US workers top productivity table

[gordholio]

From the BBC:


US workers top productivity table

Workers in the US are still more productive per person than any others in the world, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) says in a report.
In 2006 each US worker produced US$63,885 of wealth, well ahead of second placed Ireland at $55,986.
But East Asian staff are the most improved - they are now twice as productive as they were 10 years ago.
The ILO productivity figure is found by dividing a country's total output in a year by the number of people employed.
However, the report added that there is still a big productivity gap between the most industrialised nations and the rest of the world.
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region with the lowest productivity, managing only a quarter of the global average.

OUTPUT PER WORKER 2006

USA $63,885
Middle East $21,910
Global average $19,834
LatAm & Caribbean $18,908
North Africa $12,967
East Asia $12,591
SE Asia & Pacific $9,419
South Asia $7,998
Sub-Saharan Africa $5,062
Source: ILO Estimates

Meanwhile, the US figure is boosted by Americans working more hours per year than workers in most developed countries.
Using a different measure of value added per hour worked, Norway comes out on top, followed by the US and then France.

Most improved

Worker productivity levels increased between 1996 and 2006 in all regions except the Middle East.
East Asia made the greatest advances, with output per worker rising from $6,347 in 1996 to $12,591 last year.
In the Middle East it fell from $22,130 to $21,910.
But growth in South-East Asia and the Pacific has been relatively stagnant, with productivity up to just $9,419 from $8,068.
"Development in Southeast Asia and the Pacific has been less impressive than East Asia," the ILO report said.
"Nevertheless, the region has profited from the economic boom in China and India and the good economic performance of most developed economies in recent years," it added.

[yao416]

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This is a Canadian site, We don't care about Americans

[gordholio]

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This is a Canadian site, We don't care about Americans

You're hilarious, bud.

[ItechJester]

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This is a Canadian site, We don't care about Americans

i'd have to concur

[Kommander_KornFlakes]

Pffft, please, the ones that made the USA's mark go up were those illegal latinos/mexicans who sweated like pigs working in their numerous labor-intensive industries, take away the overworked immigrants and the USA's productivity level will go below Africa's.

[MizTEcK]

right, so a guy who produces 50 motherboards in Taiwan worth 10 dollars each, versus a guy who produces 20 motherboard at Dell in the US worth 40 dollars each.. such ******** comparisons

[imoo2u]

A lots of BS. Americans always voted themselves to be the best in everything .... lol, I personally don't believe such surveys.

[65505201]

What I find curious is their method of calculating productivity: GDP / Working population. Is this really a good metric?

[65505201]

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This is a Canadian site, We don't care about Americans

Yes, I suppose that knowing more about the world in general is useless since all we want is Canadian content.

[T-DOT]

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This is a Canadian site, We don't care about Americans

How "American" of You

[yao416]

How "American" of You

Im not

[AL3X]

I thought Sweden was the top on a per hour basis.

[Topher]

Wealth =/= productivity. What a biased "report".

[akito925]

From the BBC:


US workers top productivity table

Workers in the US are still more productive per person than any others in the world, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) says in a report.
In 2006 each US worker produced US$63,885 of wealth, well ahead of second placed Ireland at $55,986.
But East Asian staff are the most improved - they are now twice as productive as they were 10 years ago.
The ILO productivity figure is found by dividing a country's total output in a year by the number of people employed.
However, the report added that there is still a big productivity gap between the most industrialised nations and the rest of the world.
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region with the lowest productivity, managing only a quarter of the global average.

OUTPUT PER WORKER 2006

USA $63,885
Middle East $21,910
Global average $19,834
LatAm & Caribbean $18,908
North Africa $12,967
East Asia $12,591
SE Asia & Pacific $9,419
South Asia $7,998
Sub-Saharan Africa $5,062
Source: ILO Estimates

Meanwhile, the US figure is boosted by Americans working more hours per year than workers in most developed countries.
Using a different measure of value added per hour worked, Norway comes out on top, followed by the US and then France.

Most improved

Worker productivity levels increased between 1996 and 2006 in all regions except the Middle East.
East Asia made the greatest advances, with output per worker rising from $6,347 in 1996 to $12,591 last year.
In the Middle East it fell from $22,130 to $21,910.
But growth in South-East Asia and the Pacific has been relatively stagnant, with productivity up to just $9,419 from $8,068.
"Development in Southeast Asia and the Pacific has been less impressive than East Asia," the ILO report said.
"Nevertheless, the region has profited from the economic boom in China and India and the good economic performance of most developed economies in recent years," it added.

I'd think its rigged.. if you put china in there... productivity just goes 10x folds

[YnD]

Americans are fat... nuff said...