Statistics
Recently published
Release calendar
Main indicators
Subject areas
Censuses
Products
Services
Metadata
International statistics
EU statistics
Economy
Environment
Population
Social life
Indicators of the Europe 2020 strategy
Main EU economic indicators (short term statistics)
A selection of articles
Consultation on availability of the statistics of the EU countries
Statistical databases of international organisations
Links to other organisations
Frontpage Sitemap Search Feedback RSS
Statistics Organisation Statistical Council eSTAT Database
Location: Statistics > International statistics > EU statistics Eesti keeles

Labour productivity per hour worked

Labour productivity per hour worked is calculated as real output (deflated GDP measured in chain-linked volumes, reference year 2005) per unit of labour input (measured by the total number of hours worked). Measuring labour productivity per hour worked provides a better picture of productivity developments in the economy than labour productivity per person employed, as it eliminates differences in the full time/part time composition of the workforce across countries and years.

Additional information on Eurostat web page

Euro per hour worked
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
EU (27 countries) .. .. .. .. .. 25.3 25.7 26.2 26.6 27.2 28.0 28.5 29.0 29.4 29.9 30.2 30.9 31.3 31.2 30.8 31.4 31.8
Belgium .. .. .. .. .. 39.9  (e) 41.0  (e) 41.9  (e) 41.7  (e) 42.5  (e) 44.2  (e) 43.0  (e) 43.6  (e) 44.1  (e) 45.8  (e) 45.5  (e) 46.2  (e) 46.9  (e) 46.3  (e) 45.8  (e) .. ..
Bulgaria .. .. .. .. .. 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.8
Czech Republic .. .. .. .. .. 8.2 8.6  (b) 8.5 8.6 8.8 9.3 10.0 10.1 10.7 11.1 11.7 12.4 13.0 13.0 12.8 13.0 13.1
Denmark 37.4 38.2 38.9 39.5 42.0 42.9 43.9 44.1 44.0 44.4 45.3 45.1 45.5 46.3 47.5 48.2 48.6 48.5 47.3 46.5 48.3 48.9
Germany .. 31.2 32.0 32.4 33.3 34.1 34.8 35.6 36.0 36.3 37.3 38.2 38.7 39.1 39.4 39.9 41.3 42.0 42.0 40.9 41.7 42.3
Estonia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.0 7.4 7.7 8.2 8.7 9.2 9.7 10.3 10.0 10.3 10.9 10.8
Ireland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34.9 36.6 39.0 40.0 42.0 43.2 43.9 44.1 44.7 45.8 45.8 48.1 49.9 51.7
Greece .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17.6 18.3 18.6 19.5 20.1 19.8  (b) 20.8 21.5 22.2  (p) 21.1  (p) 20.4  (p) 19.9  (p)
Spain .. .. .. .. .. 26.9 27.2 27.3 27.2 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.4 27.6 27.7 27.9 28.1 28.5 28.7 29.4 30.0 30.4
France 33.4 33.9 34.6 35.1 35.9 36.9 37.0 37.8 38.7 39.3 40.7 41.1 42.3 42.7 43.0 43.6 44.9 44.9 44.4 44.2 44.8 45.4
Italy .. .. 28.0 28.6 29.8 30.7 30.6 31.2 31.1 31.3 32.0 32.3 32.1 31.7 32.1 32.4 32.5 32.6 32.4 31.7 32.4 32.5
Cyprus .. .. .. .. .. 17.1 17.4 17.6 18.1 18.6 19.1 19.2 19.5 19.2 19.7 20.1 20.4 20.8 21.2 21.0 21.3 21.3
Latvia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.2  (b) 4.5  (b) 4.7  (b) 5.0  (b) 5.5  (b) 5.9  (b) 6.3  (b) 6.7  (b) 6.7  (b) 6.6  (b) 6.9  (b) 7.8  (b)
Lithuania .. .. .. .. .. 4.5 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.6 6.2 6.5 7.1 7.5 7.7 8.2 8.7 8.8 8.3 8.7 9.2
Luxembourg .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 58.7 59.6 60.9 63.1 63.9 64.9 60.8 60.1 60.7 60.0
Hungary .. .. .. .. .. 7.8 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.1 8.4 8.9 9.2 9.7 10.2 10.7 11.1 11.1 11.3 11.0 11.1 11.2
Malta .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.1  (e) 18.9  (e) 16.6  (e) 17.1  (e) 16.6  (e) 17.0  (e) 17.5  (e) 17.5  (e) 17.6  (e) 17.8  (e) .. ..
