Economic Growth in East Asia
Contribution of Technical Progress
to Economic Growth
Labor Output per Total Factor TFP Share in
Force Worker Productivity Output Growth
Sub-Suhara Africa 2.5 0.5 -0.7 -23.3
Middle East 2.8 1.8 -0.4 -8.7
Latin America 2.8 1.4 0.1 2.4
East Asia 2.6 4.1 0.8 11.9
South Asia 1.9 2.3 0.7 16.7
Industrial Countries 1.2 2.4 1.0 27.8
Note: All, except Total Factor Productivity (TFP) Share, are average
percent growth per year, 1960-92. TFP Share is average TFP growth
per year as a percent of average total output growth per year.
Output is calculated in national prices.
Bosworth, Collins, and Chen, Tables 1 and 4.