Table 1. Output per hour in manufacturing, 14 countries or areas 1950-1997
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Table 1. Output per hour in manufacturing, 14 countries or areas,
1950-1997 (Indexes: 1992=100)
United Nether- United
Year States Canada Japan Korea Taiwan Belgium Denmark France Germany Italy lands Norway Sweden Kingdom
1950 NA 28.0 NA NA NA NA 22.6 13.9 13.2 11.2 12.3 24.5 19.7 24.7
1955 NA 34.3 8.7 NA NA NA 24.6 17.6 19.7 15.6 15.4 28.5 21.6 26.6
1960 NA 40.7 14.0 NA NA 17.8 29.9 23.0 29.1 19.6 19.5 36.7 27.6 30.2
1961 NA 42.9 15.8 NA NA 18.1 31.6 24.5 30.5 21.2 20.6 38.0 29.0 30.2
1962 NA 46.3 16.6 NA NA 19.0 33.2 26.1 32.7 23.4 21.2 38.0 31.3 30.9
1963 NA 48.1 18.0 NA NA 19.8 34.3 27.5 34.1 24.1 21.9 40.0 33.1 32.5
1964 NA 50.4 20.4 NA NA 21.0 37.1 29.7 37.0 24.3 23.9 42.2 36.0 34.7
1965 NA 52.9 21.2 NA NA 22.1 38.9 31.8 39.3 27.1 25.4 44.7 38.7 35.7
1966 NA 53.7 23.3 NA NA 23.6 40.8 34.4 40.9 29.4 27.0 46.6 40.3 36.9
1967 NA 54.3 26.3 NA NA 24.9 43.8 36.5 43.4 30.9 28.9 48.3 43.7 38.6
1968 NA 57.6 29.5 NA NA 27.1 47.8 40.3 47.0 33.3 32.3 51.3 47.8 41.4
1969 NA 60.5 33.8 NA NA 29.6 49.8 42.9 50.3 34.5 35.3 56.1 51.5 42.4
1970 NA 59.2 38.0 NA NA 32.7 52.7 45.5 52.0 36.8 38.6 57.8 52.8 43.3
1971 NA 62.7 40.2 NA NA 34.6 56.3 48.2 54.0 37.4 40.9 60.1 55.1 45.4
1972 NA 65.6 44.1 NA NA 38.6 60.8 50.4 57.4 40.5 44.1 63.6 57.9 47.9
1973 NA 69.6 48.1 NA NA 42.6 66.9 53.9 61.0 43.9 48.8 67.6 62.1 51.4
1974 NA 70.8 49.3 NA NA 45.0 69.1 55.1 63.2 46.7 52.4 70.6 64.8 52.2
1975 NA 68.1 50.7 NA NA 46.8 76.1 57.0 65.8 45.2 51.6 69.7 65.8 51.1
1976 NA 73.0 53.8 NA NA 51.6 78.8 60.5 70.6 51.4 57.1 71.9 66.8 53.3
1977 70.5 77.1 55.9 NA NA 54.1 80.4 64.1 72.8 52.4 61.8 71.5 65.8 53.8
1978 71.1 78.4 58.1 NA NA 57.4 81.6 67.0 75.3 55.8 65.9 72.8 67.6 54.5
1979 72.1 78.3 62.9 NA NA 60.5 85.6 70.1 78.6 61.2 69.2 78.1 72.9 55.0
1980 71.9 75.2 63.9 NA NA 64.5 90.3 70.5 77.2 64.0 69.8 76.7 74.0 54.4
1981 75.4 77.0 66.0 NA NA 68.9 91.8 72.6 78.8 65.5 71.4 76.5 73.5 57.2
1982 77.7 75.2 68.7 NA NA 72.9 92.1 77.7 78.4 66.6 72.6 79.7 76.7 60.3
1983 81.3 79.7 69.6 NA NA 80.6 96.6 79.4 82.5 70.2 78.4 82.4 81.8 65.0
1984 84.5 86.5 71.9 NA NA 84.6 96.1 80.7 85.4 77.1 86.1 87.4 85.6 68.5
1985 87.7 89.7 77.3 NA NA 86.3 96.7 83.8 88.8 81.5 89.7 90.2 87.1 71.1
1986 88.2 89.2 76.9 NA NA 87.6 91.1 85.2 89.4 82.6 91.0 89.0 88.5 73.9
1987 94.3 91.1 81.2 NA NA 88.7 90.6 86.7 88.3 85.0 91.7 93.3 90.1 78.1
1988 97.8 91.0 84.8 NA NA 91.8 94.1 92.7 91.5 86.6 93.8 92.1 90.8 82.6
1989 97.0 92.4 89.5 NA NA 96.7 99.6 97.4 94.3 89.4 97.1 94.6 93.8 86.2
1990 97.7 95.2 95.4 NA NA 96.9 99.1 99.1 98.9 92.8 98.5 96.6 95.0 89.2
1991 98.2 95.0 99.4 NA NA 99.1 99.6 98.7 101.8 95.3 99.6 97.5 95.0 93.9
1992 100.0 100.0 100.0 NA NA 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1993 102.1 103.3 100.5 NA NA 104.1 105.5 101.8 100.7 104.5 101.9 100.6 106.7 105.6
1994 108.1 105.7 101.8 NA NA 110.0 NA 110.4 108.0 107.4 114.2 101.4 116.1 109.2
1995 115.1 108.4 109.3 NA NA 109.4 NA 114.3 112.0 113.9 119.6 102.0 122.4 107.6
1996 120.2 106.6 111.9 NA NA 110.6 NA 117.9 116.7 114.4 122.6 102.6 125.4 106.2
1997 125.6 109.6 118.8 NA NA 116.8 NA 125.9 123.6 117.4 NA 103.2 133.6 107.2
NA: Not Available
Note: The data relate to employees (wage and salary earners) in Belgium,
Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, and to
all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers) in
the other countries.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 1998.
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