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Table 1. Private nonfarm business sector: productivity and related measures for the 1987-2020 period

Table 1. Private nonfarm business sector: productivity and related measures for the 1987-20201 period
Annual percent change from previous year

Year

Labor productivity[2]Output per unit of capital servicesTotalfactor productivity[3]Value-added output[4]Labor[5]Capital services[6]Combined units of labor and capital services[7]Capital intensity[8]

1988

1.70.81.14.63.43.83.50.9

1989

0.9-0.40.23.73.24.13.51.3

1990

1.7-1.90.11.50.43.41.43.7

1991

1.8-3.5-0.4-0.5-1.63.1-0.15.5

1992

4.41.52.94.00.52.61.12.9

1993

0.2-0.3-0.53.13.63.43.60.4

1994

0.80.70.54.64.33.94.10.1

1995

1.2-1.00.23.52.74.53.32.2

1996

2.1-0.31.04.52.94.83.52.4

1997

1.9-0.30.95.13.65.44.22.1

1998

3.1-0.71.65.42.76.13.83.8

1999

3.8-0.72.25.72.16.53.54.6

2000

3.3-1.71.54.71.76.53.25.1

2001

3.0-3.90.50.9-1.74.90.47.1

2002

4.4-1.62.01.7-2.03.4-0.36.1

2003

3.90.42.43.3-0.12.90.93.5

2004

2.91.52.24.21.62.72.01.4

2005

2.20.51.64.01.93.42.41.7

2006

1.2-0.20.53.52.63.73.01.4

2007

1.8-0.80.52.51.23.42.02.7

2008

1.2-3.8-1.1-1.0-1.42.90.15.2

2009

3.9-4.70.2-3.6-6.61.1-3.89.0

2010

3.42.52.73.30.50.80.60.9

2011

-0.10.3-0.22.02.41.72.2-0.4

2012

0.81.20.83.22.72.02.4-0.3

2013

0.5-0.20.12.32.02.52.20.7

2014

0.90.40.63.22.52.82.60.5

2015

1.60.71.23.82.43.12.60.9

2016

0.4-1.2-0.41.81.73.02.21.6

2017

1.20.00.62.81.92.72.21.2

2018

1.50.60.93.52.42.82.60.8

2019

1.8-0.50.72.51.03.01.82.3

2020

1.8-0.50.72.51.03.01.82.3
Last Modified Date: September 29, 2023