Australia vs Sweden: Gap in GDP per hour worked with respect to the United States
Australia
-19.25 Percentage
in 2016
Sweden
-12.37 Percentage
in 2016
Australia rank
13th
Sweden rank
11th
Gap in GDP per hour worked with respect to the United States over time
- Australia
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports -12.37 Percentage against -19.25 Percentage in Australia, a difference of 6.88 Percentage.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 47 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 13th and Sweden ranks 11th of 36 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -17.11 Percentage | -15.48 Percentage | 1.62 Percentage | Sweden |
| 1980s | -16.22 Percentage | -12.6 Percentage | 3.62 Percentage | Sweden |
| 1990s | -21.76 Percentage | -12.59 Percentage | 9.16 Percentage | Sweden |
| 2000s | -21.78 Percentage | -11.74 Percentage | 10.04 Percentage | Sweden |
| 2010s | -20.97 Percentage | -12.42 Percentage | 8.55 Percentage | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gap in gdp per hour worked with respect to the united states, Australia or Sweden?
- Sweden, at -12.37 Percentage against -19.25 Percentage in Australia as of 2016.
- What is the difference in gap in gdp per hour worked with respect to the united states between Australia and Sweden?
- 6.88 Percentage, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sweden?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2016.
- How do Australia and Sweden rank globally for gap in gdp per hour worked with respect to the united states?
- Australia ranks 13th and Sweden ranks 11th of 36 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- OECD (2017) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Gap in GDP per hour worked with respect to the United States. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Figure illustrates the gap in GDP per hour worked with respect to the United States. The gap is calculated by taking a country's GDP per hour worked minus that of the US, divided by US GDP per hour worked. A positive gap suggests the country is more productive (has higher GDP per hour worked) than the US.