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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1988

1988, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1988 covers 105 countries. Bulgaria is highest, at 2.4753; Nigeria is lowest, at 0.1660. The middle country reads 0.7654. Against 1987, 104 values changed (44 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1988

HighestBulgaria

2.4753

LowestNigeria

0.1660

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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.4753
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.6060
MacauMACEastern Asia1.3291
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.3041
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.2007
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.1017
IraqIRQWestern Asia1.1000
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.0797
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa1.0750
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.0719
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.0646
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.0583
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.0538
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.0484
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.0473
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.0348
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa1.0327
SenegalSENWestern Africa1.0321
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.0250
MexicoMEXCentral America1.0200
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.0094
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.0019
United StatesUSANorthern America1.0000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.9890
CanadaCANNorthern America0.9856

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bulgaria2.4753
  2. Mauritius1.6060
  3. Macau1.3291
  4. Zimbabwe1.3041
  5. Barbados1.2007

Lowest

  1. Nigeria0.1660
  2. China0.2516
  3. Tanzania0.2539
  4. Burundi0.2708
  5. India0.2820

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.7654. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 104values changed, of 105 in both
  • 44 · 60rose · 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 1988.

  • 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) (1988). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1988

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Other years

07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1988?

Bulgaria, at 2.4753, of the 105 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1988 cover?

105.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1988?

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, 1988 the newest?

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

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