IDA blend - GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $)

The latest value for GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $) in IDA blend was 14,838 as of 2020. Over the past 29 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 15,002 in 2018 and 9,578 in 1999.

Definition: GDP per person employed is gross domestic product (GDP) divided by total employment in the economy. Purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP is GDP converted to 2011 constant international dollars using PPP rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP that a U.S. dollar has in the United States.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 9,992
1992 10,009
1993 9,759
1994 9,623
1995 9,632
1996 9,771
1997 9,627
1998 9,645
1999 9,578
2000 9,618
2001 9,754
2002 10,063
2003 10,263
2004 10,711
2005 11,065
2006 11,420
2007 11,734
2008 11,869
2009 12,180
2010 12,507
2011 12,754
2012 13,188
2013 13,756
2014 14,187
2015 14,356
2016 14,492
2017 14,724
2018 15,002
2019 14,949
2020 14,838

Development Relevance: Labor productivity is used to assess a country's economic ability to create and sustain decent employment opportunities with fair and equitable remuneration. Productivity increases obtained through investment, trade, technological progress, or changes in work organization can increase social protection and reduce poverty, which in turn reduce vulnerable employment and working poverty. Productivity increases do not guarantee these improvements, but without them - and the economic growth they bring - improvements are highly unlikely. GDP per person employed is a key measure to monitor whether a country is on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. [SDG Indicator 8.2.1]

Limitations and Exceptions: For comparability of individual sectors labor productivity is estimated according to national accounts conventions. However, there are still significant limitations on the availability of reliable data. Information on consistent series of output in both national currencies and purchasing power parity dollars is not easily available, especially in developing countries, because the definition, coverage, and methodology are not always consistent across countries. For example, countries employ different methodologies for estimating the missing values for the nonmarket service sectors and use different definitions of the informal sector.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: GDP per person employed represents labor productivity — output per unit of labor input. To compare labor productivity levels across countries, GDP is converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates which take account of differences in relative prices between countries.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Base Period: 2011

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity