Data for 2025

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2025

Name: Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2025
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2025, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2025 covers 182 countries. Ireland is highest, at 164.65; Burundi is lowest, at 0.92. The middle country reads 22.16. Against 2024, 181 values changed (153 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2025

HighestIreland

164.65

LowestBurundi

0.92

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

182countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
178distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	164.65
2	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	159.46
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	125.62
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	100.42
5	Guyana`GUY`South America	99.62
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	92.30
7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	92.24
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	91.54
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	86.71
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	85.81
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	83.86
12	United States`USA`Northern America	81.80
13	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	81.32
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.52
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	80.46
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	80.18
17	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	75.77
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	74.11
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	71.81
20	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	71.49
21	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	71.07
22	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	69.88
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	69.76
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	68.11
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	67.30
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	66.38
27	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	65.36
28	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	65.26
29	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	62.77
30	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	61.84
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	61.12
32	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	60.95
33	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	60.30
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	59.89
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	58.74
36	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	56.90
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	56.48
38	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	53.61
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	52.91
40	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	52.71
41	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	51.43
42	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	51.33
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	50.71
44	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	49.34
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	48.84
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	48.83
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	47.93
48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	47.40
=49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	45.29
=49	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	45.29
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	43.55
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	43.16
53	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	41.52
54	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	41.24
55	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.91
56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	38.22
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	38.00
58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	37.21
59	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35.73
60	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	35.05
61	Chile`CHL`South America	34.39
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	34.01
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	33.81
64	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.01
65	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	32.93
66	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	31.92
67	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	31.60
68	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	31.53
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	31.08
70	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	30.41
71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	29.89
72	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.77
73	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	29.54
74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	29.06
75	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	27.94
76	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	27.85
77	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.90
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	26.81
79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	26.44
80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	26.41
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	26.33
82	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	25.96
83	Suriname`SUR`South America	25.64
84	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.70
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.55
86	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.91
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.84
88	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	22.82
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	22.71
90	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.58
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	22.16
92	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.15
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.05
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	21.17
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	20.59
96	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.53
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	19.32
98	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	19.01
99	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	19.00
100	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	18.70
101	Colombia`COL`South America	18.31
102	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	18.24
103	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	18.22
104	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	17.89
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	16.66
106	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.39
107	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.34
108	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	15.86
109	Venezuela`VEN`South America	15.76
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.57
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.46
112	Belize`BLZ`Central America	15.34
113	Peru`PER`South America	15.33
114	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.12
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.01
116	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.73
117	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	14.00
118	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	13.65
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.34
120	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	13.13
121	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	12.70
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	12.01
123	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.00
124	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.77
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	11.57
126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.37
127	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.35
128	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.10
129	India`IND`Southern Asia	10.80
130	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	10.29
131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	10.00
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9.74
133	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.45
134	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.27
135	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.15
136	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	8.81
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8.78
138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.73
139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.31
140	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.80
141	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7.47
142	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	7.32
143	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7.16
144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.78
145	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	6.58
146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.32
147	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.26
148	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.21
149	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.13
=150	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.10
=150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.10
152	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.04
153	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.96
154	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.79
155	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.60
156	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.24
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.22
158	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	5.03
159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.91
160	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.73
161	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.41
162	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4.29
=163	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.22
=163	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4.22
165	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.86
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.68
167	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3.31
168	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.30
169	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.18
170	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.08
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.88
172	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2.65
173	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.60
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.51
175	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.37
176	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.15
177	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.11
178	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.84
=179	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.49
=179	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.49
181	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	1.39
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.92

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Ireland164.65
2Luxembourg159.46
3Norway125.62
4Singapore100.42
5Guyana99.62

Lowest

182Burundi0.92
181North Korea1.39
179Liberiashared1.49
179Central African Republicshared1.49
178Madagascar1.84

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 22.16. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
181values changed, of 182 in both
153 · 28rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Ireland152.28 → 164.65+12.37
Guyana90.77 → 99.62+8.85
Kazakhstan38.31 → 41.52+3.21
Libya20.22 → 22.91+2.69
Taiwan67.40 → 69.88+2.48

Fell most

New Caledonia67.93 → 65.36−2.57
Iraq36.53 → 35.73−0.80
Equatorial Guinea18.90 → 18.24−0.66
Puerto Rico61.59 → 60.95−0.64
Belize15.95 → 15.34−0.61

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 2025.
178 distinct values among 182
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 45.29. 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 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2025). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2025

0621 held

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