Table 1. Output per hour in manufacturing, 19 countries, 1950-2011 (Indexes: 2002 = 100) Year United Australia Belgium Canada Czech Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Japan Korea, Netherlands Norway Singapore Spain Sweden Taiwan United States Republic Republic of Kingdom 1950 19.5 NA NA 18.7 NA 14.6 NA 11.6 9.9 9.3 3.9 NA 9.2 21.7 NA NA NA NA 21.5 1951 20.2 NA NA 19.5 NA 14.6 NA 12.2 10.6 10.4 4.9 NA 9.6 23.0 NA NA NA NA 21.5 1952 20.6 NA NA 20.0 NA 14.5 NA 12.0 11.6 10.8 5.2 NA 9.8 22.7 NA NA NA NA 20.6 1953 20.9 NA NA 20.7 NA 14.7 NA 12.3 12.4 11.4 5.9 NA 10.7 23.9 NA NA NA NA 21.7 1954 21.3 NA NA 21.6 NA 15.4 NA 13.0 13.0 12.0 6.2 NA 11.2 25.0 NA NA NA NA 22.4 1955 22.3 NA NA 23.0 NA 15.8 NA 13.3 14.1 13.0 6.5 NA 11.8 25.3 NA NA NA NA 23.2 1956 21.8 NA NA 23.9 NA 16.3 NA 14.1 14.8 13.7 7.2 NA 12.6 27.0 NA NA NA NA 23.2 1957 22.4 NA NA 24.1 NA 16.9 NA 14.2 16.2 14.0 8.1 NA 13.0 27.8 NA NA NA NA 23.7 1958 22.5 NA NA 24.9 NA 17.5 NA 14.6 17.2 14.2 7.6 NA 13.3 28.2 NA NA NA NA 24.2 1959 23.5 NA NA 26.3 NA 18.7 NA 15.0 18.8 15.3 8.9 NA 14.4 30.2 NA NA NA NA 25.2 1960 23.7 NA 13.9 27.2 NA 19.3 11.9 15.9 20.5 16.3 10.5 NA 15.2 32.5 NA NA 15.2 NA 26.3 1961 24.3 NA 14.1 28.7 NA 20.4 12.5 16.8 21.5 17.6 11.9 NA 16.0 33.7 NA NA 15.9 NA 26.3 1962 25.5 NA 14.8 31.1 NA 21.5 12.9 17.6 23.1 19.5 12.6 NA 16.6 33.7 NA NA 17.2 NA 26.9 1963 27.2 NA 15.4 32.4 NA 22.1 13.7 19.2 24.0 20.0 13.6 NA 17.3 35.4 NA NA 18.2 NA 28.3 1964 28.6 NA 16.3 33.8 NA 23.9 14.4 19.8 26.1 20.2 15.4 NA 18.9 37.4 NA NA 19.8 NA 30.2 1965 29.6 NA 17.2 35.4 NA 25.1 15.1 21.6 27.7 22.6 16.1 NA 20.2 39.7 NA NA 21.2 NA 31.1 1966 30.2 NA 18.4 36.2 NA 26.4 15.9 23.1 28.8 24.5 17.7 NA 21.5 41.3 NA NA 22.2 NA 32.1 1967 30.2 NA 19.4 36.3 NA 28.9 16.8 24.4 30.6 25.7 19.9 NA 23.1 42.8 NA NA 24.0 NA 33.6 1968 31.4 NA 21.1 38.4 NA 32.4 17.9 27.2 33.1 27.8 22.3 NA 26.0 45.4 NA NA 26.2 NA 36.2 1969 31.8 NA 23.1 40.2 NA 34.4 19.2 28.9 35.5 28.8 25.5 NA 28.5 49.7 NA NA 28.3 NA 37.0 1970 31.9 NA 25.4 39.8 NA 36.7 20.2 30.8 36.6 30.6 28.7 NA 30.0 51.2 NA NA 29.0 NA 37.8 1971 34.0 NA 27.1 41.9 NA 39.7 20.6 32.4 38.0 31.2 30.4 NA 31.6 52.9 NA NA 30.3 