Statistics Norway
45 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Aggregated activity. Percentage change from the same period in the previous year
  1997 1998 1999 99:2 99:3 99:4 00:1 00:2 00:3
Total hours worked 2.5 2.3 0.3 1.3 -0.8 1.2 4.0 -3.5 -2.0
                   
Agriculture, forestry and fishing -2.0 -1.9 -2.8 -2.8 -3.7 1.0 2.8 -5.5 -6.7
Oil and gas extraction incl.                  
services 4.3 0.2 -2.8 -1.8 -6.3 -5.7 -1.2 -5.3 -7.6
Manufacturing, mining and quarrying 4.0 0.7 -3.0 -1.8 -3.8 -4.0 -0.5 -7.5 -5.2
Electricity and gas supply -3.6 -3.8 -3.4 -0.5 -4.5 -2.5 1.8 -5.8 -6.4
Construction 9.6 7.2 -0.6 0.6 -1.5 -1.0 3.5 -4.5 -0.3
Service industries excl. general                  
government 2.8 3.4 1.4 2.2 0.1 2.3 4.8 -2.4 -1.8
General government 0.9 1.6 1.7 3.1 0.8 3.3 5.8 -2.3 0.7
                   
Mainland Norway 2.5 2.3 0.2 1.3 -0.8 1.2 4.1 -3.5 -1.8