Data for 2023

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2023

2023, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2023 covers 184 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 158.93; Burundi is lowest, at 0.91. The middle country reads 20.55. Against 2022, 182 values changed (110 up, 72 down), 2 left.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked · Data for 2023

HighestLuxembourg

158.93

LowestBurundi

0.91

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

184countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
182distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2023, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
derived
1	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	158.93
2	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	147.50
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	122.33
4	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	96.60
5	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	90.32
6	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	90.07
7	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	89.82
8	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	85.14
9	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	82.56
10	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	82.52
11	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	78.99
12	FranceFRAWestern Europe	78.64
13	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	78.43
14	United StatesUSANorthern America	78.13
15	MacauMACEastern Asia	73.71
16	ItalyITASouthern Europe	73.70
17	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	73.16
18	GuamGUMMicronesia	71.95
19	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	69.90
20	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	67.93
21	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	67.72
22	CanadaCANNorthern America	67.07
23	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	66.74
24	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	66.10
25	SpainESPSouthern Europe	65.95
26	GuyanaGUYSouth America	64.75
27	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	64.69
28	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	64.21
29	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	61.97
30	IsraelISRWestern Asia	61.30
31	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	60.63
32	QatarQATWestern Asia	59.47
33	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	58.87
34	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	58.77
35	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	54.60
36	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	54.47
37	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	53.58
38	JapanJPNEastern Asia	52.55
39	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	51.21
40	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	50.53
41	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	50.09
42	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	49.45
43	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	48.97
44	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	48.66
45	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	47.37
46	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	45.59
47	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	45.48
48	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	44.49
49	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	44.47
50	PolandPOLEastern Europe	44.24
51	PanamaPANCentral America	41.94
52	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	40.64
53	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	40.58
54	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	39.06
55	UruguayURYSouth America	37.63
56	IraqIRQWestern Asia	37.52
57	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	37.16
58	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	36.40
59	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	34.21
60	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	34.02
61	BahamasBHSCaribbean	33.37
62	OmanOMNWestern Asia	33.17
63	ChileCHLSouth America	32.84
64	GabonGABMiddle Africa	32.64
65	ArgentinaARGSouth America	32.34
66	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	32.07
67	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	30.39
68	BelarusBLREastern Europe	29.18
69	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	28.83
70	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	28.67
71	Costa RicaCRICentral America	28.48
72	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	27.64
73	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	27.45
74	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	27.42
75	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	26.47
76	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	25.99
77	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	25.87
78	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	25.25
79	SurinameSURSouth America	24.94
80	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	24.83
81	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	24.74
82	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	24.36
83	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	23.67
84	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	23.33
85	IranIRNSouthern Asia	22.87
86	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	22.79
87	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	22.66
88	MexicoMEXCentral America	22.56
89	CubaCUBCaribbean	22.30
90	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	21.45
91	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	21.39
92	BrazilBRASouth America	20.93
93	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	20.17
94	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	19.94
95	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	19.26
96	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	19.11
97	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	18.78
98	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	18.47
99	FijiFJIMelanesia	18.20
100	ColombiaCOLSouth America	18.06
101	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	17.60
102	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	17.53
103	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	17.33
104	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	17.22
105	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	17.03
106	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	16.53
107	JordanJORWestern Asia	16.17
108	EcuadorECUSouth America	15.83
109	ParaguayPRYSouth America	15.71
110	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	15.46
=111	BelizeBLZCentral America	15.42
=111	VenezuelaVENSouth America	15.42
113	PeruPERSouth America	15.14
114	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	14.62
115	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	14.58
116	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	14.39
117	TongaTONPolynesia	13.83
118	YemenYEMWestern Asia	13.59
119	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	13.25
120	SamoaWSMPolynesia	12.46
121	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	12.36
122	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	11.99
123	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	11.55
124	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	11.45
125	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	11.35
126	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	11.19
127	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	10.95
128	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	10.48
129	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	10.37
130	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	9.94
131	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	9.49
132	BoliviaBOLSouth America	9.42
133	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	9.33
134	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	9.06
135	NicaraguaNICCentral America	9.02
136	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	8.95
137	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	8.74
138	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	8.43
139	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	8.21
140	HondurasHNDCentral America	7.94
141	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	7.85
142	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	7.59
143	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	7.09
144	KenyaKENEastern Africa	7.07
145	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	6.41
146	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	6.38
=147	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	6.31
=147	GuineaGINWestern Africa	6.31
149	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	6.04
150	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	6.03
151	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	5.99
152	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	5.93
153	SenegalSENWestern Africa	5.88
154	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	5.68
155	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	5.56
156	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	5.50
157	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	5.15
158	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	5.05
159	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	4.92
160	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	4.87
161	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	4.35
162	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	4.27
163	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	4.13
164	TogoTGOWestern Africa	4.09
165	BeninBENWestern Africa	3.90
166	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	3.70
167	HaitiHTICaribbean	3.63
168	MaliMLIWestern Africa	3.60
169	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	3.55
170	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	3.27
171	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	3.06
172	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	2.94
173	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2.93
174	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	2.67
175	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2.66
176	EritreaERIEastern Africa	2.58
177	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	2.26
178	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2.20
179	NigerNERWestern Africa	1.95
180	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	1.81
181	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	1.53
182	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	1.45
183	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	1.38
184	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.91

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg158.93
2Ireland147.50
3Norway122.33
4Singapore96.60
5Netherlands90.32

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 20.55. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
182values changed, of 184 in both
110 · 72rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Macau43.66 → 73.71+30.05
Guyana49.61 → 64.75+15.14
Malta60.56 → 66.10+5.54
Slovenia55.97 → 58.77+2.80
Romania46.36 → 48.66+2.30

Fell most

United States Virgin Islands75.95 → 61.97−13.98
Ireland156.44 → 147.50−8.94
Saudi Arabia71.28 → 64.69−6.59
Kuwait36.49 → 34.02−2.47
Oman35.41 → 33.17−2.24

− Palestine

− Sudan

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 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2023.
182 distinct values among 184
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 15.42. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 184 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023). Labour Productivity per Hour Worked, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/productivity-per-hour/2023

0621 held

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