Statistics Norway
46 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Millions
  1997 1998 1999 2000
Total hours worked 3 099.5 3 175.3 3 187.8 3 162.9
         
Agriculture and hunting 156.8 153.8 150.1 143.1
Forestry and logging 9.4 9.2 8.7 8.6
Fishing and fish farms 31.2 30.6 29.3 29.4
Oil activities 37.6 38.8 39.3 37.7
Crude petroleum and natural gas e 27.1 26.1 27.0 25.0
Service activities incidental to oil and gas ext 10.4 12.7 12.3 12.7
Mining and quarrying 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.6
Manufacturing 483.6 489.3 476.0 458.1
Food products, beverages and tobacco 82.6 81.7 79.6 78.2
Textiles,wearing apparel and leather 14.0 14.4 12.9 12.4
Wood and wood products 26.8 27.5 26.3 25.4
Pulp and paper and paper products 16.7 16.7 15.8 15.5
Publishing, printing and reproduction 55.9 55.9 54.7 52.9
Refined petroleum, chemical and mineral products 38.5 38.6 38.3 37.1
Basic chemicals 13.1 12.9 12.8 12.8
Basic metals 25.8 26.2 26.0 25.4
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 127.7 127.6 124.5 120.2
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls 58.0 62.1 60.8 54.5
Furniture manufacturing and other manufacturing. 24.4 25.5 24.4 23.7
Electricity, gas and water suppl 28.1 27.0 26.1 25.2
Construction 186.9 200.5 199.5 200.4
Private services 1 336.2 1 385.6 1 400.6 1 401.5
Wholesale and retail trade 428.3 438.4 438.1 437.3
Hotels and restaurants 77.7 80.0 81.0 81.2
Transport via pipelines 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Water transport 91.7 95.0 97.8 95.6
Ocean transport 77.1 80.2 82.8 80.7
Inland water and costal transport 14.6 14.8 15.1 14.9
Other transport industries 142.6 148.3 150.5 147.9
Post and telecommunication 67.2 69.7 69.8 70.4
Financial intermediation 74.2 72.1 72.0 71.2
Dwelling service 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8
Business services etc 201.0 222.1 230.8 237.1
Personal services 251.2 257.5 258.0 258.6
General government 823.0 833.8 851.6 852.3
Central government 230.1 228.1 230.8 227.3
Civilian central government 150.7 150.5 153.2 151.8
Defence 79.4 77.7 77.6 75.5
Local government 592.9 605.7 620.8 625.0
         
Mainland Norway 2 984.3 3 055.8 3 065.3 3 044.0