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Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights by country

Countries reporting
29
Highest
207.2
Germany
Lowest
0.4
Malta
Median
12.4
Years covered
12
1996–2007
Data points
343

What the numbers show

Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 207.2 in Germany; the lowest is 0.4 in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.4, and the mean is 35.12.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 518.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 207.7%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 23.6%).

Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 207.2 2007 down 23.6% falling
2 United Kingdom 185.3 2007 up 12.1% rising
3 France 164.5 2007 down 1.1% flat
4 Italy 102.6 2007 down 5.1% flat
5 Spain 83.6 2007 up 29.6% rising
6 Netherlands 46.8 2007 up 4.2% flat
7 Sweden 29.1 2007 down 1.4% flat
8 Belgium 26.9 2007 down 5.6% falling
9 Austria 22.6 2007 down 12.4% falling
10 Denmark 19.3 2007 up 3.2% flat
11 Poland 17.8 2007 up 16.3% rising
12 Norway 17.4 2005 up 16.0% rising
13 Finland 13.9 2007 up 7.8% rising
14 Greece 12.9 2007 up 74.3% rising
15 Portugal 12.4 2007 up 37.8% rising
16 Ireland 12.2 2007 up 58.4% rising
17 Czechia 9.5 2007 up 53.2% rising
18 Romania 8 2007 up 207.7% rising
19 Hungary 7.5 2007 up 56.2% rising
20 Slovak Republic 3.5 2007 up 66.7% rising
21 Luxembourg 3.1 2007 up 40.9% rising
21 Slovenia 3.1 2007 up 19.2% rising
23 Lithuania 2.1 2007 up 162.5% rising
24 Latvia 1.7 2007 up 183.3% rising
24 Bulgaria 1.7 2007 up 88.9% rising
26 Estonia 1.4 2007 up 133.3% rising
27 Iceland 1 2004 up 42.9% rising
27 Cyprus 1 2007 up 25.0% rising
29 Malta 0.4 2007 unchanged rising

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Indicator
Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 1.1 activity - country weights
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
29 places, 343 data points, 1996–2007
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