Economics: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2074-384X - © OECD 2009
Quarterly unit labour cost | |||||||||
Percentage change over previous period | |||||||||
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |||||||
Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | ||
Australia | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |
Austria | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | |
Belgium | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | |
Canada | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | |
Czech Republic | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
Denmark | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | |
Finland | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | |
France | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | |
Germany | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | |
Greece | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | |
Hungary | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | |||
Ireland | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
Italy | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | |
Japan | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
Korea | -0.4 | -1.3 | -1.6 | -1.1 | -0.6 | -0.0 | 0.2 | -0.2 | |
Luxembourg | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | |
Netherlands | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | |
New Zealand | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |
Norway | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | |
Poland | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | |
Slovak Republic | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Spain | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | |
Sweden | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | |
Turkey | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
United Kingdom | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .. | |
United States | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
OECD-Total | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | |
Last updated: 19 November 2009 | |||||||||
Estimated value | |||||||||
Source: Labour: Unit labour cost - quarterly indicators, Main Economic Indicators (database) |