Brazil vs South Korea: Total factor productivity
Brazil
0.9768
in 2023
South Korea
0.9769
in 2023
Brazil rank
85th
South Korea rank
84th
Total factor productivity over time
- Brazil
- South Korea
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 0.9769 against 0.9768 in Brazil, a difference of 0.0001.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 67 shared years of data; in 1957 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 85th and South Korea ranks 84th of 120 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.02 | 0.4034 | 0.6146 | Brazil |
| 1960s | 1.2 | 0.4472 | 0.7488 | Brazil |
| 1970s | 1.49 | 0.5693 | 0.9256 | Brazil |
| 1980s | 1.44 | 0.6178 | 0.818 | Brazil |
| 1990s | 1.26 | 0.7487 | 0.5155 | Brazil |
| 2000s | 1.19 | 0.8739 | 0.3176 | Brazil |
| 2010s | 1.11 | 0.9701 | 0.1384 | Brazil |
| 2020s | 0.9977 | 0.9904 | 0.0073 | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total factor productivity, Brazil or South Korea?
- South Korea, at 0.9769 against 0.9768 in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total factor productivity between Brazil and South Korea?
- 0.0001, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and South Korea?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1957 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and South Korea rank globally for total factor productivity?
- Brazil ranks 85th and South Korea ranks 84th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Total factor productivity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This is the level of total factor productivity, relative to each country's value in 2021 (which is set to 1). This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.