Manufacturing output per hour, selected countries, percent change, 2006-07 Percent Italy -0.5 Norway -0.2 Denmark 0.7 Sweden 0.9 Canada 2.1 Belgium 2.1 United Kingdom 2.5 France 2.6 Japan 2.8 Netherlands 2.8 Australia 3.1 Spain 3.8 United States 4.1 Germany 5.0 Korea, Republic of 8.7 Taiwan 8.7