Statistics Norway
47 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Percentage change from the same period in the previous year
  1997 1998 1999 2000
Total hours worked 2.5 2.4 0.4 -0.8
         
Agriculture and hunting -2.1 -1.9 -2.4 -4.7
Forestry and logging -0.5 -1.4 -5.4 -1.8
Fishing and fish farms -2.3 -1.9 -4.3 0.5
Oil activities 4.3 3.3 1.3 -4.0
Crude petroleum and natural gas e -1.5 -3.8 3.2 -7.4
Service activities incidental to oil and gas ext 23.1 21.5 -2.5 3.2
Mining and quarrying -1.7 -1.0 -1.5 -1.6
Manufacturing 4.1 1.2 -2.7 -3.8
Food products, beverages and tobacco 0.8 -1.0 -2.6 -1.9
Textiles,wearing apparel and leather 2.5 3.0 -11.0 -3.8
Wood and wood products 4.9 2.6 -4.3 -3.7
Pulp and paper and paper products -2.1 -0.2 -5.2 -1.7
Publishing, printing and reproduction 3.3 -0.1 -2.1 -3.2
Refined petroleum, chemical and mineral products 3.9 0.2 -0.8 -3.0
Basic chemicals -5.7 -1.3 -1.0 0.2
Basic metals -0.4 1.7 -1.0 -2.0
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 5.1 -0.1 -2.5 -3.5
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls 10.8 7.1 -2.1 -10.4
Furniture manufacturing and other manufacturing. 13.0 4.6 -4.5 -2.6
Electricity, gas and water suppl -3.6 -3.7 -3.4 -3.7
Construction 9.6 7.3 -0.5 0.5
Private services 2.8 3.7 1.1 0.1
Wholesale and retail trade 1.7 2.4 -0.1 -0.2
Hotels and restaurants 3.0 3.0 1.3 0.2
Transport via pipelines 26.2 -3.8 1.4 -9.4
Water transport 0.8 3.6 3.0 -2.3
Ocean transport 1.1 4.1 3.2 -2.5
Inland water and costal transport -0.8 1.2 2.1 -1.1
Other transport industries 1.8 4.0 1.5 -1.7
Post and telecommunication 1.8 3.8 0.2 0.7
Financial intermediation -0.7 -2.8 -0.1 -1.2
Dwelling service 2.9 2.8 -1.6 -2.1
Business services etc 10.2 10.5 3.9 2.7
Personal services 1.8 2.5 0.2 0.2
General government 0.9 1.3 2.1 0.1
Central government -0.3 -0.8 1.2 -1.5
Civilian central government 1.6 -0.1 1.8 -0.9
Defence -3.7 -2.2 -0.1 -2.8
Local government 1.4 2.2 2.5 0.7
         
Mainland Norway 2.5 2.4 0.3 -0.7