[Economic Report of the President (2007)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-109.--Civilian unemployment rate, and hourly compensation, major industrial countries, 1980-2006 [Quarterly data seasonally adjusted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Ger- United Year or quarter States Canada Japan France many \1\ Italy Kingdom ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Civilian unemployment rate (Percent) \2\ ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980........................................ 7.1 7.3 2.0 6.5 2.8 4.4 6.9 1981........................................ 7.6 7.3 2.2 7.6 4.0 4.9 9.7 1982........................................ 9.7 10.7 2.4 \3\ 8.3 5.6 5.4 10.8 1983........................................ 9.6 11.6 2.7 8.6 \3\ 6.9 5.9 11.5 1984........................................ 7.5 10.9 2.8 10.0 7.1 5.9 11.8 1985........................................ 7.2 10.2 2.7 10.5 7.2 6.0 11.4 1986........................................ 7.0 9.3 2.8 10.6 6.6 \3\ 7. 11.4 5 1987........................................ 6.2 8.4 2.9 10.8 6.3 7.9 10.5 1988........................................ 5.5 7.4 2.5 10.3 6.3 7.9 8.6 1989........................................ 5.3 7.1 2.3 9.6 5.7 7.8 7.3 1990........................................ \3\ 5.6 7.7 2.1 \3\ 8.6 5.0 7.0 7.1 1991........................................ 6.8 9.8 2.1 9.1 \3\ 5.6 \3\ 6. 8.9 9 1992........................................ 7.5 10.6 2.2 10.0 6.7 7.3 10.0 1993........................................ 6.9 10.8 2.5 11.3 8.0 \3\ 9. 10.4 8 1994........................................ \3\ 6.1 9.6 2.9 11.9 8.5 10.7 8.7 1995........................................ 5.6 8.6 3.2 11.3 8.2 11.3 8.7 1996........................................ 5.4 8.8 3.4 11.8 9.0 11.3 8.1 1997........................................ 4.9 8.4 3.4 11.7 9.9 11.4 7.0 1998........................................ 4.5 7.7 4.1 11.2 9.3 11.5 6.3 1999........................................ 4.2 7.0 4.7 10.5 \3\ 8.5 11.0 6.0 2000........................................ 4.0 6.1 4.8 9.1 7.8 10.2 5.5 2001........................................ 4.7 6.5 5.1 8.4 7.9 9.2 5.1 2002........................................ 5.8 7.0 5.4 9.0 8.6 8.7 5.2 2003........................................ 6.0 6.9 5.3 9.6 9.3 8.5 5.0 2004........................................ 5.5 6.4 4.8 9.8 10.3 8.1 4.8 2005........................................ 5.1 6.0 4.5 10.1 \3\ 11.2 7.8 4.8 2006........................................ 4.6 ........ ....... ....... ......... ...... ......... 2005: I..................................... 5.3 6.2 4.6 10.0 11.4 7.9 4.7 II.................................... 5.1 6.0 4.4 10.2 11.4 7.8 4.8 III................................... 5.0 6.0 4.4 10.3 11.2 7.7 4.8 IV.................................... 5.0 5.8 4.5 10.0 10.9 7.6 5.1 2006: I..................................... 4.7 5.7 4.3 9.9 10.9 7.3 5.3 II.................................... 4.7 5.5 4.1 9.5 10.5 7.0 5.5 III................................... 4.7 5.6 4.2 9.2 10.1 6.9 5.6 IV.................................... 4.5 ........ ....... ....... ......... ...... ......... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Manufacturing hourly compensation in U.S. dollars (Index, 1992=100) \4\ ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980........................................ 55.9 49.5 32.8 46.5 46.1 43.8 47.1 1981........................................ 61.6 54.7 36.0 42.2 39.3 39.1 47.5 1982........................................ 67.2 60.2 33.5 41.5 38.8 38.4 45.2 1983........................................ 69.3 64.4 36.1 40.1 38.6 39.4 41.9 1984........................................ 71.6 64.8 37.1 38.5 36.3 39.1 39.8 1985........................................ 75.3 64.0 38.5 40.4 37.2 40.7 42.3 1986........................................ 78.8 63.8 57.1 55.1 52.4 54.4 52.0 1987........................................ 81.3 68.4 68.2 67.1 66.0 66.0 64.5 1988........................................ 84.1 76.5 78.4 70.4 70.4 70.6 74.8 1989........................................ 86.6 84.5 77.4 69.4 69.1 72.7 73.5 1990........................................ 90.5 91.6 79.2 86.0 86.4 90.1 89.6 1991........................................ 95.6 100.2 90.9 88.0 86.0 93.5 99.9 1992........................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1993........................................ 102.0 95.6 117.2 97.5 100.2 82.8 87.7 1994........................................ 105.3 91.9 129.9 103.1 106.9 82.1 90.8 1995........................................ 107.3 93.7 146.1 117.5 127.6 84.7 95.2 1996........................................ 109.3 95.2 127.2 116.4 127.2 95.8 94.5 1997........................................ 112.2 97.5 118.1 105.4 112.5 89.8 102.8 1998........................................ 118.8 94.3 111.9 105.1 112.5 87.5 112.6 1999........................................ 123.4 94.9 128.8 104.0 110.3 85.1 116.6 2000........................................ 134.7 96.8 135.1 94.6 100.5 75.6 115.4 2001........................................ 137.9 95.7 121.4 94.4 100.5 76.0 114.1 2002........................................ 147.8 97.1 118.6 104.8 108.8 82.3 126.0 2003........................................ 158.2 112.6 125.3 129.2 133.1 101.3 143.3 2004........................................ 161.4 122.2 135.0 145.3 147.0 114.9 168.3 2005........................................ 168.8 137.9 134.7 149.3 149.7 118.5 174.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Prior to 1991 data are for West Germany only. \2\ Civilian unemployment rates, approximating U.S. concepts. Quarterly data for Japan, France, Germany, and Italy should be viewed as less precise indicators of unemployment under U.S. concepts than the annual data. \3\ There are breaks in the series for France (1982 and 1990), Germany (1983, 1991, 1999 and 2005), Italy (1986, 1991 and 1993), and United States (1990 and 1994). For details on break in series in 1990 and 1994 for United States, see footnote 5, Table B-35. For details on break in series for other countries, see U.S. Department of Labor Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, Ten Countries: 1960-2005, October 19, 2006. \4\ Hourly compensation in manufacturing, U.S. dollar basis; data relate to all employed persons (employees and self-employed workers). For details on manufacturing hourly compensation, see U.S. Department of Labor International Comparisons of Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labor Cost Trends, 2005, September 26, 2006. Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.