Statistics Norway

Accounts for joint stock companies

6   Operating margin in per cent3
  1998 1999 2000 2001 20021
All non-financial joint-stock companies 6.0 7.3 10.2 9.0 7.9
Information sector 5.6 6.6 2.9 -2.9 -9.7
ICT-sector 5.7 6.1 1.8 -4.3 -13.2
ICT-Manufacturing industry 9.8 5.5 4.5 2.5 -0.5
ICT-Wholesale 2.9 1.3 -5.5 -3.4 0.3
ICT-Telecommunications 9.9 14.2 16.1 2.2 -38.9
ICT-Consultancy services 2.2 3.4 -10.4 -18.4 -9.8
Data base activities2 0.6 0.6 -16.8 -47.3 -15.9
Content sector 5.2 6.6 7.1 3.4 5.4
Publishing industries 8.2 11.0 12.8 8.9 10.8
Information services 2.9 1.7 0.1 -2.7 -3.8
Radio and television 1.7 1.1 2.5 -5.5 2.9
Motion picture and video activities -4.5 2.1 2.0 1.6 1.4
1  Preliminary figures.
2  This industry is defined as a part of ICT consultancy services by OECD, but it will probably be a part of the content sector in 2007, see About the statistics.
3  Operating result before tax in per cent of operating income.

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