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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1984

1984, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1984 covers 105 countries. Bulgaria is highest, at 2.4664; China is lowest, at 0.2159. The middle country reads 0.8120. Against 1983, 104 values changed (28 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1984

HighestBulgaria

2.4664

LowestChina

0.2159

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, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.4664
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.7046
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.5452
MacauMACEastern Asia1.2705
MexicoMEXCentral America1.2589
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.1843
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.1604
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa1.1474
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.1351
SenegalSENWestern Africa1.1146
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.0905
GabonGABMiddle Africa1.0902
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.0862
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.0714
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.0687
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.0648
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.0618
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.0586
CanadaCANNorthern America1.0318
QatarQATWestern Asia1.0290
United StatesUSANorthern America1.0000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.9999
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia0.9979
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.9962
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.9923

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bulgaria2.4664
  2. Mauritius1.7046
  3. Egypt1.5452
  4. Macau1.2705
  5. Mexico1.2589

Lowest

  1. China0.2159
  2. Burundi0.2455
  3. Nigeria0.2809
  4. India0.2827
  5. Niger0.2850

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.8120. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 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 1984.

  • 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) (1984). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1984

0654 held

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1984: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1984?

Bulgaria, at 2.4664, of the 105 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1984 describe?

1984.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1984 cover?

105.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1984?

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, 1984 the newest?

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

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