--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-14/eu-klems-growth-and-productivity-accounts-an-overview/" title: "EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: An Overview" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T06:53:58+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-13T06:53:58+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Spring 2007" ipm_keyword: - "capital services" - "EU KLEMS" - "Europe" - "Groningen" - "growth accounting" - "industry-level" - "labour services" - "MFP" - "productivity" ipm_research_theme: - "Measurement and methodology" ipm_country_focus: - "Europe" - "International" - "OECD" - "United States" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: An Overview Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-14/eu-klems-growth-and-productivity-accounts-an-overview/ # EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: An Overview [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-14-5-Timmer-O_Mahony-van-Ark.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Timmer, Marcel, Mary O’Mahony, and Bart van Ark. 2007. “EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: An Overview.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 14 (Spring 2007): 71–85. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-14/eu-klems-growth-and-productivity-accounts-an-overview/ ## Authors: - Marcel Timmer Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen - Mary O’Mahony University of Birmingham - Bart van Ark University of Manchester / The Productivity Institute ## IPM Issue 14 Spring 2007 pp. 71–85 ## Related IPM articles [The Relationship between Efficiencies Defenses for Mergers and TFP Growth Robin Shaban Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 82–102](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-relationship-between-efficiencies-defenses-for-mergers-and-tfp-growth/) [Adult Skills and Productivity: New Evidence from PIAAC 2023 Dan Andrews, Balázs Égert, Christine de La Maisonneuve Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 41–63](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/adult-skills-and-productivity-new-evidence-from-piaac-2023/) [The Potential Impact of Pro-competitive Regulatory Reforms on Productivity and Growth in Canada Gilbert Cette, Jimmy Lopez, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Océane Vernerey Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 3–40](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/the-potential-impact-of-pro-competitive-regulatory-reforms-on-productivity-and-growth-in-canada/) [The UK Productivity Slowdown: A Review of Timing, Magnitude, and Drivers Josh Martin Spring 2025 | IPM Issue 48 | pp. 1–34](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-48/the-uk-productivity-slowdown-a-review-of-timing-magnitude-and-drivers/) [Appendix: UK Productivity Growth Rates Across Data Vintages and Studies Josh Martin Spring 2025 | IPM Issue 48 | pp. 65–73](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-48/appendix-uk-productivity-growth-rates-across-data-vintages-and-studies/) [Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence for Productivity Francesco Filippucci, Peter Gal, Katharina Laengle, Matthias Schief, Filiz Unsal Spring 2025 | IPM Issue 48 | pp. 1–26](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-48/opportunities-and-risks-of-artificial-intelligence-for-productivity/) [Using Ecosystem Accounting to Integrate the Environment in Measures of Multifactor Productivity Carl Obst Fall 2024 | IPM Issue 47 | pp. 87–108](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-47/using-ecosystem-accounting-to-integrate-the-environment-in-measures-of-multifactor-productivity/) [Eroding Natural Capital: An Alternative Explanation for the Secular Decline in Productivity Growth Christina Caron Fall 2024 | IPM Issue 47 | pp. 109–147](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-47/eroding-natural-capital-an-alternative-explanation-for-the-secular-decline-in-productivity-growth/) [How Does Industrial Policy Impact Output, Hours and Productivity? The Canadian Experience Tim Sargent Fall 2024 | IPM Issue 47 | pp. 39–53](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-47/how-does-industrial-policy-impact-output-hours-and-productivity-the-canadian-experience/) [Climate Change and Productivity — An Exploration Dirk Pilat Fall 2024 | IPM Issue 47 | pp. 54–86](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-47/climate-change-and-productivity-an-exploration/) ## Abstract ## Résumé EN FR Copy link Email LinkedIn In March 2007, the EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts were publicly released. These accounts include measures of output growth, employment and skill creation, capital formation and multifactor productivity (MFP) at the industry level for European Union member states from 1970 onwards. This overview paper first discusses the key characteristics of the database and the variables, country and industry coverage, then reviews the growth accounting methodology, including the measurement of labour and capital services, and finally provides a brief analysis of major trends. The first release of the EU KLEMS database confirms the view that European countries showed a significant slowdown in productivity growth since 1995, which is shown to be widespread across countries and industries, but with notable differences. THE EU KLEMS GROWTH AND Productivity En mars 2007, les Comptes de croissance et de productivité EU KLEMS ont été rendus publics. Ces comptes comprennent des mesures de la croissance de la production, de la création d’emplois et de compétences, de la formation de capital et de la productivité multifactorielle (PMF) au niveau industriel pour les États membres de l’Union européenne à partir de 1970. Cet article de présentation examine d’abord les principales caractéristiques de la base de données et les variables, la couverture par pays et par industrie, puis passe en revue la méthodologie de comptabilité de la croissance, notamment la mesure des services de travail et de capital, et fournit enfin une brève analyse des tendances majeures. La première diffusion de la base de données EU KLEMS confirme que les pays européens ont connu un ralentissement significatif de la croissance de la productivité depuis 1995, qui s’avère généralisé entre les pays et les industries, mais avec des différences notables. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-14-5-Timmer-O_Mahony-van-Ark.pdf)