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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1996

1996, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1996 covers 120 countries. Barbados is highest, at 1.74577; Nigeria is lowest, at 0.12363. The middle country reads 0.67272. Against 1995, 119 values changed (54 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1996

HighestBarbados

1.74577

LowestNigeria

0.12363

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, 1996, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 120 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1996: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.74577
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.63673
MacauMACEastern Asia1.35938
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.14124
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa1.14004
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.11565
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.10697
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.10647
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.09119
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.05620
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.04928
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.04715
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.03956
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.03138
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.01619
United StatesUSANorthern America1.00000
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.99906
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.99390
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.95697
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.94538
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.93255
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.92559
CanadaCANNorthern America0.91823
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia0.91822
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.90252

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Barbados1.74577
  2. Bulgaria1.63673
  3. Macau1.35938
  4. Türkiye1.14124
  5. Eswatini1.14004

Lowest

  1. Nigeria0.12363
  2. Zambia0.15283
  3. Angola0.20103
  4. Burundi0.20402
  5. Tajikistan0.21480

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.67272. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 120 in both
  • 54 · 65rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Iraq0.37598 → 0.55308+0.17710
  • Argentina0.70993 → 0.84412+0.13419
  • Brazil0.70424 → 0.81410+0.10986
  • Iran0.64781 → 0.72404+0.07622
  • Egypt0.97612 → 1.04715+0.07103

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 1996.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 120 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) (1996). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1996

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1996?

Barbados, at 1.74577, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1996 cover?

120.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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