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Percent change in productivity by select periods

Charts related to the latest "Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing and Mining Industries" news release   |   More chart packages

  • Mining
  • Nondurable manufacturing
  • Durable manufacturing
Change in productivity by select subperiods
Period Mining Oil and gas extraction Mining, except oil and gas Coal mining Metal ore mining Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying Food Beverages and tobacco products Textile mills Textile product mills Apparel Leather and allied products Paper Printing and related support activities Petroleum and coal products Chemicals Plastics and rubber products Wood products Nonmetallic mineral products Primary metals Fabricated metal products Machinery Computer and electronic products Electrical equipment and appliances Transportation equipment Furniture and related products Miscellaneous manufacturing

1987 to 1990

-0.2 -2.1 4.7 5.5 3.6 2.1 0.3 4.6 1.6 -0.6 0.5 0.2 0.7 -0.6 2.2 0.5 1.7 0.6 -0.1 1.8 -0.1 2.2 7.3 0.7 1.2 0.1 1.8

1990 to 2000

2.7 4.5 3.3 5.3 4.0 1.6 1.5 0.2 3.5 2.3 4.4 3.7 1.7 0.9 4.2 1.8 2.8 0.3 1.5 2.2 2.0 2.5 18.2 4.0 2.9 1.9 3.0

2000 to 2007

-4.7 -2.6 -0.9 -2.0 -3.4 0.8 1.5 0.8 5.8 -0.1 -7.1 -0.5 3.6 3.0 1.2 4.6 2.5 3.1 2.0 4.6 2.2 3.5 8.3 2.8 5.0 2.9 3.4

2007 to 2019

5.6 -0.3 -1.0 -5.2 0.8 -0.3 1.0 1.0 0.1 -6.5 -10.2 -1.1 -0.5 -1.7 3.3 -7.3 -2.9 -0.5 -5.5 -1.0 -3.1 -4.2 -0.1 -4.6 -4.3 -3.0 1.1

2019 to 2023

4.4 7.4 -0.2 0.1 -2.4 0.8 -0.7 -4.1 -0.3 0.5 2.3 0.8 -0.4 0.7 0.6 -0.7 -0.3 -0.1 0.7 -1.1 -0.1 0.0 0.5 -0.3 0.5 -0.2 -0.7