National Productivity by Country
The administrative burden an economy carries — the cost of identity/KYC, licences, credentials, invoicing/tax, and other paperwork — and the share addressable by digital trust infrastructure.
Lever ⑤ is a derived roll-up, not an independent pool. National productivity is the macro outcome of cheaper trade ①, recovered revenue ②③, and broader finance ④; it is not added on top of them. This table is the top-down cross-check — the bottom-up sum of ①–④ for a country should land in the same order of magnitude as the digital-addressable burden here. See the Assessment Methodology.
Canonical published output — generated from research/national-productivity/.
Method: administrative burden by income / e-government maturity (OECD studies),
with category and digital-savings breakdowns in research/.
Administrative burden & digitally-addressable saving
| Economy | Admin Burden (% GDP) | Admin Burden (USD B) | Digitally Addressable (USD B) |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2.1% | 574.6 | 251.4 |
| China | 2.8% | 498.3 | 211.5 |
| Japan | 2.4% | 105.8 | 45.7 |
| Germany | 2.6% | 112.0 | 49.0 |
| India | 3.0% | 112.0 | 48.1 |
| United Kingdom | 2.2% | 73.3 | 31.6 |
| France | 2.5% | 76.2 | 33.0 |
| Italy | 2.9% | 65.4 | 28.2 |
| Brazil | 2.6% | 56.5 | 24.4 |
| Canada | 2.3% | 48.7 | 21.0 |
| Russia | 3.1% | 57.7 | 24.4 |
| South Korea | 1.6% | 27.4 | 11.8 |
| Spain | 2.7% | 42.7 | 18.5 |
| Australia | 2.0% | 31.0 | 13.4 |
| Mexico | 2.9% | 42.5 | 18.0 |
| Indonesia | 3.2% | 44.5 | 18.7 |
| Netherlands | 2.3% | 25.7 | 11.2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2.7% | 28.8 | 12.4 |
| Turkey | 3.0% | 30.9 | 13.0 |
| Switzerland | 1.8% | 16.3 | 7.0 |
| Poland | 2.8% | 22.7 | 9.6 |
| Argentina | 3.1% | 19.9 | 8.3 |
| Belgium | 2.4% | 15.2 | 6.6 |
| Sweden | 1.9% | 11.3 | 4.9 |
| Ireland | 2.0% | 10.9 | 4.7 |
| Thailand | 2.9% | 14.9 | 6.3 |
| Israel | 2.2% | 11.2 | 4.9 |
| Austria | 2.3% | 11.7 | 5.1 |
| Norway | 1.8% | 8.7 | 3.8 |
| UAE | 2.1% | 10.2 | 4.4 |
| Nigeria | 3.5% | 16.7 | 6.8 |
| Bangladesh | 3.4% | 15.6 | 6.4 |
| Singapore | 1.5% | 6.8 | 3.0 |
| Malaysia | 2.6% | 11.6 | 4.9 |
| Vietnam | 3.1% | 13.4 | 5.6 |
| Philippines | 3.2% | 13.8 | 5.8 |
| Denmark | 1.7% | 6.9 | 3.0 |
| South Africa | 3.0% | 11.4 | 4.8 |
| Colombia | 2.9% | 10.5 | 4.4 |
| Egypt | 3.3% | 11.8 | 5.0 |
| Hong Kong SAR | 1.6% | 6.1 | 2.7 |
| Pakistan | 3.4% | 11.8 | 4.9 |
| Chile | 2.6% | 8.7 | 3.7 |
| Finland | 1.8% | 5.4 | 2.4 |
| Romania | 3.0% | 9.0 | 3.8 |
| Czech Republic | 2.7% | 8.9 | 3.8 |
| Portugal | 2.6% | 7.5 | 3.2 |
| Iraq | 3.6% | 9.5 | 3.9 |
| Peru | 2.9% | 7.8 | 3.3 |
| New Zealand | 1.9% | 4.8 | 2.1 |
| Kazakhstan | 3.0% | 7.8 | 3.3 |
| Greece | 3.1% | 7.4 | 3.1 |
| Qatar | 2.2% | 5.2 | 2.3 |
| Hungary | 2.8% | 5.9 | 2.5 |
| Kuwait | 2.5% | 4.4 | 1.9 |
| Ukraine | 3.1% | 5.4 | 2.3 |
| Morocco | 3.1% | 4.4 | 1.9 |
| Slovakia | 2.7% | 3.6 | 1.6 |
| Ecuador | 3.0% | 3.5 | 1.5 |
| Dominican Republic | 3.0% | 3.5 | 1.5 |
| Ethiopia | 3.7% | 4.7 | 1.9 |
| Kenya | 3.3% | 3.7 | 1.6 |
| Guatemala | 3.2% | 3.0 | 1.3 |
| Oman | 2.6% | 2.8 | 1.2 |
| Sri Lanka | 3.2% | 2.7 | 1.1 |
| Luxembourg | 1.9% | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| Panama | 2.7% | 2.1 | 0.9 |
| Uruguay | 2.7% | 1.9 | 0.8 |
| Tanzania | 3.6% | 2.7 | 1.1 |
| Costa Rica | 2.8% | 1.9 | 0.8 |
| Croatia | 2.8% | 2.3 | 1.0 |
| Belarus | 3.1% | 2.3 | 1.0 |
| Lebanon | 3.5% | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Lithuania | 2.5% | 1.9 | 0.8 |
| Slovenia | 2.6% | 1.8 | 0.8 |
| Ghana | 3.4% | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| Uzbekistan | 3.2% | 2.9 | 1.2 |
| Serbia | 3.0% | 2.2 | 1.0 |
| Bulgaria | 2.9% | 2.7 | 1.1 |
| Azerbaijan | 3.1% | 2.4 | 1.0 |
| Jordan | 3.1% | 1.6 | 0.7 |
| Turkmenistan | 3.3% | 3.1 | 1.3 |
| Tunisia | 3.1% | 1.5 | 0.6 |
| Bahrain | 2.3% | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Paraguay | 3.1% | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| Latvia | 2.6% | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| Cambodia | 3.3% | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Libya | 3.7% | 1.8 | 0.7 |
