Productivity Statistics: 1978−2006

Highlights

An extended annual productivity series for the measured sector from 1978–2006 is now available.	Average annual growth in labour productivity was 2.2 percent for the measured sector from 1978–2006.
Annual labour productivity growth averaged 1.4 percent in the measured sector from 2000–2006.	Average annual growth in multifactor productivity was 1.1 percent for the measured sector from 1978–2006.
	Capital productivity fell 0.6 percent on an average annual basis for the measured sector from 1978–2006.

Graph, Measured Sector Productivity Indexes.

Geoff Bascand	18 October 2007
Government Statistician	ISSN 1178-0630