Australia vs France: Productivity: output per hour worked

Australia

76.78 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour

in 2023

France

77.67 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour

in 2023

Australia rank

13th

France rank

12th

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

Australia
France

How they compare

France currently reports 77.67 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 76.78 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Australia, a difference of 0.8892 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 13th and France ranks 12th of 130 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Productivity: output per hour worked
Unit: international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 130 places, 4,965 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Productivity is calculated as GDP divided by the total number of hours worked in the economy. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.