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Gap in GDP per hour worked with respect to the United States

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Source
OECD (2017) – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
March 16, 2018
Date range
1970–2016
Unit
Percentage

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OECD – Productivity - Level of GDP per capita and productivity

Abstract Productivity is considered a central driver of long-term economic growth and living standards. Contact person/organisation productivity.contact@oecd.org The OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators provides a comprehensive overview of recent and longer term trends in productivity levels and growth in OECD and selected non-OECD countries. The most recent edition of the Compendium, as well as information on the methodologies used in the OECD Productivity Dtabase, are available on the OECD productivity internet page: OECD productivity internet page http://www.oecd.org/std/productivity-stats/ Data source(s) used The indicators presented in this dataset are mainly based on GDP, population and employment statistics from the OECD Annual National Accounts. Hours worked are sourced from the OECD Annual National Accounts, the OECD Employment Outlook and national sources. Date last updated Last updated: November 2017.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, i.e. each variable in the dataset is made publicly available as soon as it is updated in the sources databases. However, timely data issues may arise and affect individual series and/or countries. In particular, annual hours worked estimates from the OECD Employment Outlook are typically updated less frequently (once a year, in the summer) than series of hours worked from the OECD Annual National Accounts. The current version of the OECD Productivity Database accounts for the new changes which have recently occurred in the OECD National Accounts. For further details on methodological changes in OECD Annual National Accounts, go to the following link. Most countries revised their GDP estimates with the implementation of the 2008 SNA… http://www.oecd.org/std/na/sna-2008-main-changes.htm Geographic coverage

  • OECD 35 countries; * BRIICS, Colombia and Lithuania; * Geographical / economic zones. Sector coverage Total economy.
Retrieved on
March 16, 2018
Retrieved from
https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=PDB_LV
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This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
OECD.Stat - Productivity - Level of GDP per capita and productivity. OECD, 2017.

Abstract Productivity is considered a central driver of long-term economic growth and living standards. Contact person/organisation productivity.contact@oecd.org The OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators provides a comprehensive overview of recent and longer term trends in productivity levels and growth in OECD and selected non-OECD countries. The most recent edition of the Compendium, as well as information on the methodologies used in the OECD Productivity Dtabase, are available on the OECD productivity internet page: OECD productivity internet page http://www.oecd.org/std/productivity-stats/ Data source(s) used The indicators presented in this dataset are mainly based on GDP, population and employment statistics from the OECD Annual National Accounts. Hours worked are sourced from the OECD Annual National Accounts, the OECD Employment Outlook and national sources. Date last updated Last updated: November 2017.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, i.e. each variable in the dataset is made publicly available as soon as it is updated in the sources databases. However, timely data issues may arise and affect individual series and/or countries. In particular, annual hours worked estimates from the OECD Employment Outlook are typically updated less frequently (once a year, in the summer) than series of hours worked from the OECD Annual National Accounts. The current version of the OECD Productivity Database accounts for the new changes which have recently occurred in the OECD National Accounts. For further details on methodological changes in OECD Annual National Accounts, go to the following link. Most countries revised their GDP estimates with the implementation of the 2008 SNA… http://www.oecd.org/std/na/sna-2008-main-changes.htm Geographic coverage

  • OECD 35 countries; * BRIICS, Colombia and Lithuania; * Geographical / economic zones. Sector coverage Total economy.
Retrieved on
March 16, 2018
Retrieved from
https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=PDB_LV
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
OECD.Stat - Productivity - Level of GDP per capita and productivity. OECD, 2017.

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