Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP (ILO modelled estimates) by country
This measure of labour productivity is calculated using data on GDP (in constant 2021 international dollars at PPP) derived from the World Development Indicators database of the World Bank. To compute labour productivity as GDP per worker, ILO estimates for total employment are used. For more information, refer to...
What the numbers show
Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP (ILO modelled estimates) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 329,638 in Guyana; the lowest is 1,984 in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 46,770, and the mean is 61,806.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 166.
Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 766.7%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 43.1%).
Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP (ILO): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyana | 329,638 | 2027 | up 766.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 276,232 | 2027 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 3 | Ireland | 265,384 | 2027 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 4 | Singapore | 238,490 | 2027 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 5 | Macao | 206,074 | 2027 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 6 | Norway | 178,631 | 2027 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 7 | Brunei | 172,284 | 2027 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 8 | Guam | 160,367 | 2027 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 9 | United States | 159,991 | 2027 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 10 | Switzerland | 159,157 | 2027 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 11 | Qatar | 157,407 | 2027 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 12 | Belgium | 152,816 | 2027 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 149,185 | 2027 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 14 | Taiwan | 148,226 | 2027 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 15 | Denmark | 143,507 | 2027 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 143,082 | 2027 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 17 | Austria | 136,342 | 2027 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 18 | Malta | 134,525 | 2027 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 19 | Italy | 134,119 | 2027 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 20 | France | 131,699 | 2027 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands | 130,584 | 2027 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 22 | Sweden | 130,554 | 2027 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 23 | Germany | 129,947 | 2027 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 24 | Finland | 125,189 | 2027 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 25 | Puerto Rico | 122,112 | 2027 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 26 | Australia | 120,064 | 2027 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 27 | New Caledonia | 119,880 | 2027 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 28 | Canada | 118,771 | 2027 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 29 | Spain | 117,831 | 2027 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 30 | Iceland | 114,878 | 2027 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 31 | Israel | 114,847 | 2027 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 32 | United States Virgin Islands | 114,826 | 2027 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 111,361 | 2027 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 34 | French Polynesia | 110,596 | 2027 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 35 | Croatia | 110,462 | 2027 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 36 | Slovenia | 109,920 | 2027 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 109,605 | 2027 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 38 | Romania | 107,024 | 2027 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 39 | Czechia | 106,722 | 2027 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 40 | Lithuania | 106,108 | 2027 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 41 | Bahrain | 106,031 | 2027 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 42 | Greece | 100,569 | 2027 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 43 | Poland | 99,813 | 2027 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 44 | South Korea | 97,052 | 2027 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 45 | Portugal | 96,648 | 2027 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 46 | Turkey | 95,928 | 2027 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 47 | New Zealand | 92,407 | 2027 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 48 | Russia | 89,043 | 2027 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 49 | Estonia | 88,813 | 2027 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 50 | Slovakia | 88,248 | 2027 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 51 | Latvia | 87,704 | 2027 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 52 | Hungary | 86,611 | 2027 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 52 | Caribbean | 44,390 | 2027 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 53 | Japan | 86,576 | 2027 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 86,555 | 2027 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 55 | Panama | 85,360 | 2027 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 56 | Kuwait | 80,904 | 2027 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 78,357 | 2027 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 58 | Montenegro | 76,454 | 2027 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 59 | Cyprus | 73,899 | 2027 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 60 | Malaysia | 73,628 | 2027 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 61 | Oman | 73,524 | 2027 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 62 | Gabon | 73,511 | 2027 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 71,255 | 2027 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 64 | Uruguay | 69,134 | 2027 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 65 | Bahamas | 69,107 | 2027 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 66 | Chile | 66,694 | 2027 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 67 | Trinidad and Tobago | 66,365 | 2027 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 66,167 | 2027 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 69 | Algeria | 65,047 | 2027 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 70 | Argentina | 64,521 | 2027 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 71 | Mauritius | 63,970 | 2027 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 72 | Georgia | 63,753 | 2027 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 63,648 | 2027 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 74 | Serbia | 62,530 | 2027 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 75 | Belarus | 61,855 | 2027 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 76 | Turkmenistan | 61,099 | 2027 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 61,078 | 2027 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 78 | Armenia | 59,071 | 2027 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 57,783 | 2027 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 80 | Iran | 57,320 | 2027 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 81 | Iraq | 57,077 | 2027 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 82 | Suriname | 56,767 | 2027 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 83 | Libya | 52,489 | 2027 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 84 | China | 51,886 | 2027 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Maldives | 51,805 | 2027 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | 51,364 | 2027 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 87 | Botswana | 51,240 | 2027 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 88 | Mongolia | 50,218 | 2027 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 89 | Cuba | 49,771 | 2027 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 90 | Eswatini | 49,399 | 2027 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 49,338 | 2027 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 92 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49,144 | 2027 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 93 | South Africa | 48,977 | 2027 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 94 | Mexico | 48,945 | 2027 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 95 | Djibouti | 46,770 | 2027 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 96 | Tunisia | 45,404 | 2027 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 97 | Albania | 43,394 | 2027 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 98 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43,336 | 2027 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 99 | Brazil | 43,012 | 2027 