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Total Factor Productivity Level, 2003

2003, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 2003 covers 120 countries. Macau is highest, at 1.50660; Burundi is lowest, at 0.14867. The middle country reads 0.64340. Against 2002, 119 values changed (47 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 2003

HighestMacau

1.50660

LowestBurundi

0.14867

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, 2003, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 120 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Factor Productivity Level, 2003: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
MacauMACEastern Asia1.50660
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.42827
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.33232
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.19814
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.19322
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.17406
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.16595
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.15879
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.12031
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.07600
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.04627
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.03898
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.03489
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.03150
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.01684
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.01534
AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.00064
United StatesUSANorthern America1.00000
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia0.98332
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.97004
IranIRNSouthern Asia0.96775
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.96366
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean0.95779
CanadaCANNorthern America0.94899
PanamaPANCentral America0.93584

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Macau1.50660
  2. Ireland1.42827
  3. Norway1.33232
  4. Netherlands1.19814
  5. France1.19322

Lowest

  1. Burundi0.14867
  2. Angola0.17589
  3. Nigeria0.20688
  4. Tajikistan0.23772
  5. Mongolia0.24188

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.64340. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 120 in both
  • 47 · 72rose · 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 2003.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 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) (2003). Total Factor Productivity Level, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/2003

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Other years

07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 2003?

Macau, at 1.50660, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 2003 cover?

120.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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