Netherlands .. .. .. .. .. 37.9 38.2 38.9 39.7 40.6 41.3 41.6 41.8 42.4 43.8 44.7 45.5 46.2 46.2 45.1 46.1 46.2
Austria .. .. .. .. .. 30.5 30.5 30.9 32.1 32.7 33.5 33.8 34.5 34.7 35.3 36.1 37.3 38.1 38.3 38.2 39.0 39.2
Poland .. .. .. .. .. 5.2 5.5 5.8 6.0 13.2  (b) 6.9 7.2 7.5 7.9 8.2 8.4 8.6 8.8 8.9 9.1 9.5 9.8
Portugal .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.2 15.4 15.6 15.8 16.1 16.1 16.1 16.7 16.8  (p)
Romania .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.8 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.6 5.3 5.3 ..
Slovenia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.4 15.9 16.0 16.5 17.0 18.2 19.3 20.1 20.1 18.9 19.5 20.2
Slovakia .. .. .. .. .. 6.6 7.0 7.3 7.7 8.0 8.2 8.5 9.2 9.8 10.1 10.4 11.0 11.8 12.1 11.8 12.3 12.6
Finland 25.7 25.9 26.8 28.3 29.4 30.0 30.6 31.6 32.7 33.1 34.4 35.1 35.6 36.4 37.7 38.4 39.5 40.8 40.3 38.2 39.4 40.0
Sweden 29.8 30.1 30.8 31.0 31.8 32.4 33.0 34.2 35.1 35.8 37.0 37.2 38.7 40.2 41.5 42.7 44.0 44.1 43.3 42.3 43.7 44.4
United Kingdom .. .. .. .. .. 29.8  (e) 30.4  (e) 31.0  (e) 31.9  (e) 32.7  (e) 33.9  (e) 34.5  (e) 35.5  (e) 36.9  (e) 37.7  (e) 38.3  (e) 39.1  (e) 40.2  (e) 40.0  (e) 39.1  (e) .. ..
Iceland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Norway 49.3 51.4 53.0 54.2 56.2 58.0 60.0 61.7 61.8 62.5 65.0 67.2 68.7 70.9 72.3 73.1 72.5 71.1 68.8 69.0 69.3 68.9
Switzerland .. 37.3 37.6 37.9 38.2 38.9 39.7 40.8 41.2 40.9 42.1 42.9 43.3 43.1 43.2 44.2 45.1 46.0 46.1 .. .. ..
United States 29.5  (e) 29.8  (e) 30.8  (e) 31.0  (e) 31.3  (e) 31.3  (e) 32.0  (e) 32.5  (e) 33.2  (e) 34.2  (e) 35.1  (e) 35.9  (e) 37.0  (e) 38.2  (e) 39.1  (e) 39.7  (e) 40.0  (e) 40.5  (e) 40.7  (e) 41.5  (e) .. ..
Index, 2005=100
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
EU (27 countries) .. .. .. .. .. 83.8 84.9 86.7 88.0 89.8 92.5 94.2 95.8 97.2 98.8 100.0 102.1 103.6 103.1 101.7 103.9 105.3
Belgium .. .. .. .. .. 87.5  (e) 90.0  (e) 92.0  (e) 91.5  (e) 93.3  (e) 97.0  (e) 94.5  (e) 95.7  (e) 96.8  (e) 100.7  (e) 100.0  (e) 101.4  (e) 103.1  (e) 101.8  (e) 100.5  (e) .. ..
