TABLE B–109.—Civilian unemployment rate, and hourly compensation, major industrial countries, 1979–2001 [Quarterly data seasonally adjusted] Year or quarter United States 5.8 7.1 7.6 9.7 9.6 7.5 7.2 7.0 6.2 5.5 5.3
3
Canada
Japan
France
Germany 1
Italy
United Kingdom 5.4 7.0 10.5 11.3 11.8 11.7 11.2 11.2 10.3 8.6 7.2 6.9 8.8 10.1 10.5 9.7 8.7 8.2 7.0 6.3
p
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2000: I II III IV 2001: I II III IV
3
Civilian unemployment rate (Percent) 2 7.2 2.1 6.1 2.9 7.2 7.3 10.6 11.5 10.9 10.2 9.2 8.4 7.3 7.0
3
4.4 4.4 4.9 5.4 5.9 5.9 6.0
3
2.0 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.4 4.1 4.7 4.8 ...... 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.9 5.1 ......
3
6.5 7.6 8.3 8.6 10.0 10.5 10.6 10.8 10.3 9.6 9.1 9.6 10.4 11.8 12.3 11.8 12.5 12.4 11.9 11.2 9.4 ...... 9.9 9.4 9.3 9.0 8.6 8.5 8.7 ......
3 3
2.8 4.0 5.6 6.9 7.1 7.2 6.6 6.3 6.3 5.7 5.0 5.6 6.7 8.0 8.5 8.2 9.0 9.9 9.3 8.6 8.1 ...... 8.3 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.9 8.0 8.0 ......
p 3 3
7.5 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.0 6.9 7.3
5.6 6.8 7.5 6.9 6.1 5.6 5.4 4.9 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.8 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.8 5.6
7.7 9.8
10.6 10.8 9.5 8.6 8.8 8.4 7.7 7.0 6.1 ...... 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 ......
10.2 11.2 11.8 11.7 11.9 12.0 11.5 10.7 ...... 11.2 10.9 10.5 10.1 10.0 9.7 9.5 ......
6.1 5.5 ...... 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.1 ......
p
Manufacturing hourly compensation in U.S. dollars (Index, 1992=100)4 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 49.6 55.6 61.1 67.0 68.8 71.2 75.1 44.0 49.1 54.2 59.7 64.0 64.4 63.6 32.0 32.7 36.0 33.4 36.0 37.1 38.5 44.0 51.1 46.0 45.1 43.0 40.7 42.9 42.0 46.1 39.3 38.8 38.6 36.3 37.2 36.1 41.1 37.3 36.8 38.2 38.0 39.2 32.2 42.5 43.0 40.9 38.0 36.2 38.4
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
1 2
78.5 80.7 84.0 86.6 90.8 95.6 100.0 102.7 105.6 107.9 109.4 111.4 117.4 122.1 130.7
63.5 68.1 76.2 84.3 91.5 100.1 100.0 95.5 91.7 93.3 94.8 95.3 90.9 92.0 95.2
57.2 68.2 78.2 77.1 79.1 90.8 100.0 117.3 130.1 146.2 127.2 118.3 112.0 128.8 135.9
57.9 69.2 72.5 71.4 88.0 90.2 100.0 96.2 100.8 115.1 114.1 102.5 103.8 102.0 93.0
52.4 66.0 70.4 69.1 86.4 86.7 100.0 100.4 107.8 128.9 128.5 113.7 113.1 110.3 99.0
52.3 63.5 65.5 68.2 86.8 93.0 100.0 84.2 82.4 85.2 96.0 90.3 87.5 86.4 77.1
47.3 59.0 68.6 67.7 82.5 92.0 100.0 88.9 92.9 96.4 96.3 104.7 111.5 114.0 110.7
Prior to 1991 data are for West Germany only.
Civilian unemployment rates, approximating U.S. concepts. Quarterly data for France and Germany 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 Canada (1990), Germany (1983 and 1991), France (1992), Italy (1986, 1991, and 1993), and United States (1990 and 1994). Also, for Italy, data reflect new estimation procedures and updated population data introduced in July 1999. 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 Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, Ten Countries, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2001. 4 Hourly compensation in manufacturing, U.S. dollar basis. Data relate to all employed persons (wage and salary earners and the self-employed) in the United States, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, and United Kingdom, and to all employees (wage and salary earners) in Italy. For Canada, France and United Kingdom, compensation adjusted to include changes in employment taxes that are not compensation to employees, but are labor costs to employers. Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.