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Total Factor Productivity Level, 1998

1998, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1998 covers 120 countries. Barbados is highest, at 1.4147; Nigeria is lowest, at 0.1127. The middle country reads 0.6588. Against 1997, 119 values changed (36 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 1998

HighestBarbados

1.4147

LowestNigeria

0.1127

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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.4147
MacauMACEastern Asia1.2410
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.1923
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.1747
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.1648
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.1478
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.1403
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.1239
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.1048
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.0951
SpainESPSouthern Europe1.0535
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.0499
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.0434
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.0291
United StatesUSANorthern America1.0000
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.9967
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.9899
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa0.9824
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.9747
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.9624
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.9577
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia0.9161
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.9160
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.9152
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.9080

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Barbados1.4147
  2. Macau1.2410
  3. Luxembourg1.1923
  4. Bulgaria1.1747
  5. Belgium1.1648

Lowest

  1. Nigeria0.1127
  2. Zambia0.1601
  3. Burundi0.1611
  4. Angola0.1804
  5. Armenia0.2172

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.6588. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 120 in both
  • 36 · 83rose · 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 1998.

  • 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) (1998). Total Factor Productivity Level, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/1998

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 1998?

Barbados, at 1.4147, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 1998 cover?

120.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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