Table 3. Output in manufacturing, 19 countries, 1950-2011 (Indexes: 2002 = 100) Year United Australia Belgium Canada Czech Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Japan Korea, Netherlands Norway Singapore Spain Sweden Taiwan United States Republic Republic of Kingdom 1950 18.3 NA NA 13.6 NA 21.6 NA 19.7 13.8 7.8 2.2 NA 14.1 35.4 NA NA 15.3 NA 45.0 1951 20.4 NA NA 14.8 NA 21.8 NA 21.7 15.9 8.9 3.2 NA 14.7 38.2 NA NA 16.4 NA 46.2 1952 21.1 NA NA 15.4 NA 20.7 NA 20.8 18.0 9.3 3.4 NA 14.7 37.3 NA NA 15.9 NA 44.0 1953 22.5 NA NA 16.5 NA 21.5 NA 20.6 20.0 10.0 4.2 NA 16.3 39.4 NA NA 16.3 NA 47.2 1954 21.0 NA NA 16.1 NA 23.3 NA 22.1 22.4 11.1 4.6 NA 17.8 41.9 NA NA 17.0 NA 49.7 1955 23.2 NA NA 17.7 NA 23.7 NA 22.7 26.2 12.1 5.0 NA 19.3 43.4 NA NA 17.8 NA 52.8 1956 23.0 NA NA 19.3 NA 24.0 NA 24.1 28.3 13.0 6.2 NA 20.9 45.8 NA NA 18.7 NA 52.7 1957 23.3 NA NA 19.3 NA 25.5 NA 25.0 30.2 13.9 7.4 NA 21.8 46.5 NA NA 19.7 NA 53.9 1958 21.4 NA NA 18.9 NA 26.6 NA 25.4 31.9 14.2 7.2 NA 21.8 46.0 NA NA 20.1 NA 53.4 1959 23.9 NA NA 20.3 NA 29.8 NA 25.5 34.9 15.7 8.8 NA 23.9 48.2 NA NA 21.2 NA 56.5 1960 24.0 NA 26.5 20.7 NA 32.9 14.2 27.8 39.5 17.8 11.0 NA 26.7 52.4 NA NA 22.8 NA 61.1 1961 24.0 NA 27.6 21.5 NA 34.6 15.4 29.3 41.9 19.6 13.2 NA 27.6 54.6 NA NA 24.4 1.9 61.2 1962 26.2 NA 29.8 24.2 NA 37.6 16.1 31.2 43.9 21.7 14.3 NA 29.0 55.0 NA NA 26.2 2.1 61.3 1963 28.4 NA 31.2 25.9 NA 38.1 16.7 34.8 44.8 23.1 16.0 NA 30.2 58.3 NA NA 27.5 2.4 63.5 1964 30.4 NA 34.0 28.3 NA 42.6 17.8 36.7 48.7 23.4 18.6 NA 33.1 62.5 NA 22.4 30.0 3.0 69.3 1965 33.4 NA 35.1 30.9 NA 45.4 18.9 39.2 52.4 24.6 19.3 NA 35.4 65.8 NA 24.9 32.1 3.4 71.3 1966 36.3 NA 37.2 32.9 NA 46.3 19.8 42.3 53.2 26.9 21.9 NA 37.3 69.7 NA 27.4 33.0 4.0 72.5 1967 36.1 NA 37.6 33.4 NA 48.0 20.4 43.8 52.0 29.5 26.2 NA 38.8 71.9 NA 28.7 34.0 4.7 73.0 1968 38.1 NA 40.2 35.5 NA 52.9 21.5 47.2 57.4 32.3 30.3 NA 42.5 73.7 NA 31.1 35.8 5.6 78.6 1969 39.1 NA 45.0 37.8 NA 56.5 24.3 50.6 64.2 34.4 35.2 NA 46.6 79.1 NA 35.2 38.6 6.9 81.5 1970 36.9 NA 49.6 36.9 NA 59.0 26.9 54.9 67.5 37.1 40.1 2.9 48.2 82.7 NA 37.8 40.1 8.3 81.8 1971 37.9 