China vs India: Total factor productivity

China
1.01
in 2023
India
1.01
in 2023
China rank
29th
India rank
32nd

Total factor productivity over time

  • China
  • India
0.20.40.60.81195419882023

How they compare

China currently reports 1.01 against 1.01 in India, a difference of 0.0032.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 68 shared years of data; in 1956 it was India ahead.

China ranks 29th and India ranks 32nd of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total factor productivity
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
120 places, 6,892 data points, 1954–2023
Last refreshed

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.