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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1976

1976, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1976 covers 93 countries. Bulgaria is highest, at 2.4598; China is lowest, at 0.1878. The middle country reads 0.8813. Against 1975, 92 values changed (46 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1976

HighestBulgaria

2.4598

LowestChina

0.1878

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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.4598
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia2.0959
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa2.0167
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.5917
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia1.5422
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.5376
IraqIRQWestern Asia1.3699
IranIRNSouthern Asia1.2875
VenezuelaVENSouth America1.2624
MexicoMEXCentral America1.2599
GabonGABMiddle Africa1.2507
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.2161
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.2099
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.1569
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.1237
EcuadorECUSouth America1.1147
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.0833
CanadaCANNorthern America1.0789
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.0573
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.0482
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.0400
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.0390
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.0368
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.0361
UruguayURYSouth America1.0218

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bulgaria2.4598
  2. Kuwait2.0959
  3. Egypt2.0167
  4. Mauritius1.5917
  5. Saudi Arabia1.5422

Lowest

  1. China0.1878
  2. Bolivia0.3599
  3. India0.3707
  4. Niger0.3732
  5. Albania0.4175

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.8813. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 92values changed, of 93 in both
  • 46 · 46rose · 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 1976.

  • 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) (1976). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1976

0654 held

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1976: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1976?

Bulgaria, at 2.4598, of the 93 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1976 describe?

1976.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1976 cover?

93.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1976?

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, 1976 the newest?

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

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