NA 51.8 38.9 NA 60.5 27.4 58.5 68.1 37.4 42.1 3.4 49.3 84.9 NA 40.1 40.4 10.2 80.9 1972 41.3 NA 55.7 42.2 NA 64.2 30.5 58.7 70.3 39.9 45.9 3.8 51.4 88.9 NA 45.8 40.6 12.5 82.6 1973 45.5 NA 60.8 46.0 NA 66.0 32.4 62.4 74.7 45.3 51.7 5.0 54.5 94.0 NA 50.4 43.5 14.6 90.3 1974 43.4 NA 63.2 47.7 NA 66.4 33.9 67.8 74.0 49.4 50.3 6.0 57.3 97.2 NA 53.2 45.8 13.8 89.2 1975 40.4 63.7 58.5 44.6 NA 65.3 32.1 65.6 70.5 48.3 47.7 6.8 54.0 95.2 NA 52.5 46.0 14.6 83.0 1976 44.7 64.1 62.9 48.3 NA 66.9 32.4 70.3 76.0 55.9 51.8 8.3 57.2 94.7 17.0 54.3 46.0 17.9 84.6 1977 48.3 64.8 63.1 50.0 NA 68.0 32.0 72.9 77.4 58.7 53.5 9.6 57.0 94.7 18.5 57.1 43.4 20.5 86.2 1978 50.8 66.0 64.0 53.7 NA 67.4 33.3 72.9 78.8 61.1 55.1 11.8 58.1 92.8 20.5 58.4 42.2 24.9 86.7 1979 52.5 68.8 65.7 56.0 NA 71.6 37.1 75.1 82.9 67.2 59.9 12.9 59.5 96.8 23.5 58.6 44.9 26.7 86.5 1980 49.8 70.9 67.4 55.2 NA 74.5 39.8 75.3 81.2 72.0 62.0 12.7 59.3 95.4 26.0 58.7 45.1 29.4 79.0 1981 52.2 72.5 66.5 56.6 NA 72.7 41.0 75.0 80.3 70.8 64.2 13.9 58.6 93.6 28.5 57.3 43.7 34.4 74.1 1982 48.4 70.4 69.3 50.3 NA 74.4 41.2 74.5 77.5 69.8 65.8 14.8 57.9 93.5 27.2 56.9 43.8 35.3 74.1 1983 52.2 67.9 72.8 52.6 NA 80.3 42.3 75.6 78.7 69.6 67.1 17.2 59.6 91.0 27.9 58.3 46.6 40.3 75.7 1984 57.2 70.2 75.1 59.6 NA 83.5 44.0 75.3 81.1 72.1 70.6 20.3 63.5 95.8 30.7 58.4 50.2 46.0 78.5 1985 59.0 72.1 76.8 62.1 NA 86.5 45.8 75.7 84.1 74.6 77.7 21.6 65.3 99.2 28.4 59.4 51.1 46.0 80.6 1986 59.0 73.4 76.8 62.3 NA 88.0 46.8 75.1 85.3 76.3 77.4 26.2 67.8 98.5 30.8 60.8 51.6 53.2 81.7 1987 63.3 76.8 76.5 65.1 NA 84.1 49.6 75.1 83.8 79.0 80.2 31.2 69.2 100.6 36.1 65.5 52.7 58.6 85.6 1988 67.8 81.6 80.4 69.4 NA 83.0 51.7 77.8 86.5 84.5 86.6 35.2 71.1 96.1 42.6 68.5 54.2 59.6 91.9 1989 68.5 83.4 85.4 71.0 NA 86.0 53.9 80.6 89.4 88.3 92.2 36.5 74.4 92.2 46.8 71.6 54.7 61.1 95.5 1990 67.6 82.0 87.0 68.7 NA 83.9 53.8 82.8 94.3 89.4 99.0 40.0 76.9 91.1 51.2 73.6 54.1 59.3 95.4 1991 66.6 79.9 86.7 63.8 NA 83.3 47.0 82.8 97.9 89.1 104.4 43.9 77.5 88.9 54.1 74.9 50.9 62.4 90.6 1992 68.8 79.5 86.1 64.4 NA 82.8 47.5 82.7 95.1 88.9 102.4 46.1 78.4 89.6 55.4 74.7 48.8 