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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1973

1973, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1973 covers 81 countries. Egypt is highest, at 1.9264; China is lowest, at 0.2063. The middle country reads 0.8451. Against 1972, 80 values changed (42 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1973

HighestEgypt

1.9264

LowestChina

0.2063

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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.9264
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.6049
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.5625
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.3378
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.3374
MexicoMEXCentral America1.2107
VenezuelaVENSouth America1.1324
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.1299
IranIRNSouthern Asia1.1276
EcuadorECUSouth America1.1073
CanadaCANNorthern America1.0823
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.0527
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.0163
GabonGABMiddle Africa1.0130
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.0105
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.0040
United StatesUSANorthern America1.0000
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.9979
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.9904
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.9893
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.9814
PanamaPANCentral America0.9750
UruguayURYSouth America0.9700
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.9696
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand0.9673

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Egypt1.9264
  2. Barbados1.6049
  3. Trinidad and Tobago1.5625
  4. Mauritius1.3378
  5. Portugal1.3374

Lowest

  1. China0.2063
  2. Bolivia0.3129
  3. Niger0.3248
  4. India0.3554
  5. Botswana0.4028

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.8451. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 80values changed, of 81 in both
  • 42 · 38rose · 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 1973.

  • 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) (1973). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1973

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1973?

Egypt, at 1.9264, of the 81 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1973 cover?

81.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1973?

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, 1973 the newest?

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

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