Productivity & competitiveness
How much an hour of work produces, how long people work, how labour costs per unit produced develop and how much is sold abroad. Compared with France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, after Germany the largest economies of the EU, and with the US and Japan; you can add any other country.
Per hour workediGDP per hour workedGross domestic product per hour worked by all persons employed, at purchasing power parities and constant prices. The measure of labour productivity that accounts for part-time work and shorter hours.
How productive is work in Germany? →Hours workediHours worked per person employedAverage hours actually worked per person employed in a year, full and part-time together.
How many hours does a worker work in a year? →Unit labour costsiUnit labour costsLabour costs per unit of value added: they rise when wages grow faster than productivity.
Are wages rising faster than productivity? →ExportsiExport shareExports of goods and services relative to GDP.
How much does Germany depend on exports? →Related charts
- Multifactor productivityGrowth in value added through technology, organisation and efficiency.
- Electricity prices for businessesAverage electricity price for non-household consumers using 2,000 to 20,000 MWh a year, including taxes and levies, excluding VAT.
- Foreign tradeGermany’s exports and imports of goods since 2008 on a world map, by partner country and goods group.
- Wage growthChange in real and nominal wages on the same quarter a year before.
- High-tech exportsShare of products with high R&D intensity in manufactured exports (OECD list): aerospace, computers and office machines, electronics and telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, electrical machinery, chemistry, non-electrical machinery, armament.