Statistics Norway
45 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Aggregated activity. Percentage change from the same period in the previous year
  1998 1999 2000 99:1 99:2 99:3 99:4 00:1 00:2 00:3 00:4
Total hours worked 2.4 0.4 -0.8 -0.8 1.9 -0.6 1.1 4.0 -3.2 -1.0 -3.0
                       
Agriculture, forestry and fishing -1.9 -2.8 -3.8 -6.0 -2.7 -3.6 1.0 2.8 -5.6 -6.0 -6.2
Oil and gas extraction incl.                      
services 3.2 1.3 -4.0 4.9 3.6 -1.6 -1.5 1.3 -4.1 -6.1 -7.5
Manufacturing, mining and quarrying 1.1 -2.7 -3.7 -2.3 -0.3 -3.6 -4.5 -0.5 -6.7 -3.7 -4.2
Electricity and gas supply -3.8 -3.4 -3.7 -6.6 0.0 -4.1 -2.5 1.8 -5.5 -5.2 -6.1
Construction 7.2 -0.5 0.5 -0.9 1.0 -1.1 -1.0 3.3 -0.9 -0.6 -0.1
Service industries excl. general                      
government 3.7 1.1 0.1 0.1 2.3 -0.3 2.2 5.0 -2.2 0.1 -2.6
General government 1.3 2.1 0.1 -0.4 3.9 1.7 3.5 5.6 -2.6 -0.0 -2.8
                       
Mainland Norway 2.4 0.3 -0.7 -1.0 1.8 -0.7 1.1 4.2 -3.2 -0.9 -2.9