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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1978

1978, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1978 covers 94 countries. Bulgaria is highest, at 2.4224; China is lowest, at 0.1956. The middle country reads 0.8409. Against 1977, 93 values changed (52 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1978

HighestBulgaria

2.4224

LowestChina

0.1956

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Total Factor Productivity Level, 1978, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 94 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1978: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.4224
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.9655
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.6629
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1.5327
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.4544
MexicoMEXCentral America1.3652
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.1456
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.1434
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.1389
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.1314
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.1279
IraqIRQWestern Asia1.1225
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.1164
GabonGABMiddle Africa1.1025
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.0914
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.0837
EcuadorECUSouth America1.0639
CanadaCANNorthern America1.0619
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.0600
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.0531
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.0474
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.0282
United StatesUSANorthern America1.0000
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.9879
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa0.9833

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bulgaria2.4224
  2. Egypt1.9655
  3. Mauritius1.6629
  4. Kuwait1.5327
  5. Trinidad and Tobago1.4544

Lowest

  1. China0.1956
  2. India0.3339
  3. Bolivia0.3534
  4. Albania0.4068
  5. Niger0.4153

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.8409. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 93values changed, of 94 in both
  • 52 · 41rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from GGDC’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1978.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 94 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1978). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1978

0654 held

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1978?

Bulgaria, at 2.4224, of the 94 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1978 cover?

94.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1978?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Total Factor Productivity Level, 1978 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Total Factor Productivity Level, 2023.

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