Table 2. Output per employed person in manufacturing, 19 countries, 1950-2011 (Indexes: 2002 = 100) Year United Australia Belgium Canada Czech Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Japan Korea, Netherlands Norway Singapore Spain Sweden Taiwan United States Republic Republic of Kingdom 1950 20.0 NA NA 19.9 NA 19.6 NA 15.4 14.1 10.7 4.6 NA 12.4 29.2 NA NA 12.4 NA 25.7 1951 20.7 NA NA 20.3 NA 19.4 NA 16.6 15.1 12.1 5.9 NA 12.9 31.0 NA NA 12.9 NA 25.7 1952 21.1 NA NA 20.6 NA 19.2 NA 16.1 16.7 12.6 6.2 NA 13.2 30.5 NA NA 12.8 NA 24.5 1953 21.4 NA NA 21.4 NA 19.4 NA 16.3 18.0 13.3 7.2 NA 14.4 32.3 NA NA 13.3 NA 26.0 1954 21.4 NA NA 22.0 NA 20.3 NA 17.5 19.2 14.2 7.6 NA 15.0 33.7 NA NA 13.4 NA 27.0 1955 22.8 NA NA 23.5 NA 20.9 NA 17.9 21.0 15.3 8.0 NA 15.9 34.1 NA NA 13.5 NA 28.0 1956 22.2 NA NA 24.7 NA 21.3 NA 18.6 21.6 16.0 9.1 NA 16.9 36.3 NA NA 14.1 NA 27.8 1957 22.5 NA NA 24.5 NA 22.0 NA 18.8 22.5 16.4 10.1 NA 17.5 36.8 NA NA 14.9 NA 28.4 1958 22.3 NA NA 25.4 NA 22.7 NA 19.0 23.6 16.5 9.4 NA 17.9 37.4 NA NA 15.3 NA 28.6 1959 23.9 NA NA 26.9 NA 23.7 NA 19.6 25.6 18.0 11.3 NA 19.3 39.1 NA NA 16.0 NA 30.0 1960 23.7 NA 16.9 27.6 NA 24.2 15.1 21.1 28.0 19.4 13.4 NA 20.7 42.2 NA NA 16.4 NA 31.1 1961 24.4 NA 17.1 29.0 NA 24.8 15.8 22.2 28.9 20.8 14.9 NA 21.0 43.0 NA NA 17.0 NA 30.8 1962 25.9 NA 18.0 31.6 NA 26.3 16.2 23.4 30.2 22.3 15.4 NA 21.6 42.8 NA NA 18.2 NA 31.1 1963 27.7 NA 18.7 33.1 NA 26.7 17.0 25.6 31.0 23.0 16.5 NA 22.4 44.9 NA NA 19.1 NA 32.7 1964 29.3 NA 19.8 34.7 NA 29.1 18.1 26.5 33.7 23.2 18.6 NA 24.2 47.7 NA NA 20.5 NA 35.2 1965 30.7 NA 20.5 36.3 NA 30.5 18.9 28.7 35.6 25.0 19.1 NA 25.8 49.4 NA NA 21.9 NA 35.7 1966 31.4 NA 21.7 36.9 NA 31.5 19.7 30.8 36.5 27.5 21.0 NA 27.4 51.6 NA NA 22.8 NA 36.2 1967 30.8 NA 22.7 37.1 NA 34.2 20.2 32.0 37.7 29.2 23.8 NA 29.3 53.0 NA NA 24.3 NA 37.6 1968 31.9 NA 24.7 39.0 NA 37.4 21.3 35.2 41.3 31.6 26.5 NA 32.3 54.9 NA NA 26.0 NA 40.9 1969 32.1 NA 26.7 40.7 NA 39.0 22.6 36.8 44.3 32.5 30.0 NA 35.0 58.6 NA NA 27.6 NA 41.8 1970 31.6 NA 28.6 40.1 NA 40.6 23.4 39.0 45.5 34.0 33.3 NA 36.0 59.9 NA NA 28.2 NA 42.1 1971 33.7 NA 30.1 42.0 NA 43.6 23.2 41.1 46.3 33.7 