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Total Factor Productivity Level, 2012

2012, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 2012 covers 120 countries. Macau is highest, at 2.38283; Burundi is lowest, at 0.18889. The middle country reads 0.66658. Against 2011, 119 values changed (66 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 2012

HighestMacau

2.38283

LowestBurundi

0.18889

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
MacauMACEastern Asia2.38283
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1.36346
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.35577
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.28402
IranIRNSouthern Asia1.14994
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.09048
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.01945
United StatesUSANorthern America1.00000
QatarQATWestern Asia0.98818
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.98151
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.98098
PanamaPANCentral America0.97732
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.96819
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.96749
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.95422
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean0.95118
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.94480
PolandPOLEastern Europe0.92945
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.92744
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.92573
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia0.92247
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.91019
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.90878
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand0.89893
ChileCHLSouth America0.88348

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Macau2.38283
  2. Kuwait1.36346
  3. Norway1.35577
  4. Egypt1.28402
  5. Iran1.14994

Lowest

  1. Burundi0.18889
  2. Niger0.25861
  3. Togo0.29179
  4. Mozambique0.30081
  5. Zambia0.31829

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.66658. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 120 in both
  • 66 · 53rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iran1.35762 → 1.14994−0.20769
  • Greece0.61049 → 0.55815−0.05233
  • Botswana0.60196 → 0.55463−0.04733
  • Kyrgyzstan0.55838 → 0.51136−0.04702
  • Barbados0.55426 → 0.50875−0.04551

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 2012.

  • 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) (2012). Total Factor Productivity Level, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/2012

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 2012?

Macau, at 2.38283, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 2012 cover?

120.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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