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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975

1975, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975 covers 93 countries. Bulgaria is highest, at 2.50665; China is lowest, at 0.21016. The middle country reads 0.88136. Against 1974, 91 values changed (40 up, 51 down), 1 country joined.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1975

HighestBulgaria

2.50665

LowestChina

0.21016

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, 1975, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 93 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.50665
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia2.36704
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa2.25143
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia1.78827
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.65679
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.57084
IraqIRQWestern Asia1.36753
IranIRNSouthern Asia1.32796
VenezuelaVENSouth America1.30732
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.28468
MexicoMEXCentral America1.26960
GabonGABMiddle Africa1.24315
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.19648
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.15236
EcuadorECUSouth America1.13123
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.10443
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.09740
QatarQATWestern Asia1.09605
CanadaCANNorthern America1.07130
UruguayURYSouth America1.06543
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.05961
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.05409
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.05028
El SalvadorSLVCentral America1.04106
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.03742

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bulgaria2.50665
  2. Kuwait2.36704
  3. Egypt2.25143
  4. Saudi Arabia1.78827
  5. Barbados1.65679

Lowest

  1. China0.21016
  2. Niger0.35797
  3. Bolivia0.36236
  4. India0.38786
  5. Albania0.43094

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.88136. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 91values changed, of 92 in both
  • 40 · 51rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Barbados1.39208 → 1.65679+0.26471
  • Malta0.73339 → 0.87287+0.13948
  • Bulgaria2.41644 → 2.50665+0.09021
  • Egypt2.16271 → 2.25143+0.08872
  • Ecuador1.05425 → 1.13123+0.07698

Fell most

  • Kuwait3.29752 → 2.36704−0.93048
  • Saudi Arabia2.42092 → 1.78827−0.63265
  • Qatar1.26005 → 1.09605−0.16400
  • Chile0.86614 → 0.72927−0.13687
  • Iran1.45567 → 1.32796−0.12771
+ El Salvador

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 1975.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 93 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) (1975). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1975

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975?

Bulgaria, at 2.50665, of the 93 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975 describe?

1975.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975 cover?

93.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1975?

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, 1975 the newest?

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

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