34.8 NA 37.3 61.3 NA NA 29.3 NA 43.1 1972 35.7 NA 32.8 44.2 NA 45.4 25.1 40.7 48.7 36.1 37.9 NA 40.2 63.6 NA NA 30.0 NA 45.1 1973 37.4 NA 35.6 46.3 NA 46.3 25.7 42.4 51.4 40.3 41.0 NA 43.0 67.1 NA NA 31.6 23.2 49.0 1974 35.9 NA 36.4 47.6 NA 48.3 26.1 45.4 52.1 42.5 40.3 NA 45.1 68.6 NA NA 32.7 21.7 48.2 1975 36.5 54.3 35.8 45.8 NA 52.1 25.1 45.0 53.0 41.0 40.5 NA 43.8 67.8 NA NA 32.5 23.6 47.0 1976 39.0 54.1 40.2 49.9 NA 53.5 25.5 48.3 58.4 47.2 44.2 NA 48.0 67.7 NA NA 32.6 25.8 49.5 1977 40.6 55.0 42.0 52.4 NA 55.2 26.0 50.1 59.2 49.0 46.1 NA 48.3 67.6 NA NA 31.9 27.4 50.2 1978 41.0 58.6 44.4 54.5 NA 55.6 28.0 50.6 60.5 50.9 48.1 NA 50.1 67.9 NA NA 31.9 30.6 50.7 1979 41.3 61.1 46.8 54.5 NA 59.0 30.1 53.0 62.8 55.2 52.4 NA 51.7 71.9 32.1 56.7 33.9 31.5 50.8 1980 40.7 61.8 49.0 53.6 NA 63.3 30.9 53.8 61.0 58.3 53.2 NA 52.0 70.9 32.4 58.2 34.0 33.6 48.9 1981 42.8 62.8 51.4 55.3 NA 64.3 32.0 55.4 61.4 58.6 54.5 NA 52.6 70.7 33.8 60.5 34.0 38.6 50.2 1982 42.6 63.0 55.1 54.9 NA 66.8 32.8 56.0 61.1 58.8 56.2 NA 53.7 73.3 31.6 63.1 35.3 39.5 53.0 1983 46.8 64.4 59.2 58.7 NA 72.3 34.3 58.0 64.2 60.2 56.3 NA 57.5 75.7 32.6 66.0 38.4 43.0 56.6 1984 48.8 66.4 61.7 65.1 NA 71.9 36.1 59.6 66.4 64.9 58.0 NA 62.4 80.5 36.6 67.8 41.2 44.2 59.0 1985 50.6 71.1 64.1 66.9 NA 71.1 37.9 61.6 68.0 68.3 63.2 24.5 63.5 82.8 35.7 71.0 41.4 42.8 60.5 1986 51.4 72.2 64.7 64.8 NA 70.6 40.0 62.3 67.9 70.4 63.3 27.3 65.2 81.6 41.3 71.5 41.8 47.3 62.3 1987 55.0 74.9 66.0 66.1 NA 69.2 43.1 63.9 66.7 73.9 66.4 29.1 65.9 83.4 46.6 74.3 43.0 50.6 65.1 1988 57.8 77.1 69.5 67.9 NA 70.9 45.4 67.2 68.9 77.9 70.2 30.5 67.9 83.5 49.5 76.3 43.5 51.3 68.1 1989 58.1 76.3 72.9 68.5 NA 74.3 47.8 69.3 70.3 80.4 73.2 31.8 70.1 86.4 49.8 77.2 44.5 54.5 69.8 1990 58.2 77.3 73.7 69.4 NA 72.4 48.7 70.9 72.1 80.5 77.5 34.9 70.5 88.4 50.2 76.6 45.6 56.4 71.9 1991 59.4 80.5 74.1 69.8 NA 73.1 46.7 72.2 73.8 80.7 79.7 39.1 70.1 89.2 51.4 79.1 45.8 60.6 74.6 1992 62.5 81.2 74.8 73.4 NA 74.7 52.3 74.5 77.5 83.4 78.1 42.0 72.1 91.5 53.4 81.4 48.2 62.0 79.2 1993 64.9 84.7 75.4 77.9 NA 74.9 58.5 76.6 76.8 84.1 77.9 45.4 73.9 91.6 58.6 82.7 53.1 63.4 82.2 1994 68.3 84.9 82.0 82.1 