Table 4. Total hours in manufacturing, 14 countries or areas, 1950-2002
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Table 4. Total hours in manufacturing, 14 countries or areas, 1950-2002
(Indexes: 1992=100)
United Former West Nether- United
Year States Canada Japan Korea Taiwan Belgium Denmark France Germany**Germany**Italy lands Norway Sweden Kingdom
1950 85.5 84.8 NA NA NA NA 137.3 136.7 NA 109.8 75.0 147.9 155.6 158.5 202.2
1955 94.6 89.4 57.0 NA NA NA 138.5 135.5 NA 139.6 83.1 158.3 163.7 167.3 220.2
1960 92.1 88.3 77.8 NA NA 170.7 157.8 140.5 NA 142.3 97.6 169.8 153.6 168.3 224.6
1961 89.7 87.2 82.4 NA NA 175.9 157.5 142.1 NA 143.9 99.6 166.3 154.5 171.0 224.7
1962 93.4 90.3 85.1 NA NA 180.3 162.7 143.2 NA 140.8 99.5 168.4 155.8 170.8 220.3
1963 94.4 92.6 87.9 NA NA 181.8 159.6 146.5 NA 138.1 103.2 168.7 156.9 169.1 216.6
1964 96.4 97.2 90.0 NA NA 186.5 164.9 148.3 NA 138.0 103.5 169.1 159.2 169.6 221.7
1965 102.0 101.9 89.8 NA NA 183.2 167.5 145.5 NA 140.0 97.7 169.5 158.1 168.8 221.5
1966 108.6 106.8 92.8 NA NA 181.5 162.8 147.0 NA 136.7 98.2 167.5 160.8 166.5 218.2
1967 108.0 107.9 98.3 NA NA 173.6 153.8 145.0 NA 125.9 102.8 161.9 160.1 158.4 209.8
1968 109.6 108.2 101.4 NA NA 170.9 151.7 138.5 NA 128.3 104.2 158.0 154.6 152.6 209.6
1969 110.9 109.7 103.0 NA NA 174.9 153.6 146.0 NA 133.8 107.0 157.7 151.7 152.5 212.4
1970 104.4 107.1 104.4 NA NA 174.7 149.5 148.0 NA 136.3 108.5 155.5 153.9 154.7 208.8
1971 100.5 107.4 103.1 NA NA 171.4 142.1 148.7 NA 132.5 108.4 151.6 153.4 149.1 196.9
1972 105.1 110.8 102.6 NA NA 165.2 141.4 148.9 NA 128.7 107.7 144.2 152.6 142.9 190.5
1973 110.4 114.9 106.0 NA 67.4 162.1 134.8 149.7 NA 128.4 111.4 139.5 152.1 142.5 194.1
1974 107.9 115.5 100.6 NA 65.6 160.4 131.7 149.3 NA 122.9 111.8 134.7 151.5 144.0 188.5
1975 97.2 111.1 92.8 NA 65.1 142.6 116.3 141.3 NA 112.5 111.4 127.6 149.6 142.3 179.3
1976 101.9 111.1 95.0 NA 73.7 139.4 116.7 141.0 NA 113.1 111.9 122.1 145.5 140.2 175.1
1977 106.1 108.8 94.4 NA 79.3 133.3 114.1 139.2 NA 111.8 112.3 118.6 143.2 134.2 176.9
1978 110.6 112.8 93.3 NA 85.5 127.4 111.5 136.3 NA 110.1 112.0 114.7 137.9 127.1 175.4
1979 112.7 116.2 93.8 NA 88.7 124.2 111.3 134.2 NA 111.0 112.9 112.1 133.7 125.5 173.7
1980 107.5 114.6 95.6 NA 92.3 119.7 109.6 132.7 NA 110.5 113.8 111.2 134.7 124.0 160.5
1981 107.0 113.2 95.9 NA 89.7 110.2 103.6 126.4 NA 107.1 111.0 108.9 132.7 121.0 143.3
1982 97.9 102.0 95.1 NA 89.6 109.4 104.1 119.7 NA 103.4 108.4 105.7 126.8 117.2 135.6
1983 98.9 100.7 96.8 NA 94.0 104.3 104.9 116.5 NA 100.1 105.3 101.0 120.9 116.1 128.4
1984 105.3 103.4 99.8 NA 105.2 102.6 109.2 113.2 NA 99.7 100.3 97.3 119.4 118.9 126.4
1985 104.6 106.4 100.3 88.8 105.5 102.4 110.7 109.7 NA 99.1 97.1 96.1 119.9 119.4 125.2
1986 103.0 110.5 99.2 98.3 112.2 101.5 116.4 108.0 NA 100.1 98.3 96.7 121.2 118.9 122.0
1987 103.8 114.7 98.5 108.3 115.8 100.0 111.2 106.1 NA 99.9 99.7 97.2 118.3 119.5 121.0
1988 106.6 121.2 101.7 111.6 114.8 101.5 107.2 105.4 NA 99.3 101.2 97.7 114.0 121.4 122.8
1989 107.1 120.2 102.7 108.5 109.2 102.3 104.7 106.0 NA 99.3 103.0 97.9 106.8 119.0 122.4
1990 104.8 113.5 102.9 106.6 101.3 104.3 103.7 105.7 NA 100.1 103.7 100.3 103.4 116.4 118.1
1991 100.4 103.9 103.1 103.9 99.5 101.5 102.1 102.9 104.1 100.9 103.6 100.8 100.8 109.0 106.6
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 101.4 100.1 94.7 97.5 99.6 94.7 96.2 95.0 90.8 91.3 95.2 95.8 102.1 94.9 97.3
1994 103.6 103.0 91.9 98.9 101.6 93.6 NA 92.7 86.8 86.7 97.6 92.4 105.0 99.4 97.9
1995 104.0 106.4 89.1 100.6 99.8 92.0 NA 92.2 84.8 84.3 99.3 92.3 106.6 105.9 101.2
1996 103.6 109.0 88.7 97.3 97.7 91.0 NA 91.3 80.6 80.4 97.5 91.2 107.6 105.3 102.8
1997 105.4 112.4 88.0 90.5 99.3 89.7 NA 90.1 79.5 78.6 99.0 91.9 112.0 103.9 102.8
1998 105.2 117.5 82.7 74.8 97.7 90.0 NA 90.0 80.1 79.3 100.6 92.6 113.7 105.9 102.0
1999 104.4 121.5 80.4 81.9 98.9 91.0 NA 89.2 78.9 NA 100.5 92.6 109.6 106.0 98.0
2000 102.8 125.6 80.3 88.1 100.8 91.6 NA 86.7 78.8 NA 100.8 92.5 105.9 105.6 94.4
2001 96.3 123.9 77.7 90.7 89.4 90.7 NA 85.8 78.2 NA 100.0 91.9 104.1 103.1 89.8
2002 89.5 125.2 72.7 89.9 89.3 85.7 NA 83.6 76.1 NA 100.7 89.9 101.6 98.6 85.9
NA: Not Available
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.
** See note on Germany in box on page 4.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2003.
Last Modified Date: September 09, 2003
United States Department of Labor
