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Total Factor Productivity Level, 2020

2020, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Factor Productivity Level, 2020 covers 120 countries. Egypt is highest, at 1.23664; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.10535. The middle country reads 0.62309. Against 2019, 119 values changed (44 up, 75 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Factor Productivity Level · Data for 2020

HighestEgypt

1.23664

LowestVenezuela

0.10535

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.23664
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.07819
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.02729
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.02576
United StatesUSANorthern America1.00000
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.99003
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.97000
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.96811
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa0.95852
ChileCHLSouth America0.94968
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.94558
PolandPOLEastern Europe0.94200
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.91953
IranIRNSouthern Asia0.91874
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.91841
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.90899
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand0.90576
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.89839
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa0.89465
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.88866
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.86981
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.85635
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.84792
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.84548
CanadaCANNorthern America0.84427

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Egypt1.23664
  2. Norway1.07819
  3. Türkiye1.02729
  4. Germany1.02576
  5. United States1.00000

Lowest

  1. Venezuela0.10535
  2. Tajikistan0.20013
  3. Central African Republic0.22619
  4. Burundi0.22875
  5. Mozambique0.25972

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.62309. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 120 in both
  • 44 · 75rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Iran0.78040 → 0.91874+0.13834
  • Slovakia0.57523 → 0.66819+0.09296
  • Chile0.87178 → 0.94968+0.07790
  • Angola0.37838 → 0.43029+0.05191
  • Egypt1.18659 → 1.23664+0.05005

Fell most

  • Macau1.31864 → 0.59687−0.72177
  • Mauritius1.19801 → 0.95852−0.23948
  • Iraq0.76043 → 0.61437−0.14606
  • Panama0.79874 → 0.67704−0.12170
  • Fiji0.75822 → 0.64509−0.11313

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 2020.

  • 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) (2020). Total Factor Productivity Level, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/total-factor-productivity/2020

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07Questions

Total Factor Productivity Level, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest total factor productivity in Total Factor Productivity Level, 2020?

Egypt, at 1.23664, of the 120 countries in the file.

What year does Total Factor Productivity Level, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Total Factor Productivity Level, 2020 cover?

120.

Where can I download Total Factor Productivity Level, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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