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Sweden vs United States: Productivity: output per hour worked

Sweden
80.74 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
United States
83.53 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Sweden rank
11th
United States rank
9th

Productivity: output per hour worked over time

  • Sweden
  • United States
20406080195019862023

How they compare

United States currently reports 83.53 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 80.74 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Sweden, a difference of 2.8 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was United States ahead.

Globally, Sweden ranks 11th and United States ranks 9th 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.