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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1985

1985, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1985 covers 105 countries. Bulgaria is highest, at 2.516733; China is lowest, at 0.235990. The middle country reads 0.782453. Against 1984, 104 values changed (26 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1985

HighestBulgaria

2.516733

LowestChina

0.235990

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.516733
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.598474
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.443288
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.263402
MexicoMEXCentral America1.203661
MacauMACEastern Asia1.196838
SenegalSENWestern Africa1.171949
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.160293
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa1.116508
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.107529
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.073124
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.047101
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.027706
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.018471
CanadaCANNorthern America1.015522
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.008628
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.000942
United StatesUSANorthern America1.000000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.990524
GabonGABMiddle Africa0.987999
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.976939
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.973897
NicaraguaNICCentral America0.968704
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.965188
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.964665

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bulgaria2.516733
  2. Mauritius1.598474
  3. Egypt1.443288
  4. Zimbabwe1.263402
  5. Mexico1.203661

Lowest

  1. China0.235990
  2. Burundi0.252952
  3. India0.280077
  4. Niger0.305390
  5. Mozambique0.307988

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.782453. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 104values changed, of 105 in both
  • 26 · 78rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Zimbabwe1.160374 → 1.263402+0.103028
  • Nigeria0.280872 → 0.367326+0.086454
  • Senegal1.114569 → 1.171949+0.057380
  • Benin0.590755 → 0.644960+0.054205
  • Bulgaria2.466371 → 2.516733+0.050362

Fell most

  • Bahrain0.603498 → 0.355393−0.248104
  • Mozambique0.452025 → 0.307988−0.144037
  • Qatar1.028963 → 0.891553−0.137410
  • Barbados1.061807 → 0.939707−0.122100
  • Jordan0.802680 → 0.694196−0.108484

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 1985.

  • 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) (1985). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1985

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1985?

Bulgaria, at 2.516733, of the 105 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1985 cover?

105.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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