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Sustainable consumption and
production
Creating sustainable
communities and a fairer world
33. Productivity
International comparisons of productivity growth, 1991 to 2007
Output per worker for UK and selected countries, 2007
Contextual indicator
| Output per worker since: | 1991 |
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2003 |
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- Between 1991 and 2007, the UK experienced faster productivity growth (as measured by GDP per worker) than all other G7 countries. During the period output per worker in the UK increased by 43 per cent compared with the G7 average (excluding the UK) of 28 per cent.
- In 2007 GDP per worker in the US and France was higher than in the UK (by 23 per cent and 7 per cent respectively), Germany had a similar output to the UK, whilst Japan’s GDP per worker, was 12 per cent lower than the UK.
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Updated: 30 July 2009