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 100 | Barbados | 42,976 | 2027 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 101 | Lebanon | 42,804 | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 102 | Jordan | 42,444 | 2027 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 103 | Equatorial Guinea | 41,447 | 2027 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Colombia | 41,093 | 2027 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 105 | Thailand | 40,990 | 2027 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 106 | Ukraine | 40,309 | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 40,065 | 2027 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 108 | Fiji | 38,415 | 2027 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 109 | Paraguay | 36,437 | 2027 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 110 | Bhutan | 35,776 | 2027 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 111 | Namibia | 35,494 | 2027 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 112 | Morocco | 34,097 | 2027 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 113 | Guatemala | 33,211 | 2027 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 114 | Samoa | 33,069 | 2027 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 115 | Belize | 32,388 | 2027 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 116 | Indonesia | 32,349 | 2027 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 117 | Uzbekistan | 31,973 | 2027 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 118 | Mauritania | 31,871 | 2027 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 119 | Peru | 30,925 | 2027 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 120 | Venezuela | 30,625 | 2027 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 121 | Vietnam | 30,426 | 2027 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 122 | Ecuador | 30,372 | 2027 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 29,137 | 2027 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 124 | India | 28,192 | 2027 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 125 | El Salvador | 27,007 | 2027 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 126 | Philippines | 26,905 | 2027 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 127 | Palestine | 26,234 | 2022 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 128 | Moldova | 24,890 | 2027 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 129 | Tonga | 24,641 | 2027 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 130 | Tajikistan | 23,197 | 2027 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 22,897 | 2027 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 132 | Nepal | 22,706 | 2027 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 133 | Kyrgyzstan | 21,473 | 2027 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 134 | Ghana | 20,924 | 2027 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 135 | Angola | 20,670 | 2027 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 136 | Jamaica | 20,438 | 2027 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 137 | Cote d'Ivoire | 19,166 | 2027 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 138 | Laos | 19,084 | 2027 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 139 | Congo | 18,922 | 2027 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 140 | Honduras | 18,493 | 2027 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 141 | Pakistan | 18,210 | 2027 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 142 | Western Sahara | 18,183 | 2027 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 143 | Nicaragua | 17,733 | 2027 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 144 | Bolivia | 17,718 | 2027 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 145 | Guinea | 16,681 | 2027 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 146 | Yemen | 15,868 | 2027 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 147 | Kenya | 15,444 | 2027 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 148 | Sudan | 15,402 | 2022 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 149 | Syria | 14,788 | 2027 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 150 | Senegal | 14,743 | 2027 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 151 | Cameroon | 13,829 | 2027 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | 13,250 | 2027 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 153 | Cambodia | 13,218 | 2027 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 154 | Myanmar | 13,010 | 2027 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Gambia | 12,223 | 2027 | up 24.5% | flat |
| 156 | Nigeria | 11,810 | 2027 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 157 | Zambia | 11,746 | 2027 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 158 | East Timor | 11,687 | 2027 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 159 | Afghanistan | 11,104 | 2027 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 160 | Rwanda | 10,513 | 2027 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 161 | Comoros | 10,465 | 2027 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 162 | Sierra Leone | 10,331 | 2027 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 163 | Zimbabwe | 9,957 | 2027 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 164 | Benin | 9,886 | 2027 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 165 | Somalia | 9,602 | 2027 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 9,260 | 2027 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 167 | Togo | 8,923 | 2027 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 168 | Mali | 8,664 | 2027 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 169 | Tanzania | 8,562 | 2027 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 170 | Lesotho | 8,519 | 2027 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 171 | Ethiopia | 8,326 | 2027 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Chad | 7,943 | 2027 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,386 | 2027 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 174 | Uganda | 7,266 | 2027 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 175 | South Sudan | 6,938 | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 176 | Haiti | 6,846 | 2027 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 177 | Burkina Faso | 6,714 | 2027 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 178 | Eritrea | 5,109 | 2027 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 179 | Solomon Islands | 4,793 | 2027 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 180 | Niger | 4,607 | 2027 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 181 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4,595 | 2027 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 182 | Malawi | 4,591 | 2027 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 183 | Liberia | 3,905 | 2027 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 184 | Mozambique | 3,683 | 2027 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 185 | Madagascar | 3,432 | 2027 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 186 | North Korea | 3,086 | 2027 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 187 | Central African Republic | 3,056 | 2027 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 188 | Burundi | 1,984 | 2027 | down 7.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 267,868
- Northern America 155,554
- Northern America: High income 155,554
- Americas: High income 148,688
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: High income 136,733
- Western Europe 134,047
- G7 133,818
- Northern, Southern and Western Europe: High income 128,607
- Northern Europe 126,743
- Northern, Southern and Western Europe 126,496
- Arab States: High income 124,100
- World: High income 123,874
- European Union 27 123,695
- European Union 28 121,951
- Europe and Central Asia: High income 115,809
- Southern Europe 114,988
- Central and Western Asia: High income 109,135
- Asia and the Pacific: High income 104,331
- Europe and Central Asia 103,309
- Eastern Asia: High income 98,137
- Pacific Islands 93,677
- Eastern Europe: High income 92,430
- Western Asia 90,554
- Central and Western Asia: Upper-middle income 86,885
- Americas 86,256
- Eastern Europe 83,874
- Arab States 82,393
- Latin America and the Caribbean: High income 76,690
- Central and Western Asia 74,190
- Europe and Central Asia: Upper-middle income 72,671
- APEC 67,067
- MENA 63,778
- Arab League 63,445
- Northern Africa: Upper-middle income 63,141
- Northern, Southern and Western Europe: Upper-middle income 59,875
- World excluding BRICS 59,849
- World excluding India and China 57,634
- Southern Asia: Upper-middle income 57,267
- Eastern Asia 56,896
- Northern Africa: Lower-middle income 55,262
About this data
This measure of labour productivity is calculated using data on GDP (in constant 2021 international dollars at PPP) derived from the World Development Indicators database of the World Bank. To compute labour productivity as GDP per worker, ILO estimates for total employment are used. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.