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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975

1975, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total factor productivity measures how much output an economy gets from its capital, its workers and their schooling, compared with the United States in the same year. A level of 0.5 means the country produces about half what the US would with the same inputs. It is the Penn World Table's best-known measure, and the standard way economists compare how efficiently countries use what they have.

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975 covers 93 countries. Bulgaria is highest, at 2.50665; China is lowest, at 0.21016. The middle country reads 0.88136. Against 1974, 91 values changed (40 up, 51 down), 1 country joined.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1975

HighestBulgaria

2.50665

LowestChina

0.21016

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 93 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.50665
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia2.36704
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa2.25143
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia1.78827
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.65679
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.57084
IraqIRQWestern Asia1.36753
IranIRNSouthern Asia1.32796
VenezuelaVENSouth America1.30732
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.28468
MexicoMEXCentral America1.26960
GabonGABMiddle Africa1.24315
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.19648
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.15236
EcuadorECUSouth America1.13123
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.10443
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.09740
QatarQATWestern Asia1.09605
CanadaCANNorthern America1.07130
UruguayURYSouth America1.06543
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.05961
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.05409
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.05028
El SalvadorSLVCentral America1.04106
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.03742

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bulgaria2.50665
  2. Kuwait2.36704
  3. Egypt2.25143
  4. Saudi Arabia1.78827
  5. Barbados1.65679

Lowest

  1. China0.21016
  2. Niger0.35797
  3. Bolivia0.36236
  4. India0.38786
  5. Albania0.43094

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.88136. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 91values changed, of 92 in both
  • 40 · 51rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Barbados1.39208 → 1.65679+0.26471
  • Malta0.73339 → 0.87287+0.13948
  • Bulgaria2.41644 → 2.50665+0.09021
  • Egypt2.16271 → 2.25143+0.08872
  • Ecuador1.05425 → 1.13123+0.07698

Fell most

  • Kuwait3.29752 → 2.36704−0.93048
  • Saudi Arabia2.42092 → 1.78827−0.63265
  • Qatar1.26005 → 1.09605−0.16400
  • Chile0.86614 → 0.72927−0.13687
  • Iran1.45567 → 1.32796−0.12771
+ El Salvador

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from GGDC’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1975.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 93 countries has every column.

05The files

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Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1975). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1975

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