Kenya vs Uruguay: Total factor productivity
Kenya
0.9928
in 2023
Uruguay
0.9938
in 2023
Kenya rank
62nd
Uruguay rank
60th
Total factor productivity over time
- Kenya
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.9938 against 0.9928 in Kenya, a difference of 0.001.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Uruguay ahead.
Kenya ranks 62nd and Uruguay ranks 60th of 120 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.9971 | 0.9162 | 0.0808 | Kenya |
| 1960s | 1.09 | 0.7925 | 0.296 | Kenya |
| 1970s | 1.06 | 0.8343 | 0.2229 | Kenya |
| 1980s | 1.07 | 0.7528 | 0.3157 | Kenya |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.8293 | 0.1749 | Kenya |
| 2000s | 0.8753 | 0.8209 | 0.0543 | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.9515 | 1.01 | 0.0561 | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.9937 | 0.9966 | 0.0029 | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total factor productivity, Kenya or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.9938 against 0.9928 in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total factor productivity between Kenya and Uruguay?
- 0.001, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Uruguay?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Uruguay rank globally for total factor productivity?
- Kenya ranks 62nd and Uruguay ranks 60th 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.