Table 9. Unit labor costs in manufacturing, national currency basis, 14 countries or areas, 1950-2000 [Indexes: 1992 = 100] United Germany Former West Nether- United Year States Canada* Japan Korea Taiwan Belgium Denmark France* (unified)Germany Italy lands Norway Sweden* Kingdom* 1950 NA 20.5 NA NA NA NA 11.0 12.0 NA 25.5 7.0 27.7 8.9 9.5 6.3 1955 NA 23.7 36.4 NA NA NA 13.8 16.8 NA 25.4 7.2 31.6 11.7 13.8 8.3 1960 NA 25.9 31.3 NA NA 30.1 15.4 19.4 NA 27.8 7.5 34.6 12.8 15.0 9.8 1961 NA 25.2 32.1 NA NA 31.5 16.3 20.2 NA 29.7 7.7 37.4 13.5 15.6 10.5 1962 NA 24.4 34.9 NA NA 32.1 17.0 21.0 NA 31.5 8.2 38.5 14.9 16.2 10.8 1963 NA 24.4 36.1 NA NA 34.2 17.9 21.7 NA 32.2 9.5 40.7 15.1 16.9 10.7 1964 NA 24.4 35.8 NA NA 36.3 17.9 21.9 NA 32.1 10.0 43.2 15.2 16.9 10.7 1965 NA 24.6 38.7 NA NA 38.3 18.9 22.2 NA 33.3 9.6 45.4 15.9 17.4 11.4 1966 NA 26.0 38.9 NA NA 39.6 20.5 21.7 NA 34.7 9.4 47.7 16.7 18.2 11.9 1967 NA 27.1 38.5 NA NA 40.9 21.4 22.0 NA 34.5 9.9 49.2 18.0 18.7 11.7 1968 NA 27.4 40.0 NA NA 40.3 21.6 22.6 NA 34.3 9.8 48.8 18.7 18.5 11.7 1969 NA 28.2 41.4 NA NA 40.4 23.4 22.6 NA 35.0 10.4 50.4 18.8 18.8 12.5 1970 NA 30.5 43.8 NA 23.8 41.7 25.2 24.0 NA 39.8 11.9 53.3 20.3 20.6 14.1 1971 NA 30.6 47.8 NA 24.8 45.2 27.1 25.5 NA 42.9 13.5 57.6 22.5 22.2 15.3 1972 NA 31.2 50.1 NA 24.9 47.9 27.8 26.9 NA 44.7 13.9 61.2 24.1 23.6 16.7 1973 NA 31.9 56.2 NA 28.8 51.2 30.6 28.8 NA 47.5 15.1 65.8 25.5 24.8 17.8 1974 NA 36.5 71.8 NA 43.5 59.9 35.9 33.5 NA 52.1 18.6 73.2 28.9 27.9 21.0 1975 NA 43.8 81.3 NA 44.2 69.5 38.9 39.5 NA 55.2 24.2 84.9 34.8 33.7 28.6 1976 NA 46.4 82.6 NA 45.5 73.1 41.8 42.6 NA 55.4 26.4 85.5 39.3 38.9 31.8 1977 61.2 48.9 87.6 NA 47.3 75.3 45.4 45.7 NA 58.8 30.7 86.2 43.5 43.3 35.5 1978 65.3 51.6 89.8 NA 47.4 76.1 49.3 49.4 NA 61.1 33.1 87.5 46.8 46.6 40.9 1979 70.7 56.7 88.4 NA 53.8 76.8 52.5 53.4 NA 62.9 36.6 89.7 45.8 46.6 48.2 1980 78.8 63.9 92.5 NA 62.2 80.3 55.0 61.3 NA 69.4 41.0 93.7 50.8 51.0 59.0 1981 82.4 69.0 96.0 NA 72.1 81.7 59.5 68.9 NA 72.4 49.0 95.8 56.6 56.6 65.4 1982 87.9 78.9 96.7 NA 76.8 81.5 64.6 76.5 NA 76.7 57.0 100.0 60.5 58.7 68.5 1983 86.0 79.4 98.0 NA 75.2 81.1 65.8 82.5 NA 76.4 64.2 96.9 64.2 60.7 68.3 1984 85.6 76.5 97.7 NA 78.1 84.0 69.9 88.2 NA 77.3 67.9 91.6 66.3 62.5 70.3 1985 87.3 78.0 94.6 60.4 81.3 86.5 74.2 92.0 NA 78.6 72.2 92.5 70.2 68.0 74.4 1986 91.2 81.5 99.9 59.8 83.5 88.0 80.4 94.3 NA 81.2 74.9 94.4 77.7 72.4 77.9 1987 86.9 82.8 97.0 63.8 83.7 89.7 88.4 96.1 NA 86.3 77.8 96.6 84.1 75.8 82.4 1988 86.7 85.5 94.3 72.8 85.9 88.1 88.2 93.3 NA 86.5 79.4 94.2 90.4 79.4 83.3 1989 90.5 88.6 94.9 78.7 89.5 88.7 88.1 93.5 NA 87.9 84.8 91.4 92.2 85.1 85.6 1990 93.7 93.3 95.9 84.2 95.9 93.0 93.6 96.8 NA 90.3 91.5 92.3 95.6 92.9 93.0 1991 97.6 99.5 97.4 94.1 96.8 98.1 96.3 99.3 93.1 93.3 98.2 95.6 100.0 100.0 100.1 1992 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 1993 100.6 97.2 101.1 105.4 103.0 102.3 100.1 102.4 104.5 105.3 104.3 102.1 100.9 90.8 100.8 1994 98.5 94.5 101.5 109.8 104.1 97.9 93.0 97.3 101.9 103.6 101.9 95.6 102.9 83.8 99.7 1995 94.8 95.2 97.6 122.4 104.5 96.4 93.8 94.6 104.7 105.9 103.0 93.7 107.0 87.4 102.9 1996 93.5 97.2 94.0 129.1 104.1 94.7 100.9 95.7 107.4 107.5 110.0 94.0 111.4 91.9 105.5 1997 91.9 96.5 93.3 121.0 102.3 90.5 96.9 91.4 104.3 103.9 111.9 94.7 115.2 90.2 108.2 1998 92.8 98.6 95.5 117.4 103.2 90.2 98.7 89.4 105.1 100.4 111.1 96.5 121.7 89.2 112.7 1999 90.2 98.4 90.8 104.4 100.7 91.4 101.9 89.3 107.4 NA 114.0 96.6 129.5 88.8 116.1 2000 91.5 100.6 85.4 100.2 97.1 90.8 100.2 89.1 104.3 NA 113.4 97.9 134.5 86.9 114.5 NA = not available. * Compensation adjusted to include changes in employment taxes that are not compensation to employees, but are labor costs to employers. Note: The data relate to employees (wage and salary earners) in Belgium, Denmark, Italy, and Taiwan and to all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers) in the other countries. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 2002.