Percent change in manufacturing output per hour, by country, revised, 2004 Percent Country change Korea 12.1 Sweden 9.8 Japan 6.9 U.K. 5.6 Netherlands 5.3 U.S. 5.2 Germany 4.7 Taiwan 4.7 France 3.5 Belgium 3.2 Canada 2.9 Norway 2.3 Denmark 0.9 Australia -0.6 Italy -0.6