Table 1. Indexes of hourly compensation costs for production workers in manufacturing, 30 countries or areas and selected economic groups, selected years, 1975-2002 Country or area 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1999 2000 2001 2002 Americas United States............. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Brazil (1)................ - - - - - 18 18 14 12 Canada.................... 94 88 84 107 94 82 81 77 75 Mexico.................... 23 22 12 11 r 8 10 11 r 12 r 12 Asia and Oceania Australia................. 88 86 63 89 90 84 73 r 64 r 72 Hong Kong SAR (2)......... 12 15 13 22 29 29 r 29 29 27 Israel.................... r 32 r 35 r 28 r 52 r 55 55 r 58 r 59 r 51 Japan..................... 47 56 49 r 86 r135 109 113 r 96 r 89 Korea..................... 5 10 9 25 42 38 41 r 37 r 42 New Zealand............... 49 r 52 r 33 r 54 r 57 r 47 r 40 r 37 r 40 Singapore................. 13 15 19 25 r 42 38 r 38 37 34 Sri Lanka................. 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 Taiwan.................... 6 10 r 12 26 34 r 31 r 32 r 30 r 27 Europe Austria................... 71 90 58 119 147 114 r 97 r 93 r 97 Belgium................... 101 133 69 129 161 125 109 102 107 Denmark................... 99 110 62 121 145 r129 r113 r111 r118 Finland................... 73 84 63 142 141 113 98 96 r102 France.................... 71 91 58 104 113 90 79 r 76 r 81 Germany, Former West...... 99 124 73 146 184 r138 r120 r114 r119 Germany, Unified.......... - - - - 176 r132 r115 r109 r114 Greece.................... 27 38 28 45 r 52 - - - - Ireland................... 48 61 46 79 80 r 73 r 65 r 66 r 73 Italy..................... 73 83 59 117 r 93 83 r 72 67 r 71 Luxembourg................ 98 117 58 108 136 r103 r 89 84 r 88 Netherlands............... 103 122 67 121 140 112 98 96 102 Norway.................... 106 117 80 144 142 128 114 112 r127 Portugal.................. r 24 r 20 r 11 r 24 r 30 r 27 r 23 23 24 Spain..................... 40 60 36 76 74 63 r 54 53 56 Sweden.................... 113 127 74 140 125 113 102 89 95 Switzerland............... 96 112 74 140 170 123 108 106 113 United Kingdom............ 53 77 48 85 r 81 r 91 r 86 r 81 r 84 Trade-weighted measures (3,4) All 29 foreign economies.. - - - - - 74 72 66 66 less Brazil.............. 60 66 51 80 89 75 73 67 67 less Brazil, Mexico, Israel.................. 67 74 59 93 103 87 84 77 77 OECD (5).................. 66 72 55 86 r 94 80 77 71 71 less Mexico, Korea (6)... 78 86 67 105 r115 97 93 85 85 Europe.................... 79 99 61 115 127 106 94 90 r 94 European Union-15 (7)..... 78 98 60 114 125 105 93 r 89 93 Asian NIEs (8)............ 8 12 13 25 38 r 35 r 36 r 34 r 34 r=revised Dash means data not available. (1) Data for Brazil are not available before 1996. (2) Hong Kong special administrative region of China. (3) Because data for Germany are not available before 1993, data for the former West Germany only are included in the trade-weighted measures. (4) For description of trade-weighted measures and economic groups, see the Technical Notes preceding these tables. (5) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (6) Mexico joined the OECD in 1994, and Korea joined in 1996. (7) European Union-15 refers to European Union member countries prior to the expansion of the European Union to 25 countries on May 1, 2004. (8) The Asian NIEs are Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2004.