Percent change in manufacturing output per hour, by country, revised, 2002 Country Percent change U. S. 9.2 Sweden 8.2 Korea 7.2 Belgium 6.8 Taiwan 6.4 Denmark 3.4 Canada 2.8 Japan 2.7 France 2.7 Germany 2.5 Norway 1.8 U. K. 1.0 Netherlands 0.5 Italy -1.4