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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1972

1972, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1972 covers 81 countries. Egypt is highest, at 2.048; China is lowest, at 0.207. The middle country reads 0.866. Against 1971, 80 values changed (48 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1972

HighestEgypt

2.048

LowestChina

0.207

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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa2.048
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.723
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.629
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.375
EcuadorECUSouth America1.373
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.301
MexicoMEXCentral America1.216
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.107
IranIRNSouthern Asia1.101
CanadaCANNorthern America1.091
VenezuelaVENSouth America1.086
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.059
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.027
PanamaPANCentral America1.019
United StatesUSANorthern America1.000
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa0.988
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.981
Costa RicaCRICentral America0.976
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.972
UruguayURYSouth America0.968
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.964
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia0.961
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.960
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.959
ChileCHLSouth America0.956

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Egypt2.048
  2. Barbados1.723
  3. Trinidad and Tobago1.629
  4. Mauritius1.375
  5. Ecuador1.373

Lowest

  1. China0.207
  2. Bolivia0.304
  3. India0.352
  4. Botswana0.384
  5. Niger0.391

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.866. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 80values changed, of 81 in both
  • 48 · 32rose · 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 1972.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 81 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) (1972). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1972

0654 held

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1972?

Egypt, at 2.048, of the 81 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1972 cover?

81.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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