Italy: GDP per Hour Worked at Purchasing-Power Parity

## What this measures

Italy's GDP per person employed at purchasing-power parity (World Bank SL.GDP.PCAP.EM.KD, constant 2021 international dollars) divided by the average annual hours actually worked per worker (OECD, oecd.hours.ita). Palanor calculation, annual, for the years both are published, dated December 31.

## Why it matters

Output per hour is labour productivity: how much an hour of work produces. Countries where people work fewer hours rank higher per hour than per person, so the comparison shows how much of a rich country's income comes from working long hours.

## How to read it

Compare countries in the same year, and with GDP per person at PPP (world.gdp_pc.ppp). A country that ranks higher per hour than per person works shorter hours or employs a smaller share of its people.

## What it does not say

The two inputs count workers differently (the World Bank uses ILO-modelled employment, the OECD national survey or accounts data), and the OECD warns that hours levels are not fully comparable across countries, so small gaps between countries mean little.

## Source

Palanor calculation from World Bank, World Development Indicators (SL.GDP.PCAP.EM.KD), CC BY 4.0. and OECD, average annual hours actually worked per worker (DSD_HW@DF_AVG_ANN_HRS_WKD), CC BY 4.0.