Table 4. Total hours 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 93.7 NA NA 73.0 NA 147.9 NA 169.7 139.2 83.7 57.2 NA 153.1 163.3 NA NA NA NA 209.4 1951 101.0 NA NA 76.3 NA 148.8 NA 178.2 149.9 85.7 64.6 NA 153.4 166.2 NA NA NA NA 215.2 1952 102.5 NA NA 77.0 NA 142.8 NA 172.9 155.4 85.7 66.3 NA 150.0 164.3 NA NA NA NA 212.9 1953 107.7 NA NA 79.8 NA 145.7 NA 167.1 161.2 88.3 72.2 NA 152.3 165.0 NA NA NA NA 217.4 1954 98.4 NA NA 74.8 NA 151.4 NA 169.1 171.7 92.7 74.4 NA 159.4 167.2 NA NA NA NA 221.9 1955 104.0 NA NA 77.0 NA 150.0 NA 170.7 185.2 92.8 77.5 NA 163.9 171.7 NA NA NA NA 228.0 1956 105.5 NA NA 80.8 NA 147.8 NA 171.3 191.6 94.7 86.3 NA 166.1 169.8 NA NA NA NA 227.5 1957 103.8 NA NA 80.1 NA 151.0 NA 175.5 187.1 99.1 91.6 NA 167.2 167.2 NA NA NA NA 227.3 1958 95.0 NA NA 76.1 NA 151.9 NA 174.4 185.2 99.5 95.7 NA 163.7 163.0 NA NA NA NA 221.0 1959 101.6 NA NA 77.4 NA 159.1 NA 170.5 185.6 102.6 98.4 NA 166.8 159.6 NA NA NA NA 224.8 1960 101.2 NA 190.3 76.1 NA 170.2 119.5 174.6 192.5 108.9 105.2 NA 175.8 161.2 NA NA 150.4 NA 232.6 1961 98.5 NA 196.2 75.1 NA 169.7 123.6 174.7 194.6 111.2 111.3 NA 172.2 162.1 NA NA 152.9 NA 232.7 1962 102.8 NA 201.1 78.0 NA 175.4 124.6 177.3 190.4 111.1 114.2 NA 174.3 163.5 NA NA 152.7 NA 228.2 1963 104.2 NA 202.8 79.8 NA 172.2 122.2 181.1 186.8 115.2 117.7 NA 174.6 164.6 NA NA 151.2 NA 224.3 1964 106.5 NA 208.0 83.8 NA 177.9 123.9 185.4 186.6 115.5 120.4 NA 175.1 167.0 NA NA 151.6 NA 229.6 1965 112.6 NA 204.3 87.2 NA 180.6 125.0 182.0 189.4 109.0 119.6 NA 175.5 165.8 NA NA 150.9 NA 229.3 1966 120.2 NA 202.5 91.0 NA 175.6 124.4 183.2 184.9 109.6 123.9 NA 173.5 168.6 NA NA 148.8 NA 226.0 1967 119.3 NA 193.7 91.9 NA 166.1 121.1 179.2 170.2 114.8 131.7 NA 167.6 167.9 NA NA 141.6 NA 217.3 1968 121.3 NA 190.6 92.5 NA 163.3 120.5 173.7 173.5 116.3 135.9 NA 163.6 162.2 NA NA 136.4 NA 217.0 1969 122.7 NA 195.0 94.0 NA 164.5 126.2 175.2 181.0 119.5 138.1 NA 163.3 159.1 NA NA 136.3 NA 220.0 1970 115.5 NA 194.9 92.7 NA 160.9 133.5 178.0 184.3 121.1 140.0 NA 160.7 161.5 NA NA 138.2 NA 216.2 1971 111.4 NA 191.2 92.9 NA 152.3 133.1 180.6 179.1 119.8 138.3 NA 155.9 160.5 NA NA 133.3 NA 203.9 1972 116.4 NA 184.2 95.7 NA 151.7 137.7 177.4 174.0 118.3 137.5 NA 150.0 159.4 NA NA 127.7 NA 197.2 1973 122.4 NA 180.8 99.0 NA 147.0 140.4 179.9 173.6 121.9 142.1 NA 146.8 158.8 NA NA 127.4 75.5 201.0 1974 119.7 NA 178.9 99.2 NA 143.1 141.7 178.5 166.2 121.7 135.0 NA 141.7 158.4 NA NA 128.7 73.5 195.2 1975 107.6 118.4 159.0 95.0 NA 126.4 138.6 169.1 152.1 121.1 124.5 NA 132.4 156.3 NA NA 127.2 72.9 185.7 1976 113.0 114.4 155.5 94.6 NA 126.7 136.3 173.2 152.9 121.5 127.5 NA 128.5 151.9 NA NA 125.3 82.5 181.3 1977 117.5 111.4 148.7 92.6 NA 123.4 129.1 170.1 151.2 122.3 126.6 NA 125.8 149.3 NA NA 120.0 88.8 183.2 1978 122.4 110.6 142.1 96.4 NA 120.1 126.5 165.8 148.9 122.3 125.2 NA 122.0 143.2 NA NA 113.6 95.9 181.7 1979 125.0 111.1 138.5 100.1 NA 119.8 132.0 164.2 150.2 123.3 125.8 NA 121.2 138.7 71.6 107.3 112.2 99.4 180.2 1980 119.4 111.8 133.5 100.1 NA 116.4 137.6 161.7 149.4 125.3 128.1 NA 119.2 139.4 78.6 104.1 110.9 102.9 165.2 1981 118.6 111.3 122.9 99.6 NA 110.2 136.0 154.3 144.9 122.2 128.5 NA 117.2 137.4 82.8 95.9 108.0 100.1 148.9 1982 109.1 104.5 122.0 88.3 NA 109.7 