Manufacturing output per hour, selected countries, percent change, 2005-2006 Country Percent change Canada 0.0 Australia 0.3 Italy 1.4 Belgium 2.1 Japan 2.3 U.S. 2.4 Netherlands 3.1 Norway 3.3 France 3.7 Spain 3.8 Denmark 4.0 U.K. 4.5 Sweden 6.5 Germany 6.7 Taiwan 6.9 Korea 10.8