PRODUCTIVITY RACE

U.S. Leads Productivity Ranking; China Gains

By REUTERS

 

      DUBLIN, Sept. 3 (Reuters ) - American workers are the world's most productive, followed by the Irish, though productivity is rising fastest in China and much of the rest of Asia, according to the International Labor Organization.

      When productivity was measured by the hour rather than by the total number of hours worked, however, Norway, an oil nation, was the most productive, followed by the United States and France, the organization said in a report released over the weekend and published every two years. It mostly used 2006 data.

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