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Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data by country

Countries reporting
46
Highest
130.66 Index, 2020=100
North Macedonia
Lowest
89.85 Index, 2020=100
Montenegro
Median
108.36 Index, 2020=100
Years covered
47
1980–2026
Data points
1,587

What the numbers show

Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 130.66 Index, 2020=100 in North Macedonia; the lowest is 89.85 Index, 2020=100 in Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 108.36 Index, 2020=100, and the mean is 109.46 Index, 2020=100.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 36.7%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 12.4%).

Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 North Macedonia 130.66 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 32.3% rising
1 North Macedonia 130.66 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 33.6% rising
3 Cyprus 126.67 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 24.0% rising
4 Serbia 124.85 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 30.7% rising
4 Serbia 124.85 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 30.7% rising
6 Croatia 123.72 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 22.6% rising
7 Moldova 119.6 Index, 2020=100 2024 up 36.7% rising
8 Slovenia 117.09 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 17.2% rising
9 Poland 115.18 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 11.8% rising
10 Lithuania 115.15 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 28.2% rising
11 Latvia 112.64 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 6.3% rising
12 Kosovo* 112.39 Index, 2020=100 2022 up 6.7% falling
13 Slovakia 112.08 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 13.3% rising
14 Poland 111.67 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 8.4% rising
15 Belgium 111.65 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 1.9% rising
16 Denmark 110.75 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 9.2% rising
17 Portugal 110.6 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 5.8% rising
18 Switzerland 110.55 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 10.8% rising
19 Romania 110.25 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 4.8% rising
20 Hungary 109.02 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 9.0% rising
21 Malta 109 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 8.5% rising
22 Netherlands 108.72 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 4.1% rising
23 Italy 108.38 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 1.2% falling
24 Lithuania 108.34 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 19.9% rising
25 Greece 107.73 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 3.9% falling
26 Slovenia 106.86 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 7.0% rising
27 France 106.79 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 1.5% rising
28 Czechia 106.63 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 10.4% rising
29 Ireland 106.54 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 22.2% rising
30 Latvia 106.48 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 0.5% rising
31 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 106.07 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 0.4% rising
32 Bulgaria 105.88 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 3.0% rising
33 Germany 105.28 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 2.7% rising
34 Spain 105.05 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 4.6% rising
35 Netherlands 104.55 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 0.1% rising
36 Austria 104.42 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 2.0% rising
37 Croatia 104.11 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 2.0% rising
38 Estonia 102.76 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 5.1% rising
39 Slovakia 102.56 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 3.5% rising
40 Norway 102.1 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 1.4% rising
41 Iceland 99.9 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 2.6% rising
42 Finland 99.83 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 4.8% rising
43 Luxembourg 97.75 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 11.4% flat
44 Sweden 96.63 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 9.4% rising
45 Estonia 93.02 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 4.9% rising
46 Montenegro 89.85 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 12.4% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data
Unit
Index, 2020=100
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
51 places, 1,587 data points, 1980–2026
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