HC Deb 08 November 1973 vol 863 c223W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the percentage change over the previous year in wage and salary costs per unit of output in manufacturing for each year since 1960 in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, West Germany,

YEAR ON YEAR CHANGE IN UNIT LABOUR COSTS IN MANUFACTURING
Percentages
Country 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971*
France … 4.1 6.3 4.3 6.8 0.1 6.7 2.4 2.5 6.0 6.5 4.9 6.1
West Germany … 4.9 5.9 6.3 3.3 1.0 3.0 4.4 -0.1 -1.6 3.3 12.3 10.5
Italy … 2.1 3.3 5.9 14.4 5.3 -3.1 -2.7 6.5 -1.8 5.8 14.1 n.a.
Netherlands … 2.3 7.6 3.3 5.7 5.6 7.5 5.7 2.2 -0.2 3.0 5.0 7.0
Sweden … 5.0 3.7 2.9 2.2 1.0 2.5 3.8 5.0 — 1.8 4.9 11.3
United Kingdom … 0.7 6.9 2.6 -0.8 0.4 6.0 5.0 2.0 1.4 5.7 11.4 7.1
*Provisional

Source:

1960–68 from United Nations, Economic Survey of Europe in 1969, Part II.

1969–71 from United Nations, Economic Survey of Europe in 1971, Part II.