Which has higher total factor productivity, Ireland or South Korea?

South Korea, at 0.9769 against 0.9752 in Ireland as of 2023.

What is the difference in total factor productivity between Ireland and South Korea?

0.0017, with South Korea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and South Korea?

67 years are reported by both, from 1957 to 2023.

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.

Ireland vs South Korea: Total factor productivity

Ireland

0.9752

in 2023

South Korea

0.9769

in 2023

Ireland rank

87th

South Korea rank

84th

Total factor productivity over time

Ireland
South Korea

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 0.9769 against 0.9752 in Ireland, a difference of 0.0017.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1957 it was South Korea ahead.

Ireland ranks 87th and South Korea ranks 84th of 120 countries.

South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ireland	South Korea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	0.3091	0.4034	0.0943	South Korea
1960s	0.3518	0.4472	0.0955	South Korea
1970s	0.4244	0.5693	0.145	South Korea
1980s	0.5014	0.6178	0.1164	South Korea
1990s	0.6751	0.7487	0.0736	South Korea
2000s	0.8249	0.8739	0.049	South Korea
2010s	0.8573	0.9701	0.1128	South Korea
2020s	0.9774	0.9904	0.013	South Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total factor productivity, Ireland or South Korea?: South Korea, at 0.9769 against 0.9752 in Ireland as of 2023.
What is the difference in total factor productivity between Ireland and South Korea?: 0.0017, with South Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and South Korea?: 67 years are reported by both, from 1957 to 2023.
How do Ireland and South Korea rank globally for total factor productivity?: Ireland ranks 87th 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

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: 07 August 2026

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.