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At 100% of the average wage % of labour costs | At 67% of the average wage % of labour costs | % of previous earnings | ||||||||
2001 | 2010 | 2011 | 2001 | 2010 | 2011 | 2001 | 2009 | 2011 | ||
| | Australia | 27.6 | 26.8 | 26.7 | 23.7 | 21.0 | 20.6 | 25.2 | 21.6 | 20.6 |
| | Austria | 46.9 | 48.2 | 48.5 | 42.9 | 43.4 | 43.8 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 27.5 |
| | Belgium | 56.7 | 55.9 | 56.1 | 50.7 | 50.3 | 50.5 | 34.9 | 38.4 | 37.2 |
| | Canada | 32.0 | 30.5 | 30.7 | 27.2 | 25.8 | 26.0 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 15.0 |
| | Chile | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Czech Republic | 42.6 | 42.1 | 42.6 | 41.3 | 38.9 | 39.6 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| | Denmark | 43.3 | 38.3 | 38.4 | 40.1 | 36.7 | 36.8 | 54.4 | 53.3 | 32.1 |
| | Estonia | 41.0 | 40.1 | 40.3 | 39.3 | 38.7 | 39.0 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Finland | 46.4 | 42.3 | 42.3 | 41.4 | 36.7 | 36.6 | 36.0 | 33.8 | 34.8 |
| | France | 50.3 | 49.8 | 49.9 | 44.3 | 46.7 | 47.1 | 40.1 | 35.6 | 35.5 |
| | Germany | 51.9 | 49.2 | 49.8 | 46.6 | 45.0 | 45.6 | 32.7 | 22.4 | 20.7 |
| | Greece | 38.2 | 39.2 | 42.4 | 35.3 | 34.8 | 38.6 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 11.6 |
| | Hungary | 55.8 | 46.6 | 49.5 | 50.9 | 43.8 | 45.2 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
| | Iceland | 29.3 | 33.4 | 34.1 | 24.6 | 28.3 | 29.4 | 34.2 | 31.0 | 30.2 |
| | Ireland | 25.9 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 19.9 | 29.3 | 41.6 | 37.7 |
| | Israel | 29.5 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 23.0 | 12.8 | 12.6 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Italy | 46.6 | 47.2 | 47.6 | 43.2 | 44.0 | 44.4 | 6.7 | 11.4 | 11.0 |
| | Japan | 24.9 | 30.2 | 30.8 | 23.5 | 28.9 | 29.5 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 12.1 |
| | Korea | 16.5 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 15.1 | 17.3 | 17.8 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 8.7 |
| | Luxembourg | 35.7 | 34.3 | 36.2 | 29.6 | 27.7 | 29.4 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 26.7 |
| | Mexico | 13.1 | 15.5 | 18.7 | 8.0 | 12.3 | 13.2 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Netherlands | 37.4 | 38.1 | 38.0 | 39.0 | 33.5 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
| | New Zealand | 19.4 | 17.0 | 15.9 | 18.5 | 14.2 | 12.9 | 32.9 | 26.9 | 26.2 |
| | Norway | 39.2 | 37.3 | 37.6 | 35.2 | 34.0 | 34.3 | 56.3 | 30.7 | 30.8 |
| | Poland | 38.0 | 34.2 | 34.3 | 36.8 | 33.2 | 33.3 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 10.2 |
| | Portugal | 36.4 | 37.1 | 38.0 | 32.2 | 32.2 | 32.2 | 36.8 | 42.1 | 39.1 |
| | Slovak Republic | 42.5 | 37.9 | 38.8 | 41.2 | 34.7 | 36.0 | 11.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 |
| | Slovenia | 46.2 | 42.5 | 42.6 | 43.5 | 38.6 | 38.6 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Spain | 38.9 | 39.7 | 40.0 | 35.3 | 36.5 | 36.7 | 33.2 | 32.1 | 31.4 |
| | Sweden | 49.1 | 42.8 | 42.8 | 47.8 | 40.6 | 40.7 | 37.9 | 38.4 | 37.5 |
| | Switzerland | 22.4 | 21.6 | 21.9 | 19.5 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 35.0 | 29.2 | 29.2 |
| | Turkey | 43.6 | 37.9 | 38.2 | 42.6 | 35.7 | 36.2 | .. | .. | .. |
| | United Kingdom | 32.2 | 32.6 | 32.7 | 28.6 | 29.4 | 28.7 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| | United States | 30.3 | 30.5 | 29.6 | 28.2 | 27.9 | 27.4 | 8.3 | 20.3 | 22.6 |
| | OECD-Total | 36.4 | 35.0 | 35.5 | 33.0 | 31.4 | 31.8 | 26.3 | 24.6 | 23.5 |
| Last updated: 16 July 2013; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer | ||||||||||
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| Note: Next update: June 2014. OECD unweighted average. | ||||||||||
| Source: OECD Employment Outlook, for most of the above indicators. For further details, see:sources, definitions and related studies. | ||||||||||