HC Deb 31 October 1989 vol 159 c167W
34. Mr. Jacques Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the average annual growth in manufacturing productivity since 1980 in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) and other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries.

Mr. Eggar

The information requested is as follows:

Manufacturing output per person employed1 1980–1988
Country Annual average percentage change
Ireland 9.8
Luxembourg 6.1
Portugal 5.6
United Kingdom 5.3
Austria 4.4
Finland 4.4
Belgium 4.2
United States 4.1
Italy 3.8
Canada 3.6
Spain 3.3
France 3.1
Japan 3.1
Netherlands 3.0
Norway 2.8
Sweden 2.7
Switzerland 2.6
Germany 2.2
Australia 2.1
Denmark 0.6
Greece 0.5
1 Exact coverage differs between countries.

Source: OECD; IMF; CSO.