Bulgaria .. .. .. .. .. 72.9 64.7 65.7 72.0 75.8 83.6 87.1 91.0 93.8 96.3 100.0 103.4 106.6 110.2 107.0 112.8 119.9
Czech Republic .. .. .. .. .. 70.6 73.6  (b) 73.3 73.6 75.9 79.5 85.7 87.1 91.6 95.6 100.0 106.7 111.4 111.8 110.1 111.9 112.5
Denmark 77.6 79.4 80.8 82.0 87.3 89.0 91.0 91.6 91.3 92.2 94.1 93.6 94.4 96.0 98.6 100.0 100.9 100.7 98.2 96.5 100.2 101.5
Germany .. 78.2 80.1 81.3 83.4 85.4 87.2 89.2 90.2 91.0 93.5 95.8 97.1 98.0 98.8 100.0 103.6 105.4 105.3 102.6 104.5 106.2
Estonia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 75.7 80.1 84.1 89.2 94.4 100.0 105.0 112.1 108.9 111.7 118.2 116.9
Ireland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 79.0 82.9 88.3 90.6 95.2 98.0 99.5 100.0 101.2 103.8 103.8 109.0 113.2 117.3
Greece .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 88.6 92.1 93.8 98.5 101.3 100.0  (b) 105.0 108.7 111.9  (p) 106.5  (p) 102.9  (p) 100.2  (p)
Spain .. .. .. .. .. 96.5 97.5 97.8 97.6 97.7 97.7 97.8 98.2 98.9 99.4 100.0 100.9 102.2 103.0 105.6 107.6 109.1
France 76.6 77.8 79.3 80.4 82.4 84.5 84.8 86.6 88.7 90.2 93.3 94.2 97.1 98.0 98.5 100.0 102.9 103.0 101.9 101.3 102.7 104.1
Italy .. .. 86.6 88.3 92.0 94.7 94.5 96.5 96.1 96.6 99.0 99.8 99.2 98.0 99.2 100.0 100.4 100.8 100.1 97.9 100.2 100.4
Cyprus .. .. .. .. .. 85.4 86.5 87.7 90.3 92.6 95.3 95.9 97.3 95.8 98.2 100.0 101.4 103.7 105.7 104.7 105.9 106.2
Latvia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 71.3  (b) 76.0  (b) 80.7  (b) 85.8  (b) 93.8  (b) 100.0  (b) 106.9  (b) 114.6  (b) 114.7  (b) 111.9  (b) 117.3  (b) 133.6  (b)
Lithuania .. .. .. .. .. 58.3 60.9 65.4 68.9 71.9 72.7 81.3 85.2 92.7 98.3 100.0 106.7 112.8 115.0 107.5 113.9 119.8
Luxembourg .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 93.1 94.5 96.6 100.0 101.4 103.0 96.5 95.2 96.2 95.2
Hungary .. .. .. .. .. 72.9 73.1 74.3 76.3 75.9 78.6 83.2 86.6 91.2 95.9 100.0 103.7 104.0 106.2 102.8 104.2 104.6
Malta .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 94.6  (e) 110.6  (e) 97.2  (e) 100.6  (e) 97.3  (e) 100.0  (e) 102.7  (e) 102.6  (e) 103.4  (e) 104.4  (e) .. ..
Netherlands .. .. .. .. .. 84.8 85.5 87.0 88.8 90.8 92.5 93.1 93.7 95.0 98.1 100.0 101.8 103.4 103.5 101.0 103.2 103.5
Austria .. .. .. .. .. 84.5 84.6 85.6 89.0 90.5 92.9 93.8 95.6 96.3 97.8 100.0 103.3 105.6 106.1 105.9 108.2 108.7
Poland .. .. .. .. .. 62.7 65.8 69.5 72.1 158.4  (b) 83.1 85.9 90.1 94.4 98.3 100.0 102.9 105.3 106.8 109.1 113.1 117.3
Portugal .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 95.8 96.9 97.6 97.6 98.9 100.0 101.4 103.2 103.4 103.3 107.1 107.9  (p)
Romania .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 63.2 65.2 69.6 80.8 86.4 94.9 100.0 106.2 112.0 120.2 114.1 114.6 ..
