Singapore vs Taiwan: Productivity: output per hour worked

Singapore
65.92 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Taiwan
60.85 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Singapore rank
19th
Taiwan rank
22nd

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

  • Singapore
  • Taiwan
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How they compare

Singapore currently reports 65.92 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 60.85 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Taiwan, a difference of 5.07 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Taiwan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Singapore ahead.

Globally, Singapore ranks 19th and Taiwan ranks 22nd 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.