NA 39.6 1972 35.4 NA 30.2 44.1 NA 42.3 22.1 33.1 40.4 33.8 33.3 NA 34.2 55.8 NA NA 31.8 NA 41.9 1973 37.2 NA 33.6 46.5 NA 44.9 23.1 34.7 43.0 37.2 36.4 NA 37.2 59.2 NA NA 34.1 19.3 44.9 1974 36.3 NA 35.3 48.1 NA 46.4 23.9 38.0 44.5 40.6 37.3 NA 40.4 61.3 NA NA 35.6 18.7 45.7 1975 37.6 53.8 36.8 46.9 NA 51.7 23.2 38.8 46.4 39.9 38.3 NA 40.8 60.9 NA NA 36.2 20.0 44.7 1976 39.6 56.1 40.5 51.1 NA 52.8 23.8 40.6 49.7 46.0 40.7 NA 44.5 62.4 NA NA 36.7 21.7 46.6 1977 41.1 58.2 42.4 54.0 NA 55.1 24.8 42.9 51.2 48.0 42.3 NA 45.3 63.4 NA NA 36.1 23.1 47.0 1978 41.5 59.7 45.0 55.8 NA 56.2 26.3 44.0 52.9 49.9 44.0 NA 47.6 64.8 NA NA 37.1 25.9 47.7 1979 42.0 61.9 47.4 56.0 NA 59.8 28.1 45.8 55.2 54.5 47.6 NA 49.1 69.8 32.8 54.6 40.0 26.8 48.0 1980 41.7 63.4 50.5 55.1 NA 64.0 28.9 46.6 54.4 57.5 48.3 NA 49.7 68.4 33.1 56.4 40.7 28.6 47.8 1981 44.0 65.2 54.1 56.8 NA 66.0 30.1 48.6 55.4 57.9 49.9 NA 50.0 68.1 34.4 59.8 40.5 34.4 49.8 1982 44.4 67.4 56.8 56.9 NA 67.8 31.1 51.2 55.4 58.1 51.7 NA 51.1 71.2 32.6 62.0 41.3 35.3 52.1 1983 47.5 70.2 62.6 60.3 NA 72.8 32.7 53.6 58.2 60.4 51.8 NA 54.5 73.2 33.2 65.9 43.8 38.4 55.5 1984 48.8 72.4 65.6 66.9 NA 72.7 34.4 55.2 60.1 65.6 52.9 NA 59.2 78.1 37.5 69.4 46.8 39.1 57.3 1985 50.6 73.8 67.2 68.5 NA 73.5 36.2 57.7 62.7 68.9 57.9 21.6 61.1 80.6 37.7 73.1 46.9 39.1 58.7 1986 51.4 74.7 67.8 66.4 NA 72.0 38.3 58.1 63.0 70.2 58.1 23.7 63.2 79.3 42.5 72.7 48.0 42.5 60.6 1987 55.0 76.9 68.6 66.8 NA 72.5 41.1 58.7 62.0 73.1 60.6 25.7 64.6 83.3 47.2 78.3 48.2 45.3 62.9 1988 57.1 77.8 71.0 68.0 NA 74.4 43.3 61.0 64.4 76.3 63.4 27.6 66.8 82.6 51.1 79.5 48.1 46.5 65.5 1989 57.4 77.6 74.9 69.1 NA 79.2 45.9 63.5 66.6 79.2 66.8 29.9 69.8 84.8 50.2 78.3 49.7 50.1 67.2 1990 58.1 77.9 74.8 70.6 NA 77.7 48.0 64.8 69.7 79.0 71.6 33.4 69.4 86.9 50.7 78.0 50.1 52.5 69.7 1991 59.7 82.3 76.6 71.3 NA 79.2 47.8 66.5 71.7 79.2 75.3 37.7 69.7 87.2 51.8 80.7 50.3 56.2 73.5 1992 62.0 82.1 77.2 74.5 NA 79.1 53.6 68.3 72.8 82.5 76.1 41.0 70.6 88.6 53.7 83.8 51.9 57.6 78.1 1993 63.6 85.4 79.1 77.9 NA 79.4 59.4 70.5 73.8 83.2 77.6 44.3 73.9 88.3 58.9 85.3 56.0 58.9 80.4 1994 66.3 83.6 83.3 82.3 NA 90.0 