Slovenia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 84.5 87.3 87.9 90.6 93.5 100.0 106.1 110.6 110.5 103.7 106.9 111.1
Slovakia .. .. .. .. .. 63.0 67.2 70.6 74.3 76.5 79.1 82.1 88.1 94.3 96.8 100.0 105.8 113.5 116.1 113.4 118.4 121.1
Finland 66.9 67.5 69.9 73.6 76.5 78.1 79.8 82.2 85.2 86.2 89.7 91.4 92.6 94.8 98.1 100.0 102.9 106.3 105.0 99.5 102.7 104.1
Sweden 69.6 70.5 72.1 72.6 74.4 75.9 77.2 80.0 82.1 83.7 86.6 87.1 90.5 94.0 97.2 100.0 102.9 103.2 101.3 99.0 102.3 103.8
United Kingdom .. .. .. .. .. 77.7  (e) 79.4  (e) 81.1  (e) 83.4  (e) 85.4  (e) 88.6  (e) 90.2  (e) 92.8  (e) 96.5  (e) 98.5  (e) 100.0  (e) 102.0  (e) 104.9  (e) 104.4  (e) 102.2  (e) .. ..
Iceland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Norway 67.4 70.3 72.4 74.1 76.9 79.4 82.1 84.3 84.4 85.5 88.9 91.9 94.0 96.9 98.9 100.0 99.1 97.3 94.0 94.4 94.7 94.2
Switzerland .. 84.3 85.1 85.9 86.5 88.0 89.9 92.4 93.2 92.6 95.3 97.2 97.9 97.5 97.8 100.0 102.2 104.1 104.4 .. .. ..
United States 74.3  (e) 75.2  (e) 77.7  (e) 78.1  (e) 78.8  (e) 78.8  (e) 80.8  (e) 82.0  (e) 83.8  (e) 86.1  (e) 88.5  (e) 90.6  (e) 93.4  (e) 96.3  (e) 98.5  (e) 100.0  (e) 100.9  (e) 102.1  (e) 102.7  (e) 104.6  (e) .. ..
Percentage change on previous period
  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
EU (27 countries) .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.3 2.1 1.6 2.0 3.0 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.2 2.1 1.4 -0.5 -1.4 2.2 1.4
Belgium .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.8  (e) 2.2  (e) -0.5  (e) 1.9  (e) 4.0  (e) -2.6  (e) 1.3  (e) 1.1  (e) 4.0  (e) -0.7  (e) 1.4  (e) 1.7  (e) -1.2  (e) -1.3  (e) .. ..
Bulgaria .. .. .. .. .. .. -11.3 1.6 9.6 5.3 10.2 4.2 4.4 3.1 2.6 3.9 3.4 3.1 3.4 -2.9 5.4 6.2
Czech Republic .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.3  (b) -0.4 0.5 3.1 4.8 7.8 1.6 5.2 4.4 4.6 6.7 4.4 0.4 -1.5 1.6 0.6
Denmark 2.6 2.2 1.8 1.5 6.5 2.0 2.3 0.6 -0.4 1.0 2.0 -0.5 0.9 1.7 2.7 1.4 0.9 -0.2 -2.5 -1.8 3.9 1.3
Germany .. .. 2.5 1.4 2.7 2.4 2.0 2.3 1.1 0.9 2.7 2.5 1.4 0.9 0.8 1.2 3.6 1.7 -0.1 -2.5 1.8 1.6
Estonia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.9 5.0 6.1 5.8 6.0 5.0 6.8 -2.8 2.5 5.8 -1.1
Ireland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.9 6.5 2.6 5.1 2.9 1.6 0.5 1.2 2.5 0.1 5.0 3.8 3.6
Greece .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.0 1.7 5.0 2.9 -1.3  (b) 5.0 3.5 3.0  (p) -4.9  (p) -3.3  (p) -2.7  (p)
Spain .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.1 0.3 -0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.9 1.3 0.7 2.5 2.0 1.4
France 2.0 1.5 2.0 1.3 2.4 2.6 0.4 2.1 2.5 1.6 3.5 0.9 3.0 1.0 0.5 1.5 2.9 0.1 -1.0 -0.6 1.4 1.4
Italy .. .. .. 1.9 4.2 3.0 -0.2 2.1 -0.4 0.6 2.5 0.8 -0.6 -1.2 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.3 -0.7 -2.2 2.3 0.2
Cyprus .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.3 1.3 3.0 2.5 2.9 0.5 1.5 -1.5 2.4 1.9 1.4 2.3 1.9 -1.0 1.2 0.2
Latvia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6.5  (b) 6.3  (b) 6.2  (b) 9.3  (b) 6.6  (b) 6.9  (b) 7.2  (b) 0.1  (b) -2.4  (b) 4.8  (b) 13.8  (b)
Lithuania .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.4 7.4 5.3 4.3 1.2 11.8 4.8 8.9 6.0 1.7 6.7 5.7 1.9 -6.5 5.9 5.2
Luxembourg .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.4 2.2 3.6 1.4 1.5 -6.3 -1.3 1.0 -1.0
Hungary .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.3 1.7 2.6 -0.4 3.5 5.9 4.0 5.2 5.2 4.3 3.7 0.3 2.2 -3.2 1.3 0.4
Malta .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.9  (e) -12.1  (e) 3.4  (e) -3.3  (e) 2.8  (e) 2.7  (e) -0.1  (e) 0.7  (e) 1.0  (e) .. ..
