Table 1 
Sources of labour productivity growth in the business sector (average annual compound growth rates), 1980 to 2022 

Sources of labour productivity growth in the business sector (average annual compound growth rates), 1980 to 2022
  1980 to 2000 2000 to 2015 2015 to 2022 2019 to 2022 2021 2022
  percentage pointspercentage pointspercentage pointspercentage pointspercentage pointspercentage points
Gross domestic product 3.2 1.8 1.7 1.0 5.5 4.4
Combined labour and capital inputs 2.8 2.0 1.6 1.1 7.9 3.8
Labour input 2.1 1.3 1.4 0.8 11.7 4.9
Hours worked 1.5 0.8 0.9 0.2 11.9 5.0
Labour composition 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 -0.2 -0.1
Capital input 3.9 3.1 1.9 1.6 2.2 2.0
Labour productivity 1.8 1.0 0.8 0.8 -5.7 -0.6
Contributions to labour productivity growth            
Capital intensity 0.9 0.9 0.4 0.5 -3.5 -1.2
Labour composition 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 -0.1 0.0
Multifactor productivity growth 0.5 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -2.2 0.6
Note(s):
The growth rates represent annual compound growth rates. Numbers may not add up because of rounding.
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