Manufacturing output per hour, selected countries, percent change, 2004-2005 Country Percent change Denmark 0.0 Italy 0.1 Australia 1.9 Japan 2.4 U.K. 2.5 Norway 2.8 Belgium 2.8 France 3.9 Netherlands 4.1 Sweden 4.8 U.S. 5.1 Germany 5.3 Canada 5.7 Taiwan 6.4 Korea 8.5