For the euro area, labour utilisation grew on annual average by 0.4% [percentage changes] between 1996 and 2006 6 [compared with 0.1% in the US] when defined as the total annual hours worked divided by the total population.
1  Panel Members: Mr Kofi Annan (Chair), Mr Tony Blair, Mr Michel Camdessus, Mr Peter Eigen, Mr Bob Geldof, Ms Graça Machel, Ms Linah Mohohlo, Gen Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr Robert Rubin, Mr Tidjane Thiam, Prof Muhammad Yunus, Mr Michael Keating (Director). BIS Review 1/2009  1  Slowing world demand also undermines African countries’ efforts towards diversifying economies away from primary sectors.