-21- Table 14. All Employees: Other direct pay as percent of hourly compensation costs in manufacturing, 32 countries or areas, 1996-2007 Country or Area 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Americas United States............. 8.0 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.7 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.0 8.2 8.0 8.3 Argentina................. 12.3 12.5 12.7 13.4 13.2 13.3 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 Brazil.................... 13.8 13.9 13.8 14.1 14.2 14.1 14.2 14.1 14.2 14.1 14.2 14.2 Canada.................... 10.3 10.3 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.0 10.0 9.9 9.9 Mexico.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Asia and Oceania Australia................. 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.4 9.4 Israel.................... 7.6 7.5 7.5 7.1 7.0 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.0 Japan..................... 28.7 28.7 28.0 26.9 26.9 26.6 25.6 25.5 25.7 26.1 26.2 25.9 Korea, Republic of........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. New Zealand............... 11.3 11.3 11.0 10.7 11.1 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.2 11.2 11.6 12.3 Philippines............... 14.4 14.4 14.4 14.7 15.2 15.6 16.0 16.0 15.9 15.9 15.9 15.8 Singapore................. 16.6 16.5 16.0 17.7 17.5 17.4 17.4 17.5 17.8 18.2 18.0 18.0 Taiwan.................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Europe Austria................... 21.0 20.9 20.8 20.8 20.7 21.1 21.1 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2 21.2 Belgium................... 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.1 19.6 19.5 19.6 19.5 19.6 19.6 19.6 Czech Republic............ 14.0 13.8 13.8 13.5 13.1 13.9 13.2 13.2 13.0 13.0 12.9 13.1 Denmark................... .. 17.0 17.5 18.3 18.7 18.4 18.1 17.8 17.5 17.4 17.3 17.6 Finland................... 16.5 16.5 16.5 16.4 16.4 17.3 18.2 19.1 19.9 20.0 19.9 20.0 France.................... 14.7 14.6 14.6 14.6 14.6 14.0 13.5 12.9 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 Germany................... .. .. 18.4 18.2 19.0 19.7 19.8 19.9 18.8 19.9 21.6 23.8 Hungary................... 20.9 19.9 18.9 17.8 16.8 17.0 17.3 17.5 17.7 17.7 17.9 17.9 Ireland................... 9.7 10.6 11.4 12.3 13.1 12.2 11.4 10.4 9.5 11.2 12.9 14.7 Italy..................... 16.2 15.0 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.5 15.3 15.0 14.6 14.6 14.7 14.7 Netherlands............... .. 19.0 19.1 19.1 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.3 19.4 19.4 19.4 19.4 Norway.................... .. 15.5 15.9 16.3 16.8 16.6 16.5 16.3 16.2 16.2 16.2 16.2 Poland.................... .. 24.0 22.9 26.5 25.1 24.8 24.4 24.1 23.8 23.8 23.8 23.8 Portugal.................. 18.7 19.2 19.7 20.3 20.8 20.0 19.3 18.5 18.2 18.2 18.2 18.2 Slovakia.................. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Spain..................... 21.6 21.0 20.4 19.8 19.3 19.4 19.6 19.7 19.9 19.9 19.9 19.8 Sweden.................... 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 Switzerland............... 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.2 18.2 18.2 18.2 United Kingdom............ 12.7 12.8 12.9 13.0 13.1 12.1 11.1 10.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 '..' means data not available. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2009.