Statistics Norway
47 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Percentage change from the same period in the previous year
  1998 1999 2000 2001
Total hours worked 2.4 0.4 -0.8 -0.8
         
Agriculture and hunting -1.9 -2.4 -4.7 -6.2
Forestry and logging -1.4 -5.4 -1.8 -7.9
Fishing and fish farms -1.9 -4.3 0.5 -4.8
Oil activities 3.3 1.3 -4.0 -1.0
Crude petroleum and natural gas e -3.8 3.2 -7.4 -3.0
Service activities incidental to oil and gas ext 21.5 -2.5 3.2 3.0
Mining and quarrying -1.0 -1.5 -1.6 -1.4
Manufacturing 1.2 -2.7 -3.8 -2.4
Food products, beverages and tobacco -1.0 -2.6 -1.9 -3.4
Textiles,wearing apparel and leather 3.0 -11.0 -3.8 -3.7
Wood and wood products 2.6 -4.3 -3.7 -1.1
Pulp and paper and paper products -0.2 -5.2 -1.7 -0.1
Publishing, printing and reproduction -0.1 -2.1 -3.2 -4.3
Refined petroleum, chemical and mineral products 0.2 -0.8 -3.0 -4.8
Basic chemicals -1.3 -1.0 0.2 0.8
Basic metals 1.7 -1.0 -2.0 -4.2
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c -0.1 -2.5 -3.5 -0.5
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls 7.1 -2.1 -10.4 -0.9
Furniture manufacturing and other manufacturing. 4.6 -4.5 -2.6 -5.8
Electricity, gas and water suppl -3.7 -3.4 -3.7 -6.0
Construction 7.3 -0.5 0.5 0.9
Private services 3.7 1.1 0.1 -0.5
Wholesale and retail trade 2.4 -0.1 -0.2 -1.9
Hotels and restaurants 3.0 1.3 0.2 -4.2
Transport via pipelines -3.8 1.4 -9.4 -8.4
Water transport 3.6 3.0 -2.3 -2.5
Ocean transport 4.1 3.2 -2.5 -3.3
Inland water and costal transport 1.2 2.1 -1.1 1.5
Other transport industries 4.0 1.5 -1.7 -0.9
Post and telecommunication 3.8 0.2 0.7 -1.7
Financial intermediation -2.8 -0.1 -1.2 -1.6
Dwelling service 2.8 -1.6 -2.1 -4.3
Business services etc 10.5 3.9 2.7 3.6
Personal services 2.5 0.2 0.2 1.0
General government 1.3 2.1 0.1 0.5
Central government -0.8 1.2 -1.5 -1.8
Civilian central government -0.1 1.8 -0.9 -0.7
Defence -2.2 -0.1 -2.8 -4.1
Local government 2.2 2.5 0.7 1.3
         
Mainland Norway 2.4 0.3 -0.7 -0.7