| Year1 | United States | Canada | Australia | Japan | France | Germany | Italy | Sweden | United Kingdom | ||
| 1959 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 1960 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 1961 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | ||
| 1962 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 2.7 | ||
| 1963 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 1964 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 1965 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 1966 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 1967 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 1968 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 1969 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 1970 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 1971 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 1972 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 1973 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 1974 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | ||
| 1975 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 1976 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 1977 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 6.4 | ||
| 1978 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 6.3 | ||
| 1979 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 1980 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 7.0 | ||
| 1981 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 1982 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 7.2 | 2.4 | 8.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 11.3 | ||
| 1983 | 9.6 | 11.9 | 10.0 | 2.7 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 11.8 | ||
| 1984 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 9.0 | 2.8 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 11.7 | ||
| 1985 | 7.2 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 10.5 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 11.2 | ||
| 1986 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 10.6 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 11.2 | ||
| 1987 | 6.2 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 2.9 | 10.8 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 10.3 | ||
| 1988 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 2.5 | 10.3 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 1.9 | 8.6 | ||
| 1989 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 9.6 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 7.2 | ||
| 1990 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 2.1 | 9.1 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 1.8 | 6.9 | ||
| 1991 | 6.8 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 9.6 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 8.8 | ||
| 1992 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 2.2 | 10.4 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 10.1 | ||
| 1993 | 6.9 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 2.5 | 11.8 | 5.7 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 10.5 | ||
| 1994 | 6.1 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 2.9 | 12.3 | 6.5 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 9.7 | ||
| 1995 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 3.2 | 11.8 | 6.5 | 12.0 | 9.1 | 8.7 | ||
| 1996 | 5.4 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 12.5 | 7.2 | 12.1 | 9.9 | 8.2 | ||
| 1997 | 4.9 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 12.4 | 7.8 | 12.3 | 10.1 | 7.0 | ||
| 1998 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 4.1 | 11.8 | 7.5 | 12.3 | 8.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 1Data obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/) | |||||||||||
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