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China vs Sri Lanka: Productivity: output per hour worked

China
17.69 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Sri Lanka
17.55 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
China rank
82nd
Sri Lanka rank
84th

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

  • China
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

China currently reports 17.69 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 17.55 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.1386 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Globally, China ranks 82nd and Sri Lanka ranks 84th 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

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.