The labor productivity of Japan was ranked the lowest among the G 7 countries

日本の労働生産性 主要７か国で最下位

12月21日 4時45分働き方改革

政府が経済の再生に向けて生産性の向上を推進する中、日本は労働者がどれだけ効率的に働いたかを示す「労働生産性」がＧ７＝主要７か国で最下位になったという調査結果がまとまりました。

労働生産性は１人の従業員が１時間にどのくらいのモノやサービスを生み出したかを示す指標です。

公益財団法人の日本生産性本部がＯＥＣＤ＝経済協力開発機構に加盟する３５か国の去年の労働生産性を分析した結果、日本は２０位で、Ｇ７＝主要７か国では最下位でした。

これについて生産性本部は、短い時間で成果を上げる働き方が浸透せず長時間労働になりがちなことや、手間暇をかけた高品質な製品やサービスを比較的安い価格で提供していることなどが要因だと分析しています。

主要７か国ではアメリカが６位、ドイツが８位などとなっていて、１位はＩＴ大手などグローバル企業の誘致に成功したアイルランドでした。

日本生産性本部は「働き方改革や人手不足で生産性の向上が課題となる中、日本の労働生産性は１９７０年以降、Ｇ７で最下位が続いている。ＡＩ＝人工知能を活用した自動化などによる生産性向上を期待したい」と話しています。

My translation:

While the government of Japan was promoting the improvement of productivity for its economic revival, a survey result gathered from the G7= the 7 major countries on "labor productivity” which indicated how efficient the laborers were working had showed that Japan was ranked at the lowest.

Labor productivity was an index which indicated how much product and service one employee could generate in one hour.

The Japan Productivity Headquarters as a public interest foundation had done a survey on the 35 countries that  had joined the OECD = Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, their labor productivity of last year was analyzed and Japan was ranked 20 which was the lowest among the G7 countries.

Related to the above, the Productivity Headquarters made an analysis and found out that the reasons were that the ways that could improving productivity in a short time did not get acceptance, and that the high-quality product  and service which needed  time and effort to produce were provided at a relative low price.

Among the 7 countries the United States was at the 6^th place while Germany was at the 8^th etc., at the first place was Ireland where global enterprises such as major IT companies were successfully invited.

Japan Productivity Headquarters said that “related to the topic on how to reform working methods and productivity in face of the labor shortage, since 1970 the labor productivity of Japan continues to be ranked at the lowest among the G7. There is an expectation on productivity improvement due to automation etc. through the use of AI= artificial intelligence."

   I hope AI could help Japan improve its future productivity.