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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1974

1974, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1974 covers 92 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 3.2975; China is lowest, at 0.2127. The middle country reads 0.8924. Against 1973, 80 values changed (66 up, 14 down), 11 countries joined.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1974

HighestKuwait

3.2975

LowestChina

0.2127

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, 1974, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 92 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1974: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia3.2975
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia2.4209
BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.4164
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa2.1627
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.6797
IranIRNSouthern Asia1.4557
VenezuelaVENSouth America1.4027
IraqIRQWestern Asia1.3933
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.3921
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.3397
GabonGABMiddle Africa1.3161
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.2879
MexicoMEXCentral America1.2763
QatarQATWestern Asia1.2600
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.1956
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.1474
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.1221
CanadaCANNorthern America1.0820
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.0777
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.0570
EcuadorECUSouth America1.0543
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.0398
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa1.0396
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.0375
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.0364

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kuwait3.2975
  2. Saudi Arabia2.4209
  3. Bulgaria2.4164
  4. Egypt2.1627
  5. Trinidad and Tobago1.6797

Lowest

  1. China0.2127
  2. Bolivia0.3484
  3. India0.3631
  4. Niger0.3834
  5. Botswana0.4109

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.8924. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +11 / −0countries joined / left
  • 80values changed, of 81 in both
  • 66 · 14rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Angola+ Albania+ Bulgaria+ Bahrain+ Hungary+ Iraq+ Kuwait+ Poland+ Qatar+ Saudi Arabia+ 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 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 1974.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 92 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) (1974). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1974

0654 held

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1974?

Kuwait, at 3.2975, of the 92 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1974 cover?

92.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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