Table 4: Private nonfarm business sector: Compound average annual rates of growth in productivity and related measures, 1988-2008
Table 4. Private nonfarm business sector: Compound average annual rates of
growth in productivity and related measures, 1988-2008
Percent per year
Output Combined
per Output Multi- units of
hour per factor Capital capital Capital
of all unit of Product- Labor Serv- and per hour of
Year persons capital ivity2 Output3 Input4 ices5 labor6 all persons
1988 1.7 0.9 1.0 4.6 3.5 3.8 3.6 0.9
1989 0.7 -0.4 0.0 3.5 3.3 3.9 3.5 1.2
1990 1.9 -1.8 0.4 1.5 0.1 3.4 1.1 3.8
1991 1.8 -3.5 -0.8 -0.8 -1.1 2.9 0.0 5.5
1992 4.1 1.4 2.4 3.9 1.0 2.5 1.5 2.6
1993 0.5 0.3 0.2 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 0.2
1994 1.1 1.1 0.8 4.8 4.1 3.7 4.0 0.1
1995 0.6 -1.1 0.1 3.3 2.7 4.5 3.2 1.7
1996 2.6 -0.3 1.4 4.5 2.2 4.8 3.0 3.0
1997 1.6 -0.3 0.7 5.2 4.0 5.5 4.5 1.9
1998 2.8 -1.5 1.3 5.0 2.4 6.6 3.7 4.4
1999 2.9 -1.6 1.3 5.2 2.6 6.9 3.9 4.5
2000 2.8 -2.5 1.1 3.8 1.2 6.5 2.7 5.5
2001 2.7 -4.0 0.4 0.5 -1.6 4.7 0.2 7.0
2002 4.2 -1.5 2.1 1.5 -2.0 3.1 -0.6 5.8
2003 3.7 0.7 2.6 3.1 -0.4 2.4 0.4 3.0
2004 2.8 1.9 2.6 4.2 1.2 2.3 1.5 1.0
2005 1.7 0.8 1.3 3.5 2.0 2.7 2.2 0.9
2006 0.9 0.2 0.5 3.2 2.6 2.9 2.7 0.7
2007 1.4 -0.9 0.2 2.0 1.2 2.9 1.8 2.4
2008 2.8 -2.0 1.1 0.8 -1.8 3.0 -0.3 5.0
See footnotes following table 4.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Last Modified Date: May 06, 2009
