Austria vs Belgium: Productivity: output per hour worked

Austria

84.97 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour

in 2023

Belgium

84.4 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour

in 2023

Austria rank

5th

Belgium rank

8th

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

Austria
Belgium

How they compare

Austria currently reports 84.97 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 84.4 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Belgium, a difference of 0.5664 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belgium ahead.

Globally, Austria ranks 5th and Belgium ranks 8th of 130 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Productivity: output per hour worked
Unit: international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 130 places, 4,965 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Productivity is calculated as GDP divided by the total number of hours worked in the economy. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.