Manufacturing output per hour, selected countries or areas, percent change, 2002-2003 Percent change Italy -1.0 Canada 1.2 Norway 1.6 France 1.9 Germany 2.6 Belgium 3.2 Australia 3.3 Taiwan 3.7 Denmark 4.3 Japan 4.5 United Kingdom 5.5 Sweden 5.9 United States 6.8 Korea 9.0