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Total Factor Productivity Level, 2008

2008, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 2008 covers 120 countries. Macau is highest, at 1.63932; Burundi is lowest, at 0.15893. The middle country reads 0.67360. Against 2007, 119 values changed (44 up, 75 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 2008

HighestMacau

1.63932

LowestBurundi

0.15893

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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
MacauMACEastern Asia1.63932
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.47553
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1.36929
IranIRNSouthern Asia1.25551
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.16257
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.12712
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.09966
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.06548
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.03300
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.02562
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.02486
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.00912
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.00615
United StatesUSANorthern America1.00000
QatarQATWestern Asia0.99539
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.98814
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.98247
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.96424
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.95389
CanadaCANNorthern America0.93818
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.92846
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.92713
PanamaPANCentral America0.92361
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.91520
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.91478

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Macau1.63932
  2. Norway1.47553
  3. Kuwait1.36929
  4. Iran1.25551
  5. Ireland1.16257

Lowest

  1. Burundi0.15893
  2. Zimbabwe0.18971
  3. Niger0.26075
  4. Mongolia0.30911
  5. Togo0.31320

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.67360. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 120 in both
  • 44 · 75rose · 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 2008.

  • 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) (2008). Total Factor Productivity Level, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/2008

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 2008?

Macau, at 1.63932, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 2008 cover?

120.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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