NA 84.5 65.1 81.1 83.8 91.3 79.5 49.4 80.8 91.8 67.0 85.7 61.9 65.8 84.2 1995 70.1 86.1 84.7 83.2 60.4 86.4 66.3 83.8 85.6 96.4 85.3 54.0 83.8 89.6 73.2 87.6 66.0 70.3 82.6 1996 72.4 88.0 86.3 82.9 66.2 83.2 67.8 84.5 85.5 96.8 89.8 58.8 86.4 92.5 74.8 87.5 68.3 75.0 82.1 1997 76.1 88.5 91.7 87.1 69.2 91.1 71.9 88.5 90.6 98.2 92.3 66.0 86.6 93.1 78.4 89.3 74.0 78.7 83.2 1998 79.3 93.1 93.1 91.1 70.8 92.5 76.7 92.4 91.3 97.4 91.2 71.0 88.6 90.8 80.0 91.0 78.8 80.4 84.5 1999 84.8 97.0 94.6 95.6 80.3 95.4 81.4 95.9 92.9 97.9 93.5 86.2 91.4 94.9 93.0 93.1 86.6 85.7 88.5 2000 90.5 93.7 98.1 100.7 92.2 100.0 91.1 98.7 98.9 102.1 100.2 93.3 97.5 97.3 103.3 94.9 93.9 90.7 94.2 2001 90.5 98.5 97.4 98.2 94.9 99.9 94.3 98.5 100.3 101.5 97.4 90.9 97.7 99.1 90.2 98.7 90.6 88.4 97.5 2002 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 2003 108.2 104.7 101.8 99.0 106.6 101.4 105.8 103.1 104.1 96.8 106.3 106.6 102.4 107.6 104.1 101.4 108.1 107.6 105.6 2004 118.8 103.8 107.6 100.9 116.2 107.4 113.7 108.6 109.9 99.1 114.1 116.3 109.2 117.9 115.7 102.2 124.4 114.4 112.7 2005 123.5 104.8 108.5 103.4 134.4 109.4 118.3 113.5 114.6 100.8 120.9 123.0 114.0 121.0 119.1 103.4 132.3 122.6 118.3 2006 129.4 106.9 109.7 106.2 158.1 115.3 132.8 116.9 125.9 104.0 124.7 133.6 118.5 116.9 123.8 107.3 143.2 132.0 123.0 2007 136.3 107.9 113.8 106.6 165.8 115.6 145.3 121.1 130.3 106.6 131.7 142.1 124.8 118.2 120.0 110.3 145.4 143.1 128.3 2008 133.1 105.0 113.6 105.0 181.5 109.3 135.7 117.5 124.1 103.6 135.4 145.4 121.8 120.5 107.9 109.0 137.1 143.3 128.8 2009 135.9 106.9 101.2 101.3 179.1 108.0 108.8 114.1 99.6 90.8 119.0 145.7 113.5 118.3 107.9 110.9 120.0 145.9 124.8 2010 155.5 109.4 109.9 106.8 206.7 118.4 123.5 122.9 113.0 100.8 143.4 160.5 125.1 125.6 149.2 119.4 145.8 175.2 132.8 2011 159.8 110.6 114.1 108.5 224.3 121.3 126.7 125.4 120.0 101.2 139.2 169.4 130.6 128.4 160.1 126.1 153.2 176.6 137.9 NA = Not Available The data relate to all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers), except for Belgium and Taiwan, where data relate to employees (wage and salary earners). Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012.