Table 1. Output per hour in manufacturing, 14 countries or areas, 1950-2002
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Table 1. Output per hour in manufacturing, 14 countries or areas, 1950-2002
(Indexes: 1992=100)
United Former West Nether- United
Year States Canada Japan Korea Taiwan Belgium Denmark France Germany**Germany**Italy lands Norway Sweden Kingdom
1950 NA 26.0 NA NA NA NA 21.2 12.1 NA 13.2 13.5 11.4 25.1 19.5 24.5
1955 NA 31.9 8.6 NA NA NA 23.1 15.2 NA 19.7 18.8 14.6 29.2 21.3 26.5
1960 NA 37.8 13.8 NA NA 18.0 28.1 19.8 NA 29.2 23.6 18.8 37.6 27.3 30.0
1961 NA 39.8 15.6 NA NA 18.2 29.7 21.1 NA 30.6 25.5 19.8 38.9 28.7 30.1
1962 NA 42.7 16.4 NA NA 19.2 31.2 22.4 NA 32.8 28.2 20.6 38.9 30.9 30.7
1963 NA 44.5 17.7 NA NA 19.9 32.2 23.6 NA 34.1 29.0 21.4 40.9 32.7 32.4
1964 NA 46.3 20.1 NA NA 21.2 34.9 25.5 NA 37.1 29.3 23.4 43.2 35.5 34.5
1965 NA 48.6 21.0 NA NA 22.3 36.6 27.3 NA 39.3 32.6 24.9 45.8 38.2 35.5
1966 NA 49.5 23.0 NA NA 23.8 38.4 29.5 NA 40.9 35.4 26.6 47.7 39.8 36.7
1967 NA 50.0 26.0 NA NA 25.1 41.4 31.3 NA 43.4 37.2 28.6 49.5 43.2 38.4
1968 NA 52.7 29.1 NA NA 27.3 44.4 34.6 NA 47.0 40.1 32.1 52.5 47.2 41.3
1969 NA 55.4 33.4 NA NA 29.9 46.7 36.8 NA 50.4 41.6 35.2 57.4 50.9 42.3
1970 NA 54.9 37.5 NA NA 32.9 49.4 39.0 NA 52.0 44.3 38.5 59.1 52.2 43.2
1971 NA 58.2 39.8 NA NA 35.1 52.8 41.2 NA 54.0 45.0 40.8 60.9 54.5 45.4
1972 NA 61.3 43.6 NA NA 39.2 57.6 43.1 NA 57.4 47.8 44.0 64.0 57.2 47.9
1973 NA 65.2 47.6 NA 33.1 43.5 63.5 46.1 NA 61.1 52.1 48.8 67.9 61.4 51.4
1974 NA 66.2 48.8 NA 32.0 45.8 65.2 47.2 NA 63.2 55.3 52.3 70.5 64.0 52.2
1975 NA 63.4 50.2 NA 33.7 47.6 70.6 48.8 NA 65.9 52.3 51.6 69.9 65.0 51.1
1976 NA 68.8 53.2 NA 36.7 52.4 74.4 51.8 NA 70.6 59.8 57.2 71.5 66.0 53.3
1977 68.3 72.4 55.3 NA 38.5 55.0 77.3 54.9 NA 72.7 61.7 61.9 72.6 65.0 53.8
1978 69.2 73.8 57.5 NA 43.4 58.3 79.6 57.3 NA 75.2 64.9 64.6 73.9 66.8 54.6
1979 70.1 73.9 62.2 NA 45.1 61.4 83.3 59.4 NA 78.4 71.1 67.4 79.3 72.0 55.0
1980 70.5 72.9 63.2 NA 47.7 65.4 86.2 61.5 NA 77.2 74.2 69.1 77.9 73.1 54.3
1981 74.1 76.5 65.2 NA 52.8 70.1 87.3 65.0 NA 78.7 73.8 71.7 77.6 72.7 57.1
1982 76.2 77.1 67.9 NA 54.1 73.5 88.4 69.7 NA 78.8 74.0 72.3 80.9 75.4 60.2
1983 80.0 81.9 68.8 NA 57.5 81.0 93.5 73.3 NA 82.6 75.7 77.5 83.6 80.9 65.0
1984 83.2 88.8 71.2 NA 59.1 85.0 94.3 75.7 NA 85.4 81.9 85.3 88.8 85.2 68.4
1985 86.0 91.1 76.5 54.9 60.9 87.0 95.8 79.8 NA 89.1 87.4 88.5 91.6 86.2 71.1
1986 86.0 87.6 76.1 58.9 66.6 87.8 91.8 82.4 NA 89.6 87.9 89.7 90.3 87.5 73.9
1987 92.9 87.8 80.2 63.2 72.8 88.9 91.5 83.9 NA 88.1 89.3 90.4 94.7 89.2 78.1
1988 96.9 89.6 83.9 68.7 76.4 92.0 94.1 88.4 NA 91.5 93.9 92.3 93.5 90.5 82.6
1989 95.7 92.5 88.6 73.2 83.1 96.9 100.2 92.1 NA 94.6 95.5 96.4 96.0 93.2 86.2
1990 96.9 93.4 94.4 81.3 88.9 96.8 99.1 93.8 NA 99.0 95.8 98.7 98.1 94.6 89.2
1991 97.9 95.3 99.0 91.4 96.6 99.1 99.5 97.0 98.3 101.9 95.9 99.0 98.2 95.5 93.8
1992 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1993 102.1 105.8 101.7 108.1 102.9 102.5 99.3 100.7 101.8 100.6 101.4 102.0 99.6 107.3 104.2
1994 107.3 110.8 103.3 118.0 106.7 108.4 NA 108.2 109.6 107.9 104.9 113.1 99.6 117.8 108.4
1995 113.8 112.4 111.0 129.2 115.1 113.2 NA 113.8 112.3 111.2 108.0 117.3 100.7 124.5 106.4
1996 117.0 109.7 116.1 142.5 123.1 117.3 NA 114.5 114.7 115.1 108.1 119.3 102.5 129.5 105.6
1997 121.3 113.5 121.0 163.3 129.2 127.0 NA 121.8 120.4 121.8 109.9 121.4 102.0 141.0 107.0
1998 126.5 113.1 121.2 182.9 135.8 129.4 NA 127.8 122.0 127.1 110.0 124.1 99.9 149.5 108.6
1999 133.7 116.0 126.7 202.3 143.1 128.8 NA 133.0 121.3 NA 109.7 127.0 103.6 162.7 113.4
2000 142.1 118.4 135.9 217.8 150.6 133.2 NA 143.4 126.7 NA 112.7 132.7 106.6 181.0 120.1
2001 142.7 116.1 133.8 216.1 160.1 134.9 NA 149.3 128.4 NA 114.6 132.3 108.9 182.6 123.2
2002 151.9 117.9 140.7 231.7 170.9 143.4 NA 153.3 131.4 NA 113.0 133.1 110.9 196.5 123.7
NA: Not Available
Note: The data relate to employees (wage and salary earners) in Belgium, Denmark, Italy, and Taiwan
and to all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers) in the other countries.
** See note on Germany in box on page 4.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2003.
Last Modified Date: September 09, 2003
