Table 5. Employment 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 91.7 NA NA 68.7 NA 110.0 NA 127.9 98.0 72.9 48.8 NA 113.6 121.4 NA NA 123.5 NA 175.3 1951 98.6 NA NA 72.9 NA 112.2 NA 130.8 104.9 73.5 54.0 NA 114.7 123.2 NA NA 126.6 NA 179.6 1952 100.0 NA NA 74.7 NA 107.8 NA 128.9 107.8 73.8 55.0 NA 111.8 122.5 NA NA 124.6 NA 179.2 1953 105.5 NA NA 76.9 NA 110.6 NA 126.0 111.2 75.3 59.2 NA 113.3 122.1 NA NA 122.1 NA 181.6 1954 98.1 NA NA 73.5 NA 114.6 NA 126.1 116.5 78.1 61.3 NA 118.5 124.3 NA NA 127.2 NA 184.0 1955 101.5 NA NA 75.3 NA 113.7 NA 127.3 124.5 78.7 63.1 NA 121.3 127.3 NA NA 131.3 NA 188.5 1956 103.7 NA NA 78.4 NA 112.9 NA 129.3 130.8 81.3 68.1 NA 123.6 126.2 NA NA 132.3 NA 189.7 1957 103.3 NA NA 78.8 NA 115.7 NA 132.9 134.3 84.6 72.8 NA 124.7 126.6 NA NA 132.2 NA 189.7 1958 95.9 NA NA 74.7 NA 117.0 NA 133.4 135.2 85.7 76.6 NA 122.1 122.8 NA NA 131.1 NA 186.6 1959 100.3 NA NA 75.6 NA 125.7 NA 130.4 135.9 87.4 77.7 NA 124.1 123.2 NA NA 132.5 NA 188.2 1960 101.0 NA 156.3 74.9 NA 135.8 94.3 131.4 140.9 91.5 82.2 NA 128.8 124.3 NA NA 139.5 NA 196.3 1961 98.2 NA 161.5 74.2 NA 139.6 97.9 132.1 145.0 94.3 88.5 NA 131.6 127.0 NA NA 143.0 NA 199.0 1962 101.4 NA 165.1 76.6 NA 143.1 99.3 133.1 145.7 97.3 93.1 NA 134.2 128.5 NA NA 143.9 NA 197.1 1963 102.3 NA 166.7 78.2 NA 142.8 98.1 135.9 144.7 100.4 96.8 NA 134.9 130.0 NA NA 144.1 NA 194.0 1964 103.9 NA 171.5 81.7 NA 146.2 98.5 138.4 144.7 100.7 99.7 NA 136.5 131.1 NA NA 146.1 NA 197.0 1965 108.7 NA 171.3 84.9 NA 148.7 99.7 136.8 147.3 98.3 101.0 NA 137.3 133.2 NA NA 146.6 NA 199.6 1966 115.7 NA 171.1 89.3 NA 147.3 100.6 137.4 145.7 97.8 104.0 NA 136.4 135.1 NA NA 144.7 NA 200.1 1967 117.1 NA 165.8 90.1 NA 140.5 101.0 136.6 137.9 101.0 110.3 NA 132.4 135.8 NA NA 140.0 NA 194.0 1968 119.1 NA 163.1 90.9 NA 141.3 101.1 134.0 138.9 102.3 114.2 NA 131.5 134.3 NA NA 137.7 NA 192.1 1969 121.5 NA 168.6 92.8 NA 144.8 107.4 137.6 144.7 105.8 117.6 NA 133.2 134.9 NA NA 140.0 NA 194.7 1970 116.7 123.3 173.1 92.1 NA 145.3 115.2 140.8 148.1 109.3 120.4 NA 133.9 137.9 NA NA 142.3 NA 194.4 1971 112.3 125.0 172.3 92.6 NA 138.7 118.1 142.5 147.2 111.1 120.9 NA 132.3 138.5 NA NA 137.6 NA 187.8 1972 115.6 123.7 169.9 95.4 NA 141.5 121.4 144.3 144.4 110.5 121.0 NA 127.9 139.7 NA NA 135.4 NA 183.4 1973 121.6 126.5 171.0 99.5 NA 142.7 126.3 147.4 145.3 112.6 126.1 NA 126.8 140.1 NA NA 137.5 62.8 184.4 1974 121.1 127.0 173.6 100.2 NA 137.5 130.0 149.2 141.9 116.4 124.9 NA 127.0 141.6 NA NA 140.4 63.6 185.1 1975 110.6 117.4 163.1 97.4 NA 125.4 128.2 145.8 133.2 117.9 117.9 NA 123.3 140.3 NA NA 141.5 61.7 176.7 1976 114.7 118.6 156.5 96.7 NA 125.1 126.8 145.5 130.2 118.3 117.3 NA 119.2 139.9 NA NA 141.1 69.4 171.0 1977 118.9 117.9 150.4 95.6 NA 123.2 122.9 145.5 130.7 119.6 116.2 NA 118.0 140.1 NA NA 136.2 74.8 171.6 1978 123.9 112.7 144.1 98.5 NA 121.2 119.1 144.0 130.4 120.0 114.5 NA 115.9 136.7 NA NA 132.3 81.2 170.9 1979 127.1 112.6 140.3 102.7 NA 121.3 123.2 141.8 131.9 121.8 114.3 NA 115.0 134.7 73.1 103.3 132.6 84.7 170.2 1980 122.5 114.8 137.4 102.9 NA 117.7 128.8 140.0 133.1 123.5 116.5 NA 114.0 134.5 80.2 101.0 132.5 87.5 161.4 1981 121.9 115.6 129.5 102.3 NA 113.1 128.1 135.3 130.7 120.8 117.8 NA 111.5 132.4 84.3 94.7 128.5 89.3 147.6 1982 113.6 111.8 125.8 