Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT)

Labour Productivity (GDP per hour). Penn World Table 10.01, 2016–2023.

Source: Penn World Table 10.01 Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: 2017 intl$/hr Parsed: 2026-06-28 Open source ↗

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Avg (2023)
33.6
-1.0% vs 2022
Improving
54
of 130 tracked
Declining
60
period over period
Stable
16
±0.5% band

Labour Productivity (GDP per hour)

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2016–2023.

4.417.530.643.656.7 20162017201820192020202120222023
Sub-Saharan AfricaEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North AfricaAmericasEast Asia & PacificSouth Asia

Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic 12.1 +15.2%
🇲🇱 Mali 3.8 +8.6%
🇹🇭 Thailand 19 +8.0%
🇺🇦 Ukraine 19.3 +7.8%
🇷🇸 Serbia 25.4 +6.7%

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇲🇩 Moldova 17.6 -17.4%
🇰🇼 Kuwait 37.4 -13.6%
🇧🇭 Bahrain 52.5 -13.5%
🇴🇲 Oman 29.4 -11.2%
🇮🇪 Ireland 158.2 -9.9%

By group

Change by group, latest period.

East Asia & Pacific +0.20%
Europe & Central Asia -0.60%
Americas -0.80%
South Asia -1.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa -1.5%
Middle East & North Africa -3.7%
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe & Central Asia 48 52.8 -0.60%
East Asia & Pacific 15 34.9 +0.20%
Middle East & North Africa 17 32 -3.7%
Americas 18 27.2 -0.80%
South Asia 4 10.5 -1.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 28 8.1 -1.5%