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Total Factor Productivity Level, 2016

2016, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 2016 covers 120 countries. Macau is highest, at 1.30332; Burundi is lowest, at 0.21566. The middle country reads 0.65079. Against 2015, 119 values changed (79 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 2016

HighestMacau

1.30332

LowestBurundi

0.21566

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
MacauMACEastern Asia1.30332
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.20891
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.19512
SudanSDNNorthern Africa1.11575
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.08626
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.01068
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.00763
United StatesUSANorthern America1.00000
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.97990
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.96907
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.96304
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.95115
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.92947
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.92614
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.92367
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.92130
PolandPOLEastern Europe0.90335
IranIRNSouthern Asia0.90082
PanamaPANCentral America0.89591
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand0.87815
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.86782
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.86091
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.84781
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.84697
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.84624

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Macau1.30332
  2. Mauritius1.20891
  3. Egypt1.19512
  4. Sudan1.11575
  5. Ireland1.08626

Lowest

  1. Burundi0.21566
  2. Tajikistan0.22058
  3. Central African Republic0.22550
  4. Niger0.25579
  5. Venezuela0.27078

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.65079. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 120 in both
  • 79 · 40rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Sudan0.79622 → 1.11575+0.31953
  • Mauritius1.11004 → 1.20891+0.09887
  • Iran0.82804 → 0.90082+0.07278
  • Moldova0.56275 → 0.63033+0.06758
  • Armenia0.63778 → 0.70407+0.06629

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 2016.

  • 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) (2016). Total Factor Productivity Level, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/2016

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 2016?

Macau, at 1.30332, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 2016 cover?

120.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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