132.4 145.5 139.9 120.2 127.4 NA 113.3 131.4 83.4 91.7 105.9 100.0 142.3 1983 109.9 96.8 116.4 87.2 NA 110.2 129.6 141.1 135.4 115.3 129.6 NA 109.5 124.3 84.1 88.4 106.3 104.9 136.4 1984 117.1 96.8 114.5 89.2 NA 114.9 128.0 136.2 134.9 109.8 133.6 NA 107.3 122.7 81.8 84.2 107.3 117.5 137.0 1985 116.7 97.8 114.2 90.7 NA 117.6 126.5 131.2 134.1 108.3 134.2 99.9 106.9 123.1 75.4 81.3 108.9 117.7 137.3 1986 114.7 98.2 113.2 93.8 NA 122.2 122.0 129.3 135.4 108.7 133.2 110.5 107.2 124.2 72.5 83.7 107.3 125.2 134.8 1987 115.2 99.9 111.5 97.5 NA 116.0 120.6 128.0 135.1 108.2 132.3 121.8 107.1 120.9 76.5 83.6 109.4 129.3 136.1 1988 118.7 104.8 113.2 102.1 NA 111.6 119.2 127.5 134.3 110.8 136.5 127.7 106.4 116.3 83.3 86.2 112.7 128.0 140.3 1989 119.4 107.4 114.1 102.8 NA 108.6 117.3 126.9 134.3 111.5 137.9 122.0 106.5 108.8 93.2 91.5 109.9 121.8 142.2 1990 116.5 105.2 116.4 97.4 NA 108.0 112.1 127.7 135.4 113.1 138.3 119.8 110.9 104.8 101.1 94.3 107.9 113.0 136.9 1991 111.6 97.1 113.2 89.5 NA 105.2 98.3 124.5 136.4 112.5 138.7 116.6 111.3 101.9 104.4 92.9 101.3 111.0 123.2 1992 111.0 96.9 111.5 86.5 NA 104.6 88.6 121.0 130.6 107.7 134.5 112.6 111.0 101.2 103.0 89.2 93.9 111.4 116.0 1993 112.5 96.2 105.6 87.2 NA 101.5 84.3 114.9 118.7 103.9 127.4 109.3 105.4 103.0 103.2 84.2 89.0 111.0 114.3 1994 115.1 101.4 104.9 88.9 NA 100.0 87.3 111.5 113.9 101.8 123.7 111.7 103.1 105.6 102.7 83.1 93.6 113.3 116.6 1995 115.9 101.9 103.1 91.9 104.4 104.9 91.7 111.1 111.1 101.7 121.0 113.6 103.8 107.5 103.6 83.4 100.0 111.1 119.8 1996 115.7 101.1 102.0 93.5 109.4 103.4 91.9 110.5 105.8 100.7 120.0 109.9 103.1 108.4 104.0 86.5 100.2 108.9 122.1 1997 117.7 102.4 100.6 95.9 111.4 103.4 95.8 109.3 104.1 100.2 118.9 102.2 103.9 112.8 103.9 91.2 99.2 110.6 121.0 1998 117.4 99.7 101.0 95.7 110.8 104.6 99.3 108.8 104.9 102.5 111.5 84.5 104.5 115.4 99.1 95.0 101.7 108.8 120.6 1999 116.6 97.6 102.1 99.2 106.4 103.5 100.1 107.7 104.0 101.5 108.2 92.4 103.9 111.5 98.0 98.8 101.8 110.1 115.3 2000 115.1 101.5 102.7 103.2 104.5 103.6 102.1 105.2 103.8 100.6 108.1 98.8 103.3 107.0 103.1 102.1 103.3 112.4 110.9 2001 107.6 98.5 103.5 101.3 100.4 103.9 102.6 104.3 102.8 100.0 104.4 102.1 102.9 103.3 101.7 101.7 104.1 99.6 106.0 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 95.1 97.8 97.0 99.6 97.3 93.2 96.8 97.7 97.4 99.4 99.3 98.7 96.8 95.1 99.3 99.2 97.3 102.7 94.1 2004 94.6 98.4 96.4 100.7 98.4 89.7 95.0 95.9 97.3 98.7 99.1 99.0 94.0 94.6 103.0 97.8 96.1 107.9 90.0 2005 93.5 96.6 94.7 98.6 101.2 87.3 94.5 93.8 95.0 97.0 97.9 94.2 91.7 97.0 110.4 95.9 94.7 107.7 86.0 2006 94.2 95.0 93.9 94.8 100.4 86.6 95.6 91.3 94.1 98.5 100.2 91.3 91.3 103.1 119.6 93.0 93.3 108.1 83.8 2007 92.7 96.1 92.4 92.2 102.2 87.7 96.7 90.9 95.2 100.2 100.2 91.2 91.9 106.5 131.0 90.0 94.1 109.6 81.8 2008 89.0 98.1 91.2 88.4 103.8 89.2 96.4 90.2 96.3 98.5 96.9 93.2 92.4 107.6 138.2 88.3 94.5 108.9 78.7 2009 77.4 91.7 82.0 78.5 91.3 78.7 85.6 83.5 87.3 87.7 85.1 90.7 88.5 98.9 130.3 75.9 83.3 99.4 72.0 2010 77.4 91.6 82.6 79.7 92.0 73.5 84.1 81.6 90.3 85.9 87.7 95.8 87.4 96.7 125.2 71.9 84.0 109.4 71.6 2011 79.1 93.4 85.2 80.1 91.8 72.8 85.8 80.7 93.5 86.7 87.0 96.9 87.0 96.7 124.8 70.1 86.3 111.6 69.9 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.