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Denmark vs Netherlands: Productivity: output per hour worked

Denmark
88.72 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Netherlands
84.8 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Denmark rank
4th
Netherlands rank
6th

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

  • Denmark
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 88.72 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 84.8 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Netherlands, a difference of 3.92 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Netherlands ahead.

Globally, Denmark ranks 4th and Netherlands ranks 6th 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.