Italy vs Taiwan: Total factor productivity

Italy
0.9869
in 2023
Taiwan
0.9869
in 2023
Italy rank
71st
Taiwan rank
70th

Total factor productivity over time

  • Italy
  • Taiwan
0.250.50.7511.2195419882023

How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 0.9869 against 0.9869 in Italy, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 71st and Taiwan ranks 70th of 120 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Taiwan Difference Ahead
1950s 0.7148 0.2237 0.4912 Italy
1960s 0.9105 0.3013 0.6092 Italy
1970s 1.18 0.4158 0.7657 Italy
1980s 1.2 0.5226 0.6796 Italy
1990s 1.2 0.6842 0.517 Italy
2000s 1.14 0.8033 0.3381 Italy
2010s 1.03 0.9114 0.1157 Italy
2020s 0.994 0.9876 0.0065 Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total factor productivity, Italy or Taiwan?
Taiwan, at 0.9869 against 0.9869 in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in total factor productivity between Italy and Taiwan?
0, with Taiwan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Taiwan?
69 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2023.
How do Italy and Taiwan rank globally for total factor productivity?
Italy ranks 71st and Taiwan ranks 70th 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

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.