Ireland’s GDP figure is greatly distorted by the amount of international company revenue which passes through there for tax reasons, rather than actually being produced by or contributing much to the economy. Likewise with somewhere like Luxembourg.
USA is still fairly near the top for productivity, but it’s helped by its abundant natural resources, large internal market, and the current strength of the $ as the global reserve currency. Those things aren’t exactly easy to replicate for something like the government of Finland.
