Dataset properties:

• Concepts:
• Inputs: GVA, hours worked, employment, compensation
• Outputs: GVA per employee, GVA per hour, unit labor cost, etc.
• Classification:
• Version: UN ISIC Rev. 4
• 12 sections or aggregates
• Measurement: Year-over-year percent change (% Y/Y)
• Geo coverage:
• 48 individual countries
• 2 aggregates
• Do all concept-geo combinations exist? No
• Native frequency: Annual
• Start date: As early as 1951

The series reside in the historical catalog (Cross-Country Datasets » OECD » productivity statistics) and include, for example:

• OCPREMPTO%AUUA.IISR = Productivity: Total employment [number of persons employed] - Total [A to U], (% Y/Y) - for Israel
• OCPREMPTO%BEUA.ILTU = Total employment [number of persons employed] - Industry including energy [B to E] - for Lithuania
• OCPRLCHRS%CUA.IIRL  = Labour compensation per hour worked - Manufacturing [C] - for Ireland

Because catalog locations are subject to change, the upper-right search box on DataBuffet.com provides a "find in catalog" mode that accepts a mnemonic.

References

• Productivity statistics
• Productivity statistics database
• Compendium of productivity indicators 2018

Keywords

gross value added, MFP, multi-factor productivity, ULC, unit labor cost, labour, per capita