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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1970

1970, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1970 covers 81 countries. Egypt is highest, at 1.9743; China is lowest, at 0.2214. The middle country reads 0.8445.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1970

HighestEgypt

1.9743

LowestChina

0.2214

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, 1970, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 81 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1970: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.9743
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.8144
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.6994
EcuadorECUSouth America1.4526
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.3926
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.2640
MexicoMEXCentral America1.2383
VenezuelaVENSouth America1.2346
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.1483
CanadaCANNorthern America1.0970
GabonGABMiddle Africa1.0385
PanamaPANCentral America1.0287
Costa RicaCRICentral America1.0287
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.0267
UruguayURYSouth America1.0240
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa1.0130
United StatesUSANorthern America1.0000
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.9753
ChileCHLSouth America0.9554
IranIRNSouthern Asia0.9550
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand0.9476
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.9458
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia0.9451
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa0.9433
JordanJORWestern Asia0.9408

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Egypt1.9743
  2. Trinidad and Tobago1.8144
  3. Barbados1.6994
  4. Ecuador1.4526
  5. Mauritius1.3926

Lowest

  1. China0.2214
  2. Bolivia0.3075
  3. South Korea0.3433
  4. Botswana0.3544
  5. India0.3628

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.8445. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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 1970.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 81 countries has every column.

04The 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) (1970). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1970

0554 held

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06Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1970?

Egypt, at 1.9743, of the 81 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1970 cover?

81.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1970?

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, 1970 the newest?

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

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