| ASIAN LABOR RATINGS |
| Source: Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, Ltd. (Hong Kong) |
| Ratings: 1 - best available grand; 5 - average grade; 10 - worst grade |
| 1999 | ||||||||
| UNSKILLED | SKILLED | |||||||
| COUNTRY | QUALITY | COST | SUPPLY | AVE. | QUALITY | COST | SUPPLY | AVE. |
| Philippines | 2.60 | 1.40 | 2.40 | 3.07 | 3.60 | 2.60 | 3.00 | 2.13 |
| India | 6.17 | 1.89 | 2.33 | 3.59 | 4.56 | 2.28 | 3.94 | 3.46 |
| China | 4.63 | 2.13 | 1.63 | 5.13 | 4.63 | 4.50 | 6.25 | 2.80 |
| Singapore | 4.55 | 3.64 | 5.09 | 4.18 | 3.55 | 3.91 | 5.09 | 4.43 |
| Thailand | 5.57 | 3.43 | 2.43 | 5.09 | 5.00 | 4.14 | 6.14 | 3.81 |
| Japan | 4.00 | 7.00 | 3.71 | 4.38 | 1.86 | 7.29 | 4.00 | 4.90 |
| Vietnam | 4.33 | 3.67 | 3.00 | 5.70 | 6.25 | 5.50 | 5.25 | 3.67 |
| Taiwan | 4.42 | 5.17 | 5.08 | 4.53 | 2.92 | 4.67 | 6.00 | 4.89 |
| Hong Kong | 5.30 | 5.30 | 4.33 | 5.24 | 4.35 | 6.77 | 4.60 | 4.98 |
| Malaysia | 6.38 | 3.38 | 5.13 | 5.88 | 6.25 | 4.38 | 7.00 | 4.96 |
| South Korea | 6.25 | 7.13 | 4.75 | 5.47 | 4.60 | 6.70 | 5.10 | 6.04 |