October 27, 2009 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
International manufacturing productivity, 2008
Average annual rate of change in output per hour in manufacturing, 17 countries or areas, 2000–2008 and 2007–2008
| Country or area |
2000-2008 |
2007-2008 |
Singapore |
0.7 |
-6.6 |
Denmark |
1.8 |
-4.5 |
Sweden |
4.8 |
-3.7 |
Italy |
-0.2 |
-3.4 |
Canada |
0.8 |
-2.6 |
Netherlands |
2.7 |
-1.4 |
Australia |
1.6 |
-0.9 |
Spain |
1.5 |
-0.9 |
France |
2.6 |
-0.8 |
Taiwan |
5.2 |
-0.5 |
Japan |
3.2 |
-0.2 |
Germany |
3.7 |
-0.1 |
United Kingdom |
3.6 |
0.3 |
Belgium |
2.8 |
0.5 |
Norway |
2.7 |
0.7 |
United States |
4.6 |
1.2 |
Korea, Republic of |
7.4 |
1.2 |
These data featured in the TED article, International manufacturing productivity, 2008.
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