Australia's Productivity Performance
Productivity growth has been one of the primary drivers of increasing living standards for Australians. The more goods and services a society can produce with a given set of inputs, the greater the material standard of living of that society.
We’ve unpacked the latest ABS productivity data to enable you to learn about and keep up to date with the trends and new developments underlying Australia's recent productivity performance.
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Productivity performance dashboard
Multifactor productivity performance
- Below average
- Typical
- Above average
Labour productivity performance
- Below average
- Typical
- Above average
Productivity performance dashboard (text version of above images)
Multifactor productivity performance
Multifactor productivity 2020-21 0.18%
Five year average 0.35%
Below average range -0.85% to -0.38%
Typical range -0.38% to 1.80%
Above average range 1.80% to 3.18%
Labour productivity performance
Labour productivity 2020-21 1.07%
Five year average 0.91%
Below average range -0.02% to 0.48%
Typical range 0.48% to 3.33%
Above average range 3.33% to 4.77%
Select Commission works on Productivity
For those that share an interest in understanding and improving Australia's productivity performance, we have a broad range of publications for further research and analysis:
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