Percent change in manufacturing unit labor costs (U.S. dollar basis), by country, 2000 Country Percent change Germany -15.8 Denmark -15.1 Belgium -13.9 Italy -13.8 France -13.6 Netherlands -12.1 Sweden -11.7 Norway -8.0 United Kingdom -7.6 Japan -0.8 Taiwan -0.3 Korea 1.0 United States 1.4 Canada 2.2