South Korea vs Turkey: Productivity: output per hour worked

South Korea
53.61 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Turkey
56.52 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
South Korea rank
25th
Turkey rank
24th

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

  • South Korea
  • Turkey
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How they compare

Turkey currently reports 56.52 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 53.61 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in South Korea, a difference of 2.92 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Turkey ahead.

Globally, South Korea ranks 25th and Turkey ranks 24th 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.