| Estonia | 1.5% | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| El Salvador | 2.8% | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Bolivia | 3.2% | 1.5 | 0.6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2.8% | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Honduras | 3.3% | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| Senegal | 3.4% | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.1% | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Cyprus | 2.4% | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Uganda | 3.5% | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| Georgia | 2.7% | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Iceland | 1.9% | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Nepal | 3.4% | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Zambia | 3.6% | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| Mozambique | 3.7% | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Armenia | 2.9% | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| North Macedonia | 3.0% | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Albania | 3.1% | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Botswana | 2.9% | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Nicaragua | 3.2% | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Gabon | 3.3% | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Malta | 2.1% | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Mauritius | 2.7% | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Mongolia | 3.1% | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Jamaica | 3.0% | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Haiti | 3.8% | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Namibia | 3.1% | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Burkina Faso | 3.7% | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Bahamas | 2.5% | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Madagascar | 3.7% | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Mali | 3.6% | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Benin | 3.6% | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Niger | 3.7% | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Rwanda | 3.3% | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Mauritania | 3.6% | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Fiji | 3.0% | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Barbados | 2.7% | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Guyana | 3.0% | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Eswatini | 3.3% | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Maldives | 2.9% | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Laos | 3.3% | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Suriname | 3.1% | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Liberia | 3.8% | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Burundi | 3.8% | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Djibouti | 3.4% | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Cabo Verde | 3.1% | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Belize | 3.0% | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Timor-Leste | 3.5% | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Seychelles | 2.8% | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Central African Republic | 3.9% | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Lesotho | 3.4% | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2.6% | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Solomon Islands | 3.4% | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 3.8% | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Bhutan | 3.1% | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Gambia | 3.6% | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Comoros | 3.7% | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Grenada | 2.8% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| St. Lucia | 2.8% | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Samoa | 3.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Vanuatu | 3.3% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Dominica | 2.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tonga | 3.2% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.6% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Micronesia | 3.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kiribati | 3.5% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Marshall Islands | 3.3% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Palau | 2.9% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nauru | 3.4% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tuvalu | 3.5% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| GLOBAL TOTAL | 2.4% | 2,755.2 | 1,680.0 |
Sources
OECD administrative-burden studies (“regulatory guillotine”); national e-invoicing
and e-government programme results; World Bank ID4D; McKinsey government
productivity. Full methodology and the five-category / four-saving breakdown are in
research/national-productivity/.