91.6 NA 111.4 125.7 133.0 126.9 118.6 117.2 NA 107.8 127.5 85.9 90.1 123.9 89.4 139.8 1983 111.5 105.4 123.1 89.6 NA 111.1 123.5 130.4 122.7 115.7 119.2 NA 103.8 120.2 85.6 88.3 121.4 93.8 133.6 1984 117.2 105.7 121.8 91.7 NA 116.2 121.9 126.2 122.1 111.1 121.7 NA 101.8 119.0 83.9 86.1 122.0 104.0 133.1 1985 116.6 101.4 119.8 92.9 NA 121.6 120.7 122.9 123.6 109.1 122.9 88.1 102.9 119.8 79.5 83.7 123.5 107.5 133.4 1986 114.8 101.6 118.7 96.1 NA 124.8 116.9 120.6 125.6 108.4 122.3 95.8 104.0 120.8 74.5 85.1 123.4 112.3 131.2 1987 115.2 102.5 115.9 98.6 NA 121.5 115.0 117.6 125.7 107.0 120.7 107.4 105.0 120.7 77.5 88.2 122.6 115.9 131.5 1988 117.2 105.8 115.7 102.3 NA 117.1 113.8 115.8 125.5 108.5 123.3 115.4 104.8 115.1 86.2 89.9 124.8 116.2 134.9 1989 117.9 109.2 117.2 103.6 NA 115.7 112.7 116.3 127.3 109.8 125.9 114.6 106.2 106.8 94.0 92.8 122.7 112.2 136.9 1990 116.1 106.1 118.2 99.0 NA 116.0 110.3 116.7 130.8 111.0 127.9 114.4 109.1 103.1 102.2 96.0 118.7 105.0 132.7 1991 112.1 99.2 117.0 91.4 NA 113.9 100.6 114.8 132.6 110.4 131.0 112.4 110.5 99.7 105.3 94.8 111.2 103.0 121.5 1992 110.2 97.9 115.2 87.8 NA 110.9 90.7 110.9 122.7 106.5 131.2 109.8 108.8 97.9 103.7 91.8 101.2 103.6 114.4 1993 110.3 96.9 110.8 87.2 NA 107.7 85.5 105.8 114.1 102.8 126.9 106.8 105.3 99.4 103.7 86.9 93.7 103.1 111.7 1994 111.7 99.9 106.6 89.1 NA 106.4 86.7 103.0 108.3 101.2 122.8 108.1 101.5 101.6 102.3 85.2 93.3 104.9 114.2 1995 113.3 100.7 105.9 91.9 102.1 109.5 91.0 103.3 105.7 100.7 119.3 109.7 101.6 104.4 102.9 86.6 98.9 103.4 118.2 1996 113.2 100.4 104.4 93.5 107.2 108.3 91.5 102.4 102.9 99.5 117.7 107.8 100.0 105.8 103.6 88.8 98.8 101.5 119.9 1997 114.1 102.0 102.8 95.1 108.8 107.4 94.7 101.4 101.1 99.1 117.4 101.6 101.3 110.3 103.0 92.7 98.6 102.7 120.4 1998 115.1 99.2 103.0 95.4 107.2 106.5 97.5 101.4 101.6 100.8 112.5 87.5 101.9 112.6 100.2 96.5 101.0 103.1 119.5 1999 113.3 96.5 101.7 98.4 101.9 103.9 99.3 100.9 101.0 100.0 109.3 88.7 102.1 108.4 97.4 99.6 100.4 103.7 114.9 2000 113.0 101.3 102.7 102.7 99.9 102.5 101.3 101.4 101.8 99.5 107.3 96.3 102.5 105.0 101.0 102.1 100.8 106.0 110.6 2001 107.8 98.5 103.7 100.9 100.3 103.0 102.1 102.0 102.2 99.2 104.4 101.2 102.3 101.7 102.3 101.4 102.7 101.3 105.2 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 95.3 97.9 96.8 100.2 97.5 95.5 97.2 97.9 97.4 100.7 98.4 98.8 96.8 95.9 98.9 99.4 97.3 102.3 94.4 2004 94.0 98.7 95.0 100.2 97.9 91.5 94.7 94.6 96.0 99.8 96.9 99.7 94.2 92.0 101.3 99.2 92.9 106.1 90.3 2005 93.5 97.0 94.2 99.2 100.7 89.6 94.9 92.6 94.2 99.0 96.2 100.1 92.2 93.4 107.7 98.7 91.9 106.9 86.0 2006 93.0 95.9 93.3 95.4 101.1 89.2 95.6 90.9 93.5 100.1 97.7 99.5 91.8 99.0 116.0 96.9 91.0 108.3 84.2 2007 91.4 97.7 92.7 92.9 103.9 91.5 96.7 89.8 94.8 100.8 98.1 100.3 92.3 101.2 126.8 94.6 93.0 109.7 81.5 2008 88.1 99.4 92.6 89.3 105.0 93.2 98.7 88.7 96.8 99.9 96.2 100.8 93.1 102.9 135.1 92.9 93.3 110.6 79.2 2009 78.2 95.3 88.2 81.1 95.0 83.9 91.4 84.5 93.7 95.2 90.0 99.0 90.7 97.6 129.5 80.2 84.2 104.0 73.8 2010 76.0 93.7 85.1 80.9 93.7 77.7 87.9 81.2 91.9 91.7 88.4 103.1 88.0 94.0 121.5 74.9 82.9 108.5 72.0 2011 77.1 90.8 84.7 81.6 94.8 76.9 87.3 80.5 93.6 92.0 87.7 104.7 87.3 93.7 121.8 72.6 83.7 112.9 70.8 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.