Which has higher total factor productivity, Kenya or United States?

United States, at 0.993 against 0.9928 in Kenya as of 2023.

What is the difference in total factor productivity between Kenya and United States?

0.0002, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and United States?

70 years are reported by both, from 1954 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.

Kenya vs United States: Total factor productivity

Kenya

0.9928

in 2023

United States

0.993

in 2023

Kenya rank

62nd

United States rank

61st

Total factor productivity over time

Kenya
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.993 against 0.9928 in Kenya, a difference of 0.0002.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 62nd and United States ranks 61st of 120 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 7 and United States in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	United States	Difference	Ahead
1950s	0.9971	0.6592	0.3379	Kenya
1960s	1.09	0.7285	0.36	Kenya
1970s	1.06	0.7703	0.2869	Kenya
1980s	1.07	0.7807	0.2879	Kenya
1990s	1	0.8329	0.1714	Kenya
2000s	0.8753	0.9116	0.0363	United States
2010s	0.9515	0.9477	0.0037	Kenya
2020s	0.9937	0.9875	0.0062	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total factor productivity, Kenya or United States?: United States, at 0.993 against 0.9928 in Kenya as of 2023.
What is the difference in total factor productivity between Kenya and United States?: 0.0002, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and United States?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2023.
How do Kenya and United States rank globally for total factor productivity?: Kenya ranks 62nd and United States ranks 61st 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.