1980 = 100

Relative

importance{1} Production Employment Productivity{2}

Area 1980 1992 1991 1992 1991 1992 1991 1992

World{3} 1,000 1,000 131 131 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Industrial countries 861 785 122 120 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Less industrialized

countries 139 215 188 209 . . . . . . . . . . . .

North America{4} 282 279 128 130 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Canada 22 19 111 111 . . . . . . . . . . . .

United States 260 260 136 139 92 90 148 154

Latin America{5} 79 116 166 193 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Brazil 26 18 97 93 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mexico 18 18 129 132 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Asia{6} 183 239 175 172 . . . . . . . . . . . .

India 11 . . . 204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Japan 131 141 150 141 120 122 125 116

South Korea 6 16 342 360 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Europe{7} 422 347 111 108 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Austria 9 9 137 138 86 . . . 159 . . .

Belgium 13 12 123 119 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Denmark 5 5 135 138 99 97 136 142

Finland 6 5 117 120 79 71 148 169

France 75 62 108 108 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Former West

Germany 114 109 128 125 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Greece 4 3 102 101 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ireland 2 3 202 222 85 . . . 238 . . .

Netherlands, The 14 14 126 128 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Norway 5 4 109 111 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Portugal 3 3 147 141 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Spain 23 . . . 118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sweden 13 11 112 108 80 . . . 134 . . .

Switzerland 13 12 124 123 . . . . . . . . . . . .

United Kingdom 58 51 116 116 . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rest of the world{8} 34 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Oceania 15 13 109 110 . . . . . . . . . . . .

South Africa 8 6 103 100 . . . . . . . . . . . .

{1}The 1980 weights are those applied by the UN Statistical Office.

{2}This is 100 times the production index divided by the employment index, giving a rough indication of changes in output per person employed.

{3}Excluding Albania, China, North Korea, Vietnam, Czechoslovakia, former Soviet Union, and former Yugoslavia.

{4}Canada and the United States.

{5}South and Central America (including Mexico) and the Caribbean islands.

{6}Asian Middle East and East and Southeast Asia, including Japan, Israel, and Turkey.

{7}Excluding Albania, former Czechoslovakia, former Yugoslavia, and European countries of the former Soviet Union.

{8}Africa and Oceania.

Source: UN, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.