Denmark vs Norway: Productivity: output per hour worked

Denmark
88.72 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Norway
130.13 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Denmark rank
4th
Norway rank
2nd

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

  • Denmark
  • Norway
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 130.13 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 88.72 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Denmark, a difference of 41.42 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.5 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Denmark ahead.

Globally, Denmark ranks 4th and Norway ranks 2nd 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
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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.