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Appendix A: Tables

 

24 OECD countries ranked by productivity, 2004

 

24 OECD countries ranked by average annual hours worked, 2004

Country

Dollars*

Rank

 

Country

Hours

Rank

Luxembourg

$60.38

1

 

Netherlands

1355

1

Norway

$59.21

2

 

Norway

1362

2

France

$53.28

3

 

France

1439

3

Ireland

$50.13

4

 

Germany

1443

4

Belgium

$49.31

5

 

Luxembourg

1477

5

Austria

$48.35

6

 

Denmark

1497

6

Netherlands

$47.84

7

 

Austria

1497

7

U.S.A

$47.35

8

 

Switzerland

1534

8

Germany

$47.12

9

 

Sweden

1575

9

U.K.

$42.49

10

 

Belgium

1598

10

Italy

$42.46

11

 

Italy

1603

11

Denmark

$42.42

12

 

U.K.

1621

12

Sweden

$42.33

13

 

Ireland

1649

13

Finland

$42.17

14

 

Finland

1652

14

Switzerland

$40.75

15

 

Portugal

1718

15

Australia

$38.50

16

 

Japan

1749

16

Canada

$37.17

17

 

Australia

1758

17

Spain

$35.21

18

 

New Zealand

1765

18

Japan

$35.17

19

 

Canada

1782

19

Iceland

$34.83

20

 

Spain

1798

20

Greece

$29.74

21

 

Iceland

1810

21

New Zealand

$29.03

22

 

U.S.A

1819

22

Portugal

$24.29

23

 

Greece

1918

23

Turkey

$13.45

24

 

Turkey

1918

24

 *in EKS purchasing power parity dollars

 

 

 

Source: Conference Board and Groningen Total Economy Database, January 2006

 

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