64.6 74.9 79.6 90.7 78.9 47.8 79.5 88.3 66.7 87.9 61.7 60.9 82.5 1995 68.5 85.0 87.0 83.2 59.0 90.1 65.8 77.9 81.5 95.4 84.1 52.1 82.0 87.0 72.8 91.0 65.3 65.4 81.5 1996 70.9 87.3 88.3 82.9 64.9 87.2 67.6 78.3 83.1 95.6 88.1 57.7 83.8 90.3 74.5 89.8 67.3 69.9 80.6 1997 73.8 88.2 93.8 86.4 67.5 94.6 71.1 82.1 88.0 97.1 91.1 65.6 84.3 91.1 77.8 90.7 73.6 73.1 82.8 1998 77.7 92.7 95.0 90.8 68.5 94.2 75.3 86.1 88.4 95.7 92.1 73.6 86.4 88.6 80.9 92.3 78.2 76.1 83.8 1999 82.4 96.0 94.3 94.8 76.9 95.8 80.8 89.9 90.2 96.4 94.5 82.7 89.9 92.3 92.4 93.9 85.4 80.7 88.3 2000 88.8 93.6 98.2 100.1 88.1 98.8 90.4 95.1 97.0 100.9 99.5 90.8 96.8 95.4 101.2 94.9 91.6 85.6 94.0 2001 90.7 98.4 97.6 97.8 94.7 99.0 93.9 96.3 99.7 100.8 97.4 90.1 97.2 97.6 90.7 98.5 89.4 89.9 96.8 2002 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 2003 108.5 104.8 101.6 99.6 106.9 104.0 106.3 103.3 104.1 98.1 105.3 106.8 102.4 108.6 103.6 101.7 108.0 107.2 106.0 2004 118.0 104.2 106.0 100.4 115.5 109.6 113.4 107.2 108.4 100.3 111.5 117.1 109.4 114.7 113.8 103.6 120.3 112.6 113.2 2005 123.4 105.3 108.0 104.0 133.9 112.3 118.8 112.1 113.7 102.9 118.8 130.7 114.6 116.5 116.3 106.5 128.5 121.7 118.4 2006 127.6 107.8 109.0 106.8 159.3 118.7 132.7 116.5 125.1 105.7 121.6 145.7 119.1 112.3 120.1 111.8 139.6 132.1 123.6 2007 134.4 109.8 114.2 107.3 168.6 120.7 145.3 119.6 129.8 107.2 128.9 156.2 125.3 112.3 116.2 115.9 143.7 143.2 127.9 2008 131.8 106.5 115.4 106.1 183.6 114.2 138.9 115.5 124.6 105.1 134.3 157.3 122.7 115.2 105.5 114.7 135.3 145.5 129.7 2009 137.3 111.1 108.8 104.7 186.2 115.1 116.1 115.4 106.9 98.5 125.9 159.1 116.3 116.7 107.2 117.2 121.2 152.6 127.9 2010 152.7 112.0 113.2 108.5 210.4 125.2 129.1 122.4 115.0 107.7 144.5 172.7 125.9 122.0 144.7 124.3 143.8 173.8 133.6 2011 155.7 107.5 113.4 110.6 231.7 128.1 128.9 125.1 120.2 107.3 140.4 183.1 131.0 124.4 156.2 130.6 148.7 178.7 139.6 NA = Not Available The data relate to all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers), except for Belgium and Taiwan, where data relate to employees (wage and salary earners). Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2012.