Canada vs Italy: Productivity vs. educational attainment

Canada
61.96 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Italy
67.25 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
in 2023
Canada rank
21st
Italy rank
18th

Productivity vs. educational attainment over time

  • Canada
  • Italy
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 67.25 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour against 61.96 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in Canada, a difference of 5.28 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 21st and Italy ranks 18th of 130 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Productivity vs. educational attainment
Unit
international-$ in 2021 prices per hour
Source
Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
130 places, 4,965 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Productivity is calculated as GDP divided by the total number of hours worked in the economy. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.