Table 10
Relative business-sector labour productivity (in U.S. dollars) between Canada and the United States, corporate and unincorporated (non-corporate) sectors, 1998 to 2005

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Relative business-sector labour productivity (in U.S. dollars) between Canada and the United States, corporate and unincorporated (non-corporate) sectors, 1998 to 2005
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Average annual growth, 1998 to 2005
  ratio percent
Producer power parity at market price 0.809 0.801 0.782 0.788 0.790 0.773 0.765 0.763 -0.8
  U.S. dollars percent
Canada  
Unincorporated 17.2 18.0 18.9 20.3 21.8 22.2 23.1 23.4 4.5
Corporate 29.4 30.5 32.0 32.7 33.1 33.6 34.5 36.6 3.2
Business sector 27.2 28.3 29.9 30.7 31.4 31.9 32.8 34.7 3.5
United States  
Non-corporate 36.9 38.8 41.8 43.3 44.2 45.0 47.4 50.0 4.4
Corporate 29.7 30.9 31.9 33.2 35.0 37.2 39.2 41.1 4.8
Business sector 30.9 32.3 33.6 35.0 36.8 38.7 40.9 42.9 4.8
  ratio percent
Relative Canada–United States level  
Unincorporated/non-corporate 46.7 46.5 45.2 46.8 49.2 49.4 48.8 46.8 0.0
Corporate 99.2 98.6 100.4 98.5 94.5 90.5 87.9 88.9 -1.6
Business sector 88.0 87.7 88.9 87.8 85.4 82.5 80.3 80.8 -1.2
Source(s):
Tables 5, 7 and 9.
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