OECD Compendiumof Productivity Indicators2026 This work is issued under the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD, and does not necessarily reflect theofficial views of OECD Member countries. This document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty overany territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use ofsuch data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements inthe West Bank under the terms of international law. Please cite this publication as:OECD (2026),OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2026, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/734a5e68-en. ISBN 978-92-64-73121-9 (print)ISBN 978-92-64-88302-4 (PDF)ISBN 978-92-64-86785-7 (HTML) OECD Compendium of Productivity IndicatorsISSN 2225-2118 (print)ISSN 2225-2126 (online) Photo credits:Cover @ DC Studio/Shutterstock.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. By using this work, you accept to be bound by the terms of this licence(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Attribution– you must cite the work.Translations– you must cite the original work, identify changes to the original and add the following text:In the event of any discrepancy between the original work and thetranslation, only the text of the original work should be considered valid.Adaptations– you must cite the original work and add the following text:This is an adaptation of an original work by the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed inthis adaptation should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its Member countries.Third-party material– the licence does not apply to third-party material in the work. If using such material, you are responsible for obtaining permission from the third party and forany claims of infringement.You must not use the OECD logo, visual identity or cover image without express permission or suggest the OECD endorses your use of the work.Any dispute arising under this licence shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Arbitration Rules 2012. The seat of arbitration shallbe Paris (France). The number of arbitrators shall be one. Foreword Productivity growth is a key driver of economic development and rising living standards. Differences inproductivity performance across countries and over time reflect the combined influence of structural,cyclical, domestic and international factors. Reliable and internationally comparable productivity indicatorsarethereforeessential for analysing economic performance and informing policy design. Since its launch in 2005, theOECD Compendium of Productivity Indicatorshas provided a comprehensiveand internationally harmonised set of indicators on labour productivity, multifactor productivity andrelatedindicators.Produced by the OECD Statistics and Data Directorate, thispublication documents both short-and long-term productivity developments across OECD and accessioncandidatecountries, while offeringevidence on the contributions of labourandcapital inputs. Beyond aggregate trends, the Compendium sheds light on productivity patterns across industries.Inaddition, this editionexamines trends in investmentandproductivitydifferencesacrossfirm sizes andregions within countries.It alsoincludes a chapteron an augmented version of multifactor productivityincorporating natural capital as a production input and accounting for the negative externality of gasemissions. Thisreport wasco-ordinated by Nhung Luu and completed under the supervision of Alexander JaaxandAnnabelle Mourougane. Chapter1 was drafted by Alexander Jaax and Nhung Luu. Chapter 2 was draftedby Tom Arend, with contributions from Rodrigo Pazos from theDirectorate for Science, Technology andInnovation.Chapter 3 was drafted byJunho Bang and Kazuma Yabe, Chapter 4 by Tom Arend and NhungLuu, and Chapter 5 by Peter Horvát.Chapter 5 alsoincorporatescontributionsfrom Andrew Green, MartinReinhard,and Rudy Verlhac from the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation as well as fromCarlo Menon and Wessel Vermeulen from theCentre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities.Chapter 6 wasdrafted byMiguelCárdenas Rodríguez, Bopha Chhun, Nathalie Girouard, andIvan Haščičfromthe Environment Directorateand Nhung Luu. The authors thank Monica Brezzi, Yann Dorville, BramEdens, Steve MacFeely, and Gueram Sargsyan for valuable comments and contributions. The report was formatted by Virginie Elgrably. Table of contents 3 Foreword Executive Summary Introduction9OECD labour productivity grew against backdrop of elevated uncertainty10Productivity grow