64.2 90.6 1993 71.6 82.1 83.6 67.9 NA 80.6 50.0 81.0 87.6 86.5 98.9 48.5 77.8 91.0 60.8 71.9 49.8 65.4 91.9 1994 76.3 84.8 87.4 73.1 NA 89.9 56.4 83.5 90.7 92.4 97.6 53.4 82.0 93.2 68.5 73.1 57.7 69.0 96.2 1995 79.4 86.7 89.7 76.5 61.6 94.6 60.3 86.6 90.5 97.0 101.8 59.2 85.1 93.6 75.4 75.8 65.3 72.7 97.7 1996 82.0 88.3 90.1 77.5 71.0 90.1 62.1 86.5 87.9 96.3 105.7 63.4 86.4 97.8 77.4 77.7 67.5 76.1 98.4 1997 86.9 90.3 94.3 82.8 75.2 97.8 68.1 89.7 91.6 97.3 108.3 67.1 87.7 102.8 80.8 82.7 73.0 80.9 100.2 1998 91.2 92.4 95.9 86.9 75.9 98.5 74.7 93.7 92.8 98.1 102.6 62.2 90.3 102.2 80.2 87.7 79.5 82.8 101.0 1999 96.1 93.6 96.3 94.1 81.8 99.2 80.9 96.8 93.8 97.9 102.2 76.5 93.3 102.8 90.6 92.7 87.0 88.9 101.7 2000 102.3 95.0 100.8 103.4 92.1 102.4 92.2 100.1 100.6 101.5 107.6 89.8 100.0 102.1 104.4 96.8 94.7 96.1 104.2 2001 97.6 97.0 101.0 99.1 95.1 102.9 96.3 100.5 102.5 100.8 101.7 92.0 100.0 100.8 92.2 100.1 93.1 89.5 102.6 2002 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 2003 103.2 102.5 98.6 99.2 104.0 96.9 102.8 101.0 101.4 97.5 104.6 105.4 99.1 103.3 102.9 100.9 105.1 110.1 99.7 2004 111.6 102.5 102.2 101.1 113.7 98.3 107.7 102.8 105.5 99.0 110.6 115.9 102.9 108.5 117.2 101.3 115.6 121.5 101.8 2005 115.5 101.7 102.2 102.6 135.4 98.0 112.3 105.1 108.0 99.8 116.3 123.1 105.1 113.0 128.3 102.1 121.6 131.0 101.7 2006 120.3 102.5 102.3 101.3 159.9 102.9 126.9 106.3 117.7 104.0 121.8 133.0 108.7 115.8 143.6 104.0 130.3 142.9 103.6 2007 124.5 105.5 105.5 99.0 172.3 105.8 140.5 108.8 123.6 107.4 129.1 142.5 115.1 119.6 152.2 104.3 135.2 156.9 104.6 2008 117.2 104.4 105.2 93.8 190.6 101.9 133.9 104.2 120.1 103.5 130.2 146.6 113.4 124.0 145.8 101.3 127.9 158.5 102.0 2009 106.2 101.8 89.2 82.1 170.1 90.6 99.4 96.4 93.3 86.4 107.1 144.3 103.0 115.4 139.7 88.9 100.9 151.7 92.1 2010 118.2 102.5 93.5 86.4 193.7 92.0 108.5 99.9 103.9 92.5 126.7 165.5 110.1 118.0 181.2 89.4 120.9 190.2 95.6 2011 123.2 100.4 96.6 88.5 212.6 93.3 110.6 101.0 112.4 93.1 122.1 177.4 114.0 120.3 195.0 91.6 128.3 199.4 97.6 NA = Not Available Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012.