Table 19: Comparative Productivity
Growth Numbers for
G-7 Countries (1960-1973)*
(Annual percentage changes)

Total factor productivity

Labour productivity

Canada

2.0

2.9

US

1.9

2.6

Germany

2.6

4.5

Japan

5.7

8.4

Italy

4.4

6.4

France

3.7

5.3

UK

2.7

4.1

*Or latest available year, for example, 1962 for the UK and Japan, 1965 for France, and 1966 for Canada.
Source: OECD Economic Outlook #62, Paris: OECD, 1997, p. A66 (Annex Table 58).