Economics: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2074-384x - © OECD 2010
| Quarterly unit labour cost | |||||||||
| Percentage change over previous period | |||||||||
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||||
Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | ||
Australia | 1.2 | 0.4 | -0.1 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | .. | |
Austria | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.1 | 0.1 | .. | |
Belgium | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 0.2 | .. | |
Canada | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .. | |
Czech Republic | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | .. | |
Denmark | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | .. | |
Finland | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | .. | |
France | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | .. | |
Germany | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | .. | |
Greece | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | .. | |
Hungary | 1.3 | 0.6 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -0.1 | .. | |
Ireland | -1.3 | -2.0 | -2.1 | -1.6 | -1.2 | -0.9 | -0.5 | .. | |
Italy | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 0.1 | .. | |
Japan | 1.0 | 0.3 | -0.6 | -1.0 | -0.9 | -0.3 | 0.1 | .. | |
Korea | 1.2 | -0.1 | -1.0 | -1.2 | -0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .. | |
Luxembourg | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.1 | .. | |
Netherlands | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | .. | |
New Zealand | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | .. | |
Norway | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | .. | |
Poland | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .. | |
Slovak Republic | 2.7 | 2.1 | -0.4 | -1.6 | -1.2 | -0.2 | 1.0 | .. | |
Spain | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | .. | |
Sweden | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.5 | .. | |
Turkey | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
United Kingdom | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | .. | |
United States | 0.2 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.1 | .. | |
OECD-Total | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .. | |
| Last updated: 21 December 2010 | |||||||||
| Source: Labour: Unit labour cost - quarterly indicators, Main Economic Indicators (database) | |||||||||