Manufacturing output per hour, selected countries, percent change, 2003-2004 Country Percent change Italy -0.6 Australia -0.5 Denmark 0.9 Norway 2.1 Canada 2.9 Belgium 3.2 France 3.5 Germany 4.6 United States 4.7 Taiwan 4.7 United Kingdom 5.0 Japan 6.9 Sweden 9.3 Korea 12.1