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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1997

1997, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1997 covers 120 countries. Barbados is highest, at 1.5073; Nigeria is lowest, at 0.1242. The middle country reads 0.6920. Against 1996, 119 values changed (57 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1997

HighestBarbados

1.5073

LowestNigeria

0.1242

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.5073
MacauMACEastern Asia1.3054
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.1465
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.1429
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.1307
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.1213
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.0999
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.0851
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.0819
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.0812
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.0646
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.0490
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa1.0450
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.0373
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.0332
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.0218
United StatesUSANorthern America1.0000
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa0.9846
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.9792
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.9571
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.9410
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia0.9348
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.9322
CanadaCANNorthern America0.9206
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.9094

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Barbados1.5073
  2. Macau1.3054
  3. Belgium1.1465
  4. Taiwan1.1429
  5. Luxembourg1.1307

Lowest

  1. Nigeria0.1242
  2. Burundi0.1603
  3. Zambia0.1659
  4. Angola0.1898
  5. Tanzania0.2371

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.6920. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 120 in both
  • 57 · 62rose · 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 1997.

  • 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) (1997). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1997

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1997?

Barbados, at 1.5073, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1997 cover?

120.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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