Which has higher total factor productivity, Netherlands or Sierra Leone?

Netherlands, at 0.9967 against 0.9965 in Sierra Leone as of 2023.

What is the difference in total factor productivity between Netherlands and Sierra Leone?

0.0002, with Netherlands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Sierra Leone?

44 years are reported by both, from 1980 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.

Netherlands vs Sierra Leone: Total factor productivity

Netherlands

0.9967

in 2023

Sierra Leone

0.9965

in 2023

Netherlands rank

53rd

Sierra Leone rank

54th

Total factor productivity over time

Netherlands
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 0.9967 against 0.9965 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0002.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Netherlands ranks 53rd and Sierra Leone ranks 54th of 120 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Netherlands	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1980s	0.926	1.11	0.189	Sierra Leone
1990s	0.9648	0.7668	0.198	Netherlands
2000s	1.02	0.6821	0.3338	Netherlands
2010s	1	0.8328	0.169	Netherlands
2020s	0.9972	0.9937	0.0035	Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total factor productivity, Netherlands or Sierra Leone?: Netherlands, at 0.9967 against 0.9965 in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
What is the difference in total factor productivity between Netherlands and Sierra Leone?: 0.0002, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Sierra Leone?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
How do Netherlands and Sierra Leone rank globally for total factor productivity?: Netherlands ranks 53rd and Sierra Leone ranks 54th 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.