Definition

Labour compensation per unit labour input is defined as total compensation of employees divided by total hours worked by employees in the case of Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Norway, Slovak Republic, Spain and Sweden. For all other countries, where data on actual hours worked by employees are not available, labour compensation per unit of labour input is defined as total compensation of employees divided by the number of employees.

The annual measures of labour compensation shown here provide one of the building blocks for international comparisons of competitiveness elaborated by the OECD.

For more statistics on economic, environmental and social issues visit online the OECD Factbook 2010.