Table 6. Average annual hours 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 102.2 NA NA 106.2 NA 134.4 NA 132.6 142.0 114.9 117.2 NA 134.8 134.5 NA NA NA NA 119.4 1951 102.4 NA NA 104.6 NA 132.6 NA 136.3 142.9 116.6 119.6 NA 133.8 134.9 NA NA NA NA 119.8 1952 102.5 NA NA 103.2 NA 132.4 NA 134.2 144.1 116.2 120.6 NA 134.1 134.2 NA NA NA NA 118.8 1953 102.1 NA NA 103.7 NA 131.8 NA 132.7 145.0 117.3 122.0 NA 134.5 135.1 NA NA NA NA 119.7 1954 100.3 NA NA 101.8 NA 132.1 NA 134.0 147.3 118.7 121.5 NA 134.5 134.5 NA NA NA NA 120.6 1955 102.4 NA NA 102.3 NA 132.0 NA 134.2 148.7 117.8 122.8 NA 135.1 134.9 NA NA NA NA 120.9 1956 101.7 NA NA 103.1 NA 130.9 NA 132.5 146.5 116.5 126.8 NA 134.5 134.5 NA NA NA NA 119.9 1957 100.5 NA NA 101.7 NA 130.5 NA 132.1 139.3 117.1 125.8 NA 134.1 132.0 NA NA NA NA 119.8 1958 99.1 NA NA 101.8 NA 129.8 NA 130.8 137.0 116.1 124.9 NA 134.1 132.7 NA NA NA NA 118.4 1959 101.4 NA NA 102.4 NA 126.6 NA 130.7 136.6 117.4 126.7 NA 134.5 129.5 NA NA NA NA 119.4 1960 100.2 NA 121.8 101.6 NA 125.3 126.6 132.8 136.6 119.1 127.9 NA 136.5 129.6 NA NA 107.8 NA 118.5 1961 100.3 NA 121.5 101.1 NA 121.6 126.3 132.3 134.2 117.9 125.7 NA 130.8 127.6 NA NA 106.9 NA 116.9 1962 101.4 NA 121.8 101.8 NA 122.5 125.4 133.2 130.8 114.2 122.7 NA 129.9 127.2 NA NA 106.1 NA 115.7 1963 101.8 NA 121.6 102.1 NA 120.6 124.6 133.2 129.1 114.7 121.6 NA 129.5 126.6 NA NA 104.9 NA 115.6 1964 102.4 NA 121.3 102.6 NA 121.6 125.7 133.9 129.0 114.7 120.8 NA 128.3 127.4 NA NA 103.7 NA 116.6 1965 103.6 NA 119.3 102.6 NA 121.4 125.4 133.0 128.6 110.9 118.5 NA 127.8 124.5 NA NA 103.0 NA 114.9 1966 103.9 NA 118.3 101.9 NA 119.2 123.6 133.3 126.9 112.2 119.2 NA 127.2 124.8 NA NA 102.8 NA 112.9 1967 101.9 NA 116.8 102.0 NA 118.2 119.9 131.2 123.4 113.7 119.4 NA 126.6 123.6 NA NA 101.1 NA 112.0 1968 101.8 NA 116.9 101.7 NA 115.6 119.1 129.6 124.9 113.7 119.0 NA 124.4 120.7 NA NA 99.1 NA 113.0 1969 101.0 NA 115.7 101.3 NA 113.6 117.5 127.3 125.1 112.9 117.4 NA 122.6 117.9 NA NA 97.3 NA 113.0 1970 98.9 NA 112.6 100.6 NA 110.7 115.9 126.4 124.4 110.9 116.2 NA 120.0 117.0 NA NA 97.1 NA 111.2 1971 99.2 NA 110.9 100.3 NA 109.8 112.7 126.7 121.7 107.8 114.4 NA 117.9 115.9 NA NA 96.9 NA 108.6 1972 100.8 NA 108.4 100.4 NA 107.2 113.4 123.0 120.5 107.1 113.6 NA 117.3 114.1 NA NA 94.3 NA 107.6 1973 100.7 NA 105.8 99.5 NA 103.0 111.2 122.0 119.5 108.3 112.7 NA 115.8 113.4 NA NA 92.7 120.3 109.0 1974 98.8 NA 103.0 98.9 NA 104.1 109.0 119.6 117.1 104.5 108.1 NA 111.6 111.9 NA NA 91.7 115.6 105.4 1975 97.3 100.8 97.5 97.6 NA 100.8 108.1 115.9 114.2 102.7 105.6 NA 107.4 111.4 NA NA 89.9 118.2 105.1 1976 98.5 96.4 99.3 97.8 NA 101.3 107.5 119.1 117.5 102.7 108.7 NA 107.8 108.5 NA NA 88.8 119.0 106.0 1977 98.8 94.5 98.9 96.9 NA 100.2 105.0 116.9 115.7 102.2 109.0 NA 106.7 106.6 NA NA 88.1 118.8 106.7 1978 98.9 98.1 98.6 97.8 NA 99.0 106.2 115.1 114.2 102.0 109.3 NA 105.3 104.8 NA NA 85.9 118.0 106.3 1979 98.4 98.7 98.7 97.4 NA 98.7 107.1 115.8 113.8 101.2 110.0 NA 105.4 103.0 98.0 103.9 84.6 117.3 105.9 1980 97.5 97.4 97.2 97.3 NA 98.9 106.8 115.5 112.2 101.4 110.0 NA 104.6 103.7 98.0 103.1 83.7 117.7 102.4 1981 97.3 96.2 94.9 97.3 NA 97.4 106.1 114.0 110.8 101.1 109.1 NA 105.2 103.8 98.2 101.2 84.0 112.1 100.9 1982 96.0 93.4 97.0 96.4 NA 98.5 105.3 109.4 110.2 101.3 108.8 NA 105.1 103.0 97.1 101.8 85.5 111.8 101.8 1983 98.6 91.8 