Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

1   New established personal owned enterprises1, 2 2002, by survival in 2003 and 2004, gender, age, national background, immigrant category, level of education and broad field of education
  Rolleinnehavarar totalt i 2002 Tal på rolleinnehavarar i overlevde føretak av nyetablerte føretak i 2002 Prosentdel rolleinnehavarar i overlevde føretak av nyetablerte føretak i 2002
  2003 2004 2003 2004
  Survived "Asleep" Survived Survived "Asleep" Survived
Gender              
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 398 50.0 2.9 42.5
Women 9 090 3 996  229 3 438 44.0 2.5 37.8
Men 22 412 11 757  690 9 960 52.5 3.1 44.4
               
Age groups              
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 398 50.0 2.9 42.5
16-24 years 3 554 1 440  107 1 165 40.5 3.0 32.8
25-34 years 11 758 5 756  344 4 786 49.0 2.9 40.7
35-44 years 8 607 4 516  255 3 890 52.5 3.0 45.2
45-54 years 5 023 2 616  145 2 293 52.1 2.9 45.7
55-66 years 2 238 1 232 59 1 097 55.0 2.6 49.0
67 years and older  322  193 9  167 59.9 2.8 51.9
               
National background              
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 398 50.0 2.9 42.5
Norwegian national background 27 901 14 045  809 12 054 50.3 2.9 43.2
Western countries outside Norway 1 342  606 35  478 45.2 2.6 35.6
Non-western countries 2 017  994 71  809 49.3 3.5 40.1
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  242  108 4 57 44.6 1.7 23.6
               
Immigrant category              
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 398 50.0 2.9 42.5
Norwegian 27 901 14 045  809 12 054 50.3 2.9 43.2
First generation immigrants without Norwegian background 3 205 1 530  104 1 227 47.7 3.2 38.3
Persons born in Norway with two foreign born parents  154 70 2 60 45.5 1.3 39.0
Non-Norwegian citizen, living outside of Norway  242  108 4 57 44.6 1.7 23.6
               
Level of education              
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 398 50.0 2.9 42.5
Lower secondary education 2 224 1 205 64 1 007 54.2 2.9 45.3
Upper secondary education 16 420 8 629  483 7 356 52.6 2.9 44.8
Tertiary education, short 7 660 3 453  237 2 978 45.1 3.1 38.9
Tertiary education, long 3 480 1 745 92 1 552 50.1 2.6 44.6
Other 1 718  721 43  505 42.0 2.5 29.4
               
Broad field of education              
Total 31 502 15 753  919 13 398 50.0 2.9 42.5
General Subjects 5 925 2 895  195 2 429 48.9 3.3 41.0
Humanities and Arts 2 904 1 129 75  985 38.9 2.6 33.9
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 487  567 25  481 38.1 1.7 32.3
Social sciences and Law 1 338  668 41  605 49.9 3.1 45.2
Business and Administration 3 929 2 037  137 1 772 51.8 3.5 45.1
Natural Sciences, Vocational and Technical Subjects 9 062 5 266  271 4 436 58.1 3.0 49.0
Health, Welfare and Sport 3 001 1 353 46 1 213 45.1 1.5 40.4
Primary Industries  514  291 19  248 56.6 3.7 48.2
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security, and other services 1 353  710 60  632 52.5 4.4 46.7
Unspecified broad field of education 1 989  837 50  597 42.1 2.5 30.0
1  Personal owned enterprises are sole proprietorships, general partnerships and general partnerships with shared liability.
2  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.

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