Labor productivity Growth Decomposition (Annual Growth Rates, Percentages)

Source: Authors’ updated analysis using the recent Economic Transformation Database (ETD) through 2018. Original results appeared in Diao, McMillan, and Rodrik (2019).

Note: The 16 African countries include Burkina Faso (BFA), Cameroon (CMR), Ethiopia (ETH), Ghana (GHA), Kenya (KEN), Lesotho (LSO), Mozambique (MOZ), Malawi (MWI), Namibia (NAM), Nigeria (NGA), Rwanda (RWA), Senegal (SEN), Tanzania (TZA), Uganda (UGA), South Africa (ZAF), and Zambia (ZMB). A simple average is used from the country growth decomposition results. For Africa, “post-growth acceleration” period is 2001–2018 and “pre-growth acceleration” period is 1991–2000. Within-sector growth in nonagriculture for “post-growth acceleration” (or 2001–2018) is −0.01, a number too small to be shown in the figure. The same number for “pre-growth acceleration” (1991–2000) is 0.04, which can be seen in the figure. Data for the Latin American region (LAC), India, the group of low-income countries, and the group of middle-income countries is also updated through 2018 using data from the ETD.