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Data briefing: International comparisons of productivity


Key findings

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    • New data from National Statistics shows that UK productivity, measured as GDP per worker, is lower than that of France and the USA, similar to that of Germany and higher than that of Japan.

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    • On the basis of GDP per hour worked, the relative position of each country in relation to the UK remains unchanged, but both France and Japan move further away from the centre as the most extreme examples of high and low productivity.