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

United States, at 0.993 against 0.9912 in Namibia as of 2023.

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

0.0018, with United States ahead.

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

60 years are reported by both, from 1964 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.

Namibia vs United States: Total factor productivity

Namibia

0.9912

in 2023

United States

0.993

in 2023

Namibia rank

64th

United States rank

61st

Total factor productivity over time

Namibia
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.993 against 0.9912 in Namibia, a difference of 0.0018.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 64th and United States ranks 61st of 120 countries.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	United States	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.34	0.7472	0.5922	Namibia
1970s	1.31	0.7703	0.538	Namibia
1980s	1.17	0.7807	0.3887	Namibia
1990s	1.15	0.8329	0.3144	Namibia
2000s	1.3	0.9116	0.3933	Namibia
2010s	1.15	0.9477	0.1977	Namibia
2020s	0.9987	0.9875	0.0112	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total factor productivity, Namibia or United States?: United States, at 0.993 against 0.9912 in Namibia as of 2023.
What is the difference in total factor productivity between Namibia and United States?: 0.0018, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and United States?: 60 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2023.
How do Namibia and United States rank globally for total factor productivity?: Namibia ranks 64th 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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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: 18 September 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.