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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1983

1983, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1983 covers 105 countries. Bulgaria is highest, at 2.5815; China is lowest, at 0.1980. The middle country reads 0.8153. Against 1982, 104 values changed (28 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1983

HighestBulgaria

2.5815

LowestChina

0.1980

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, 1983, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 105 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1983: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.5815
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.6160
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.5206
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.4239
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.3307
MexicoMEXCentral America1.3005
MacauMACEastern Asia1.2837
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.1715
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.1539
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa1.1499
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.1365
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.1144
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.1120
SenegalSENWestern Africa1.0880
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.0781
GabonGABMiddle Africa1.0607
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.0510
NicaraguaNICCentral America1.0470
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1.0430
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.0419
CanadaCANNorthern America1.0317
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.0280
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.0248
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.0145
PanamaPANCentral America1.0057

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bulgaria2.5815
  2. Egypt1.6160
  3. Mauritius1.5206
  4. Zimbabwe1.4239
  5. Trinidad and Tobago1.3307

Lowest

  1. China0.1980
  2. Burundi0.2629
  3. India0.2947
  4. Nigeria0.3146
  5. Togo0.3317

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.8153. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 104values changed, of 105 in both
  • 28 · 76rose · 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 1983.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 105 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) (1983). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1983

0654 held

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1983?

Bulgaria, at 2.5815, of the 105 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1983 cover?

105.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1983?

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, 1983 the newest?

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

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