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. 2020 Nov 2;1(1):10. doi: 10.1007/s43546-020-00008-7

Table 2.

Labour productivity, harmonised unemployment rate, and social labour productivity index (2016) by country

βp = 3.0 GDPHRWKD Harmonised unemployment rate (HUR) SLPI (α = 0.5) SLPI (α = 0.1) % Reduction in GDPHRWKD to: Rank
SLPI (α = 0.5) (%) SLPI (α = 0.1) (%) GDPHRWKD Harmonised unemployment rate (HUR) SLPI (α = 0.5) SLPI (α = 0.1) % Reduction in GDPHRWKD to:
SLPI (α = 0.5) SLPI (α = 0.1)
Greece 30.87 23.57 27.60 24.98 10.60 19.09 30 1 33 33 1 1
Spain 47.08 19.65 43.04 39.81 8.58 15.45 19 2 19 20 2 2
Italy 47.71 11.68 45.57 43.86 4.47 8.05 18 3 18 18 3 3
Portugal 32.28 11.18 30.91 29.83 4.22 7.59 28 4 28 29 4 4
Turkey 36.79 10.91 35.29 34.09 4.08 7.34 24 5 24 26 5 5
France 58.95 10.07 56.80 55.08 3.64 6.56 9 6 10 10 6 6
Slovak Republic 39.06 9.67 37.72 36.64 3.44 6.19 21 7 21 22 7 7
Latvia 26.57 9.63 25.66 24.94 3.42 6.15 34 8 34 34 8 8
Finland 51.75 8.79 50.21 48.97 2.98 5.37 15 9 15 15 9 9
Ireland 82.15 8.41 79.86 78.03 2.79 5.02 1 10 1 3 10 10
Slovenia 37.41 8.03 36.44 35.66 2.59 4.67 23 11 23 23 11 11
Lithuania 29.91 7.9 29.15 28.55 2.53 4.55 32 12 31 31 12 12
Belgium 64.62 7.86 63.00 61.71 2.51 4.51 4 13 4 5 13 13
Canada 48.92 6.99 47.91 47.11 2.06 3.70 16 14 16 17 14 14
Sweden 56.45 6.95 55.30 54.38 2.04 3.66 11 15 11 11 15 15
Estonia 30.81 6.77 30.21 29.73 1.94 3.50 31 16 30 30 16 16
Chile 23.75 6.49 23.33 22.98 1.80 3.24 35 17 35 35 17 17
Luxembourg 81.16 6.33 79.77 78.65 1.72 3.09 2 18 2 1 18 18
Poland 29.12 6.19 28.64 28.26 1.64 2.96 33 20 32 32 19 19
Denmark 63.41 6.19 62.37 61.53 1.64 2.96 6 19 6 6 20 20
Austria 53.92 6.03 53.08 52.40 1.56 2.81 12 21 13 13 21 22
Netherlands 62.26 6.03 61.29 60.51 1.56 2.81 7 22 7 7 22 21
Australia 51.79 5.71 51.07 50.49 1.40 2.51 14 23 14 14 23 23
Hungary 31.03 5.1 30.70 30.43 1.08 1.95 29 24 29 28 24 25
New Zealand 37.89 5.1 37.48 37.15 1.08 1.95 22 25 22 21 25 24
Switzerland 57.93 4.92 57.35 56.90 0.99 1.78 10 26 9 9 26 26
United States 63.45 4.87 62.84 62.35 0.96 1.74 5 27 5 4 27 27
United Kingdom 48.12 4.83 47.66 47.30 0.94 1.70 17 28 17 16 28 28
Israel 35.33 4.81 35.00 34.73 0.93 1.68 25 29 25 24 29 29
Norway 79.42 4.76 78.70 78.12 0.91 1.63 3 30 3 2 30 30
Germany 60.01 4.13 59.66 59.38 0.58 1.05 8 31 8 8 31 31
Czech Republic 34.50 3.97 34.33 34.19 0.50 0.90 26 32 26 25 32 32
Mexico 18.74 3.88 18.66 18.59 0.45 0.82 36 33 36 36 33 33
Korea 32.93 3.67 32.82 32.73 0.35 0.62 27 34 27 27 34 34
Japan 41.54 3.12 41.51 41.49 0.06 0.11 20 35 20 19 35 35
Iceland 53.76 3.01 53.76 53.76 0.01 0.01 13 36 12 12 36 36
Euro area (19 countries) 53.00 10.03 51.08 49.54 3.62 6.52
European Union (28 countries) 47.71 8.55 46.34 45.25 2.86 5.15
OECD—total 47.06 6.34 46.25 45.60 1.72 3.10

The countries are ranked in order according to their value of “Percentage Reduction in GDPHRWKD to SLPI (α = 0.5)” and therefore the columns with their calculations and ranking are highlighted for ease of reference