-16- Table 9. All Employees: Indexes of pay for time worked in manufacturing, 32 countries or areas, 1996-2007 (Index, U.S. = 100) Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Americas United States............. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Argentina................. 31.5 31.5 32.5 32.2 31.7 31.1 10.7 12.6 15.1 18.0 21.6 25.4 Brazil.................... 23.6 22.8 21.0 13.0 13.0 10.4 8.6 8.7 10.1 12.9 15.3 17.7 Canada.................... 88.3 85.4 80.2 78.4 77.8 72.9 70.7 78.1 84.6 91.1 98.6 104.6 Mexico.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Asia and Oceania Australia................. 91.4 87.0 76.7 78.4 68.7 60.3 65.9 82.2 94.1 98.7 101.6 112.7 Israel.................... 55.7 57.6 56.5 54.2 56.3 57.1 49.6 51.1 51.7 51.9 53.1 57.9 Japan..................... 85.4 76.5 70.2 79.0 80.4 69.5 65.0 68.4 71.6 69.2 65.0 62.6 Korea, Republic of........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. New Zealand............... 65.7 63.7 51.9 51.1 43.9 40.2 44.3 55.2 63.1 67.7 64.6 74.2 Philippines............... 5.7 5.2 3.9 4.0 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.6 4.1 4.4 Singapore................. 46.7 46.7 44.4 43.9 44.5 44.7 42.3 43.4 44.1 43.6 44.6 48.6 Taiwan.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Europe Austria................... 103.8 89.1 88.0 84.4 72.4 70.3 73.5 87.0 94.3 95.4 98.0 107.6 Belgium................... 88.1 75.7 74.8 71.0 61.2 59.4 62.7 74.3 81.9 82.1 84.2 91.1 Czech Republic............ 13.0 12.0 12.8 12.2 11.4 11.9 14.3 16.9 19.2 21.2 23.5 27.1 Denmark................... .. 121.2 120.0 116.5 100.3 98.0 103.4 124.5 134.1 135.5 139.4 154.9 Finland................... 96.2 84.2 83.0 80.1 70.2 68.5 71.4 85.0 94.3 95.7 98.9 108.7 France.................... 98.5 85.2 83.3 78.4 66.6 63.8 66.4 78.9 86.7 86.6 89.6 97.7 Germany................... .. .. 115.8 109.3 95.7 91.3 95.7 114.5 125.9 125.2 126.7 137.8 Hungary................... 10.6 10.5 10.6 10.9 10.6 11.7 14.1 17.1 20.1 21.3 22.0 26.7 Ireland................... 80.7 77.2 74.9 73.4 65.9 68.7 74.4 90.2 101.7 102.9 106.5 117.6 Italy..................... 68.7 62.7 61.4 57.9 49.3 48.1 51.9 63.7 72.5 72.9 75.3 82.2 Netherlands............... .. 83.2 83.6 81.1 70.5 70.5 74.3 89.6 97.9 97.6 98.8 106.8 Norway.................... .. 116.1 113.9 112.7 99.9 98.5 112.4 126.7 135.7 141.0 147.8 167.8 Poland.................... .. 8.9 9.6 11.4 11.1 12.3 12.4 13.0 14.0 16.2 17.7 21.1 Portugal.................. 22.4 20.4 20.7 20.3 18.1 18.4 20.1 24.2 27.5 27.9 27.9 29.8 Slovakia.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Spain..................... 51.7 45.8 45.7 44.2 38.5 37.4 39.7 48.1 53.5 54.1 56.4 62.0 Sweden.................... 97.6 85.5 84.4 79.6 71.8 64.7 68.8 83.1 91.2 89.4 92.8 102.0 Switzerland............... 135.9 112.6 110.7 103.7 90.3 89.4 95.0 107.9 114.7 113.3 112.9 116.4 United Kingdom............ 76.9 81.5 85.2 83.7 77.9 77.1 80.9 91.2 103.4 105.2 108.3 118.9 '..' means data not available. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.