
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	64.21
29	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	61.97
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.30
31	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	60.63
32	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	59.47
33	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	58.87
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	58.77
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	54.60
36	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	54.47
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	53.58
38	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	52.55
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	51.21
40	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	50.53
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	50.09
42	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	49.45
43	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	48.97
44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	48.66
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	47.37
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	45.59
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	45.48
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	44.49
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	44.47
50	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	44.24
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	41.94
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	40.64
53	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	40.58
54	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	39.06
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	37.63
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	37.52
57	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	37.16
58	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	36.40
59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	34.21
60	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	34.02
61	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	33.37
62	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	33.17
63	Chile`CHL`South America	32.84
64	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.64
65	Argentina`ARG`South America	32.34
66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	32.07
67	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	30.39
68	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	29.18
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	28.83
70	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.67
71	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	28.48
72	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27.64
73	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	27.45
74	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27.42
75	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.47
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	25.99
77	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	25.87
78	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	25.25
79	Suriname`SUR`South America	24.94
80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	24.83
81	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	24.74
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	24.36
83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	23.67
84	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	23.33
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.87
86	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.79
87	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.66
88	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.56
89	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.30
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.45
91	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	21.39
92	Brazil`BRA`South America	20.93
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.17
94	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.94
95	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	19.26
96	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	19.11
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	18.78
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.47
99	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.20
100	Colombia`COL`South America	18.06
101	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	17.60
102	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	17.53
103	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.33
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.22
105	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	17.03
106	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.53
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.17
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.83
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.71
110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	15.46
=111	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.42
=111	Venezuela`VEN`South America	15.42
113	Peru`PER`South America	15.14
114	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.62
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.58
116	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.39
117	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	13.83
118	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	13.59
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.25
120	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	12.46
121	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.36
122	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.99
123	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.55
124	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.45
125	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	11.35
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	11.19
127	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	10.95
128	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	10.48
129	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	10.37
130	India`IND`Southern Asia	9.94
131	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.49
132	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.42
133	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9.33
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9.06
135	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.02
136	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.95
137	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.74
138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.43
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8.21
140	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.94
141	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.85
142	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7.59
143	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7.09
144	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	7.07
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.41
146	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6.38
=147	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.31
=147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.31
149	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.04
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.03
151	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.99
152	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.93
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.88
154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.68
155	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.56
156	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.50
157	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.15
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.05
159	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4.92
160	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.87
161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.35
162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.27
163	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4.13
164	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4.09
165	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.90
166	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.70
167	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3.63
168	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.60
169	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3.55
170	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.27
171	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.06
172	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.94
173	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.93
174	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.67
175	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.66
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.58
177	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.26
178	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.20
179	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.95
180	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.81
181	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.53
182	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.45
183	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.38
184	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.91

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg158.93
2Ireland147.50
3Norway122.33
4Singapore96.60
5Netherlands90.32

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 20.55. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
182values changed, of 184 in both
110 · 72rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Macau43.66 → 73.71+30.05
Guyana49.61 → 64.75+15.14
Malta60.56 → 66.10+5.54
Slovenia55.97 → 58.77+2.80
Romania46.36 → 48.66+2.30

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands75.95 → 61.97−13.98
Ireland156.44 → 147.50−8.94
Saudi Arabia71.28 → 64.69−6.59
Kuwait36.49 → 34.02−2.47
Oman35.41 → 33.17−2.24

− Palestine

− Sudan

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

Read before you use

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 2023.
182 distinct values among 184
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 15.42. 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 184 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2023

0621 held

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07Questions