Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

5   Owners of sole proprietorships, by national background and age. 1st of January 20051
Age groups Owners, total National background
Norwegian national background Western countries outside Norway Non-western countries Non-Norwegian citizen,
living outside of Norway
Total  139 291  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
16-24 years 3 291 2.2 1.0 5.5 5.4
25-44 years 62 468 43.7 45.8 63.5 60.2
45-66 years 66 523 48.7 49.1 30.2 33.3
67 years and older 7 009 5.3 4.0 0.7 1.0
1  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.

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