94.5 97.3 NA 99.2 104.9 108.2 110.3 99.6 108.8 NA 105.5 103.4 98.2 100.1 87.6 111.8 102.1 1984 99.9 91.6 94.0 97.3 NA 98.9 105.0 107.9 110.4 98.8 109.7 NA 105.5 103.1 97.6 97.7 88.0 112.9 102.9 1985 100.1 96.4 95.3 97.6 NA 96.7 104.8 106.8 108.4 99.2 109.2 113.3 103.9 102.7 94.9 97.2 88.2 109.5 103.0 1986 99.9 96.6 95.4 97.6 NA 97.9 104.3 107.2 107.8 100.3 108.9 115.3 103.1 102.8 97.3 98.3 86.9 111.5 102.7 1987 100.0 97.5 96.2 99.0 NA 95.5 104.8 108.8 107.5 101.1 109.6 113.4 102.0 100.2 98.8 94.8 89.3 111.6 103.5 1988 101.3 99.1 97.8 99.8 NA 95.3 104.8 110.1 107.1 102.1 110.7 110.6 101.5 101.1 96.7 95.9 90.3 110.2 104.0 1989 101.3 98.4 97.3 99.2 NA 93.9 104.1 109.1 105.6 101.6 109.6 106.5 100.3 101.9 99.2 98.5 89.5 108.6 103.8 1990 100.3 99.2 98.5 98.4 NA 93.2 101.6 109.4 103.5 101.9 108.2 104.8 101.7 101.7 99.0 98.3 90.9 107.6 103.1 1991 99.6 97.9 96.8 97.9 NA 92.3 97.7 108.5 102.8 101.9 105.9 103.7 100.6 102.3 99.2 98.0 91.1 107.7 101.4 1992 100.8 98.9 96.8 98.5 NA 94.4 97.6 109.1 106.5 101.1 102.6 102.6 102.0 103.3 99.4 97.2 92.8 107.6 101.4 1993 102.0 99.2 95.3 100.0 NA 94.3 98.6 108.6 104.1 101.1 100.4 102.4 100.1 103.7 99.6 96.9 94.9 107.7 102.3 1994 103.1 101.5 98.4 99.8 NA 94.0 100.7 108.3 105.3 100.6 100.7 103.3 101.6 103.9 100.4 97.6 100.3 107.9 102.1 1995 102.3 101.3 97.3 100.0 102.3 95.8 100.8 107.6 105.1 101.0 101.4 103.6 102.2 103.0 100.6 96.3 101.1 107.5 101.3 1996 102.2 100.8 97.7 100.1 102.0 95.5 100.4 108.0 102.8 101.3 102.0 101.9 103.1 102.4 100.4 97.4 101.5 107.3 101.8 1997 103.1 100.4 97.8 100.8 102.4 96.3 101.2 107.8 103.0 101.1 101.2 100.5 102.6 102.2 100.8 98.4 100.6 107.6 100.4 1998 102.0 100.5 98.0 100.3 103.4 98.2 101.9 107.3 103.3 101.7 99.1 96.5 102.5 102.4 99.0 98.5 100.7 105.6 100.9 1999 102.9 101.1 100.3 100.8 104.4 99.6 100.8 106.7 102.9 101.5 98.9 104.3 101.7 102.9 100.6 99.2 101.4 106.1 100.3 2000 101.9 100.2 100.0 100.5 104.6 101.2 100.8 103.8 101.9 101.2 100.7 102.7 100.8 101.9 102.0 100.0 102.5 106.0 100.3 2001 99.9 100.0 99.8 100.4 100.1 100.9 100.4 102.3 100.6 100.8 100.0 100.9 100.6 101.5 99.4 100.2 101.4 98.3 100.7 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 99.8 99.9 100.2 99.4 99.8 97.5 99.5 99.8 100.0 98.7 100.9 99.8 100.0 99.1 100.4 99.8 100.0 100.4 99.7 2004 100.7 99.7 101.5 100.5 100.6 98.0 100.3 101.3 101.4 98.9 102.3 99.3 99.8 102.8 101.6 98.6 103.5 101.7 99.6 2005 100.0 99.6 100.5 99.4 100.4 97.4 99.6 101.2 100.8 97.9 101.8 94.1 99.5 103.9 102.4 97.1 103.0 100.7 100.0 2006 101.4 99.1 100.6 99.4 99.3 97.1 100.0 100.4 100.6 98.4 102.6 91.7 99.5 104.1 103.1 96.0 102.6 99.9 99.5 2007 101.4 98.3 99.7 99.3 98.4 95.8 100.1 101.2 100.4 99.4 102.2 91.0 99.6 105.3 103.3 95.2 101.2 99.9 100.3 2008 101.0 98.6 98.4 98.9 98.9 95.7 97.7 101.7 99.5 98.6 100.8 92.4 99.2 104.6 102.2 95.0 101.3 98.5 99.4 2009 99.0 96.2 93.0 96.7 96.2 93.8 93.7 98.9 93.2 92.2 94.5 91.6 97.6 101.3 100.6 94.6 98.9 95.6 97.6 2010 101.8 97.7 97.1 98.4 98.2 94.6 95.7 100.4 98.2 93.6 99.2 93.0 99.3 103.0 103.1 96.1 101.4 100.8 99.5 2011 102.6 102.8 100.6 98.1 96.8 94.7 98.3 100.2 99.9 94.3 99. 92.5 99.7 103.2 102.4 96.5 103.0 98.8 98.8 NA = Not Available The data relate to all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers), except for Belgium and Taiwan, where data relate to employees (wage and salary earners). Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012.