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Jamaica vs Vietnam: Productivity: output per hour worked

Jamaica
10.5 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Vietnam
11.03 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Jamaica rank
99th
Vietnam rank
98th

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

  • Jamaica
  • Vietnam
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How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 11.03 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 10.5 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Jamaica, a difference of 0.5345 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Jamaica ahead.

Globally, Jamaica ranks 99th and Vietnam ranks 98th 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.