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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1986

1986, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1986 covers 105 countries. Bulgaria is highest, at 2.4311; Nigeria is lowest, at 0.2164. The middle country reads 0.7571. Against 1985, 104 values changed (56 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1986

HighestBulgaria

2.4311

LowestNigeria

0.2164

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, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.4311
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.5989
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.3704
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.2849
MacauMACEastern Asia1.2034
SenegalSENWestern Africa1.1589
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.1007
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa1.0891
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.0813
MexicoMEXCentral America1.0781
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa1.0743
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.0737
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.0538
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.0477
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.0427
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.0371
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.0137
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.0114
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.0020
United StatesUSANorthern America1.0000
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.9997
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.9947
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.9920
PanamaPANCentral America0.9830
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.9807

02In 1986

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bulgaria2.4311
  2. Mauritius1.5989
  3. Egypt1.3704
  4. Zimbabwe1.2849
  5. Macau1.2034

Lowest

  1. Nigeria0.2164
  2. China0.2373
  3. Tanzania0.2408
  4. Burundi0.2621
  5. India0.2767

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.7571. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 104values changed, of 105 in both
  • 56 · 48rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Gabon0.9880 → 0.7121−0.2759
  • Qatar0.8916 → 0.6979−0.1937
  • Kuwait0.9095 → 0.7237−0.1858
  • Nigeria0.3673 → 0.2164−0.1510
  • Mexico1.2037 → 1.0781−0.1255

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 1986.

  • 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) (1986). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1986

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1986: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1986?

Bulgaria, at 2.4311, of the 105 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1986 describe?

1986.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1986 cover?

105.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1986?

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, 1986 the newest?

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

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