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...
What the numbers show
Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed is currently reported for 30 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 105.06 Index, and the mean is 106.54 Index.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 14 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 125.87 Index | 2025 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 1 | Poland | 124.96 Index | 2026 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 121.37 Index | 2026 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 2 | Israel | 118.11 Index | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 3 | Lithuania | 118.14 Index | 2026 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 3 | Ireland | 117.05 Index | 2026 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 4 | Switzerland | 111.21 Index | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 4 | Latvia | 111.2 Index | 2026 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 5 | Slovenia | 109.1 Index | 2026 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 5 | Denmark | 108.35 Index | 2026 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 6 | Czechia | 107.98 Index | 2026 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 6 | Estonia | 103.39 Index | 2026 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 7 | Norway | 107.89 Index | 2026 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands | 101.42 Index | 2026 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 8 | New Zealand | 107.18 Index | 2026 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 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.
- Korea 115.06 Index
- Slovak Republic 105.43 Index
- Euro area (20 countries) 100.61 Index
About this data
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