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Decomposition of the growth rate of GDP per capita

Average employment of labour (per person in employment). The latest figure is -0.80 % for 2025, down 0.83 percentage points since 2016 (0.03 %).

Average employment of labour (per person in employment)

Percentage

VALUE / PERIOD-4-202420162017201820192020202120222023202420252016: 0.03 %2017: -1.15 %2018: -0.51 %2019: -0.15 %2020: -3.30 %2021: 2.32 %2022: 0.24 %2023: -0.50 %2024: -0.59 %2025: -0.80 %
Chart uses the complete source file. Shown from 2016: earlier values in the source file are on a different scale (series break). Revised: 2023, 2024, 2025.

Other measures in this table

Economic activity rate of working-age population

Percentage

VALUE / PERIOD-2-1012199219972002200720122017202220251992: -0.78 %1993: -0.35 %1994: -1.40 %1995: -1.39 %1996: -0.23 %1997: 0.27 %1998: 0.49 %1999: -0.25 %2000: 0.11 %2001: 0.67 %2002: 0.51 %2003: -0.06 %2004: -0.31 %2005: -0.04 %2006: 1.08 %2007: 1.24 %2008: 0.90 %2009: 0.22 %2010: -0.70 %2011: 1.64 %2012: 0.99 %2013: 0.53 %2014: 0.96 %2015: 0.59 %2016: 0.66 %2017: 0.16 %2018: 0.57 %2019: 0.06 %2020: -0.52 %2021: 0.35 %2022: -0.28 %2023: 0.98 %2024: 0.10 %2025: 0.20 %
Economic activity rate of working-age population. The latest figure is 0.20 % for 2025, up 0.98 percentage points since 1992 (-0.78 %).

Effect of unemployment

Percentage

VALUE / PERIOD-1.5-1-0.500.5119952000200520102015202020251995: 0.60 %1996: -0.38 %1997: -0.56 %1998: 0.66 %1999: 0.60 %2000: 0.30 %2001: 0.35 %2002: -0.71 %2003: -1.27 %2004: -0.27 %2005: 0.03 %2006: 0.47 %2007: 0.46 %2008: 0.30 %2009: -0.87 %2010: 0.02 %2011: 0.41 %2012: -0.06 %2013: -0.24 %2014: -0.07 %2015: 0.02 %2016: -0.12 %2017: 0.13 %2018: 0.09 %2019: 0.31 %2020: -0.41 %2021: -0.18 %2022: 0.90 %2023: 0.08 %2024: -0.28 %2025: -0.47 %
Effect of unemployment. The latest figure is -0.47 % for 2025, down 1.07 percentage points since 1995 (0.60 %).

Employment of labour per capita

Percentage

VALUE / PERIOD-6-4-20242020202120222023202420252020: -4.50 %2021: 2.18 %2022: 0.56 %2023: 0.41 %2024: -0.87 %2025: -1.25 %
Employment of labour per capita. The latest figure is -1.25 % for 2025, up 3.25 percentage points since 2020 (-4.50 %).

GDP per capita at previous year's prices

Percentage

VALUE / PERIOD-4-20246199219972002200720122017202220251992: -1.04 %1993: -1.10 %1994: 0.23 %1995: -0.32 %1996: 0.07 %1997: 1.81 %1998: 2.49 %1999: 1.13 %2000: 3.12 %2001: 1.11 %2002: -0.35 %2003: -1.02 %2004: 1.89 %2005: 2.35 %2006: 3.54 %2007: 3.11 %2008: 1.31 %2009: -3.13 %2010: 2.15 %2011: 0.72 %2012: 0.06 %2013: 0.67 %2014: 1.30 %2015: 0.31 %2016: 0.80 %2017: 0.48 %2018: 2.57 %2019: 0.40 %2020: -2.97 %2021: 5.37 %2022: 2.31 %2023: -0.34 %2024: 0.50 %2025: 0.73 %
GDP per capita at previous year's prices. The latest figure is 0.73 % for 2025, up 1.77 percentage points since 1992 (-1.04 %).

Labour productivity in actual hours worked

Percentage

VALUE / PERIOD-2024199219972002200720122017202220251992: 0.89 %1993: 0.92 %1994: 0.70 %1995: 1.78 %1996: 2.23 %1997: 2.82 %1998: 0.95 %1999: -0.43 %2000: 2.91 %2001: 2.31 %2002: 0.97 %2003: -0.73 %2004: 0.47 %2005: 2.51 %2006: 2.57 %2007: 2.00 %2008: 0.70 %2009: -1.88 %2010: 2.86 %2011: -0.96 %2012: 0.33 %2013: 1.89 %2014: 1.17 %2015: -0.85 %2016: 0.49 %2017: 1.65 %2018: 2.78 %2019: 0.53 %2020: 1.53 %2021: 3.19 %2022: 1.76 %2023: -0.75 %2024: 1.37 %2025: 1.97 %
Labour productivity in actual hours worked. The latest figure is 1.97 % for 2025, up 1.09 percentage points since 1992 (0.89 %).

The numbers

Most recent first
PERIODAverage employment of labour (per person in employment) %
2025-0.80
2024-0.59
2023-0.50
20220.24
20212.32
2020-3.30
2019-0.15
2018-0.51
2017-1.15
20160.03

What the publisher says

This dataset presents the annual figures for the change in GDP per capita over the previous year and the decomposition of its growth rate (change of labour productivity in actual hours worked and change in employment of labour per capita), since 1992. Descriptions of the variables in the CSV file are available in the Appendix.

Source file preview
First 15 rows of the source file
PERIODINDICATORUNIT_MEAVALUEOBS_STATUS
1992GDP per capita at previous year's prices%-1.04390891011784A
1992Labour productivity in actual hours worked%0.885004103241993A
1992Employment of labour per capita%-1.92891301335983A
1992Average employment of labour (per person in employment)%0.431311717276928A
1992Effect of unemployment%-1.29577423396796A
1992Economic activity rate of working-age population%-0.782257733888569A
1992Share of working-age population in total population%-0.282192762780231A
1993GDP per capita at previous year's prices%-1.09996453747855A
1993Labour productivity in actual hours worked%0.915702431911658A
1993Employment of labour per capita%-2.01566696939021A
1993Average employment of labour (per person in employment)%-0.295894804858254A
1993Effect of unemployment%-1.08886646640478A
1993Economic activity rate of working-age population%-0.352480038721503A
1993Share of working-age population in total population%-0.278425659405668A
1994GDP per capita at previous year's prices%0.231554311974103A