"Figure 5: Compensation of employees as a proportion of nominal GDP for major economies (%), 2000 to 2014","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","European Union (28 countries)","Germany ","Spain","France","Italy","Netherlands","UK","United States" "2000","48.3","52.9","48.5","50.6","36.9","50.4","52.3","57.0" "2001","48.4","52.2","48.3","50.8","37.2","50.0","53.7","57.0" "2002","48.3","51.8","48.1","51.3","37.5","50.6","52.9","56.0" "2003","48.0","51.6","48.1","51.4","37.8","50.7","52.3","55.4" "2004","47.5","50.6","47.7","50.9","37.7","49.8","52.4","55.0" "2005","47.3","49.8","47.7","51.0","38.2","48.5","51.8","54.2" "2006","47.0","48.7","47.7","50.8","38.4","47.3","52.3","54.2" "2007","46.7","47.6","48.3","50.4","38.3","47.4","52.6","54.6" "2008","47.3","48.5","50.1","50.6","39.1","48.1","52.1","55.0" "2009","48.7","50.6","50.9","52.2","40.3","50.5","53.5","54.1" "2010","48.0","49.7","50.1","52.1","40.0","49.2","52.7","53.3" "2011","47.6","49.5","49.6","51.9","39.8","49.5","51.3","53.3" "2012","47.9","50.4","47.8","52.3","39.8","50.0","51.0","53.3" "2013","47.8","50.6","47.2","52.3","39.7","49.7","50.3","52.8" "2014","47.9","50.9","47.1","52.8","39.9","49.6","49.2","."