Multifactor productivity

Growth in value added through technology, organisation and efficiency.

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The latest figures: Multifactor productivity (% on the year before)
CountryPeriodFigureTen years before
Germany2024−0.511.10 (2014)
USA20241.660.59 (2014)
France2024−0.190.78 (2014)
Japan2024−1.670.62 (2014)

What is measured

Multifactor productivity

Unit
% on the year before, yearly
Source
OECD Productivity Database, DSD_PDB@DF_PDB MFPH
Coverage
Germany 1997–2024, USA 1998–2024, France 1985–2024, Japan 1988–2024
Retrieved
03.11.2026

Total factor productivity

How much a country gets out of labour (with its education) and capital, at constant national prices; each country against itself (2021 = 1), not comparable in level across countries.

Unit
index, 2021 = 1, yearly
Source
Penn World Table 11.0, PWT 11.0 rtfpna
Coverage
Germany 1954–2023, USA 1954–2023, France 1954–2023, Poland 1974–2023, China 1956–2023, India 1954–2023, Japan 1954–2023
Retrieved
03.11.2026

Limits of the data

  • Multifactor productivity is a residual of growth accounting: the growth not due to more hours worked or more capital.
  • Multifactor productivity: No figures in this source for Poland, China and India.
  • Total factor productivity: Until 1990 reconstructed by the Penn World Table for the present territory.

Sources

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