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