Netherlands .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.9 1.8 2.1 2.3 1.8 0.7 0.7 1.4 3.3 2.0 1.8 1.6 0.1 -2.4 2.2 0.2
Austria .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 1.1 4.0 1.7 2.7 0.9 1.9 0.7 1.6 2.2 3.3 2.2 0.5 -0.2 2.2 0.4
Poland .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.0 5.6 3.8 119.8  (b) -47.5 3.4 4.9 4.8 4.1 1.7 2.9 2.3 1.4 2.2 3.6 3.8
Portugal .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.1 0.7 0.0 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.7 0.2 -0.2 3.7 0.8  (p)
Romania .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.0 6.8 16.0 7.0 9.8 5.4 6.2 5.4 7.3 -5.1 0.5 ..
Slovenia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.2 0.8 3.0 3.2 6.9 6.1 4.3 -0.1 -6.1 3.1 3.9
Slovakia .. .. .. .. .. .. 6.7 4.9 5.3 3.0 3.4 3.7 7.3 7.1 2.6 3.3 5.8 7.2 2.3 -2.3 4.4 2.2
Finland 2.9 0.9 3.5 5.3 4.0 2.1 2.2 3.0 3.7 1.2 4.0 2.0 1.3 2.4 3.4 2.0 2.9 3.2 -1.2 -5.2 3.1 1.4
Sweden 0.3 1.3 2.2 0.7 2.6 2.0 1.6 3.7 2.6 2.0 3.4 0.6 3.9 3.8 3.4 2.9 2.9 0.2 -1.8 -2.2 3.3 1.4
United Kingdom .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.2  (e) 2.1  (e) 2.8  (e) 2.5  (e) 3.7  (e) 1.9  (e) 2.8  (e) 4.0  (e) 2.1  (e) 1.5  (e) 2.0  (e) 2.8  (e) -0.4  (e) -2.1  (e) .. ..
Iceland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Norway 3.4 4.3 3.1 2.3 3.8 3.2 3.4 2.7 0.2 1.2 4.0 3.5 2.2 3.1 2.0 1.1 -0.9 -1.8 -3.4 0.4 0.4 -0.5
Switzerland .. .. 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.8 2.2 2.8 0.9 -0.7 2.9 2.0 0.8 -0.4 0.3 2.2 2.2 1.9 0.3 .. .. ..
United States 1.7  (e) 1.2  (e) 3.3  (e) 0.5  (e) 0.9  (e) 0.0  (e) 2.5  (e) 1.5  (e) 2.2  (e) 2.8  (e) 2.7  (e) 2.4  (e) 3.1  (e) 3.1  (e) 2.3  (e) 1.5  (e) 0.9  (e) 1.2  (e) 0.6  (e) 1.9  (e) .. ..

(..) - not available
(e) - estimated
(b) - break in series
(p) - provisional

Source: Eurostat
EFQM: Committed to Excellence
Statistics Estonia
Endla 15, 15174 Tallinn 		Copyright: Statistics Estonia 2012
When using the data, please indicate the source 		Statistical information: Skype, tel +372 625 9300, e-mail 
Contact Centre of respondents: tel +372 625 9100, e-mail