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Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed by country

The OECD Productivity Database aims at providing users with the most comprehensive and the latest productivity estimates. The update cycle is on a rolling basis: each variable in the dataset is made publicly available as soon as it is updated in the sources databases. The productivity database contains data on...

Countries reporting
23
Highest
125.87 Index
Costa Rica
Lowest
89.9 Index
Luxembourg
Median
103.38 Index
Years covered
63
1964–2026
Data points
1,159

What the numbers show

Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 125.87 Index in Costa Rica; the lowest is 89.9 Index in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is 103.38 Index, and the mean is 104.64 Index.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 21.5%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 14.3%).

Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Costa Rica 125.87 Index 2025 up 21.5% rising
2 Israel 118.11 Index 2025 up 15.5% rising
3 Ireland 117.05 Index 2026 up 10.5% rising
4 Switzerland 111.21 Index 2025 up 8.8% rising
5 Denmark 108.35 Index 2026 up 3.9% rising
6 Czechia 107.98 Index 2026 up 3.7% rising
7 Norway 107.89 Index 2026 up 2.2% rising
8 New Zealand 107.18 Index 2026 up 5.1% rising
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 105.89 Index 2025 up 4.2% rising
10 Sweden 105.22 Index 2026 down 2.2% rising
11 Hungary 104.89 Index 2026 down 1.5% rising
12 Portugal 103.38 Index 2026 up 2.8% rising
13 Belgium 103.15 Index 2026 down 2.3% rising
14 Germany 102.26 Index 2026 up 0.7% rising
15 Austria 102.15 Index 2026 down 2.0% rising
16 France 101.07 Index 2026 down 1.9% rising
17 Japan 100.83 Index 2026 down 0.7% rising
18 Finland 98.83 Index 2026 down 8.6% rising
19 Spain 98.44 Index 2026 down 4.5% rising
20 Italy 98.11 Index 2026 down 4.1% rising
21 Australia 97.74 Index 2026 down 6.9% rising
22 Greece 91.25 Index 2026 down 9.3% falling
23 Luxembourg 89.9 Index 2026 down 14.3% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed
Unit
Index
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
33 places, 1,159 data points, 1964–2026
Last refreshed

The OECD Productivity Database aims at providing users with the most comprehensive and the latest productivity estimates. The update cycle is on a rolling basis: each variable in the dataset is made publicly available as soon as it is updated in the sources databases. The productivity database contains data on labour productivity both measured using employment or hours worked and the compenents of capital and labour inputs. The productivity database in levels, in growth rates and by industry contains annual data, while the database on productivity and unit labour costs are quarterly estimates. Further information for all datasets and the methodology may be found in the attached file OECD-Productivity-Statistics-Database-metadata