Table 7 Return on total assets in per cent

7	Return on total assets in per cent³ ⁴

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002¹


All non-financial joint-stock companies	7.0	6.4	8.3	7.4	6.6
Information sector	8.6	6.4	2.2	-1.0	-3.9
ICT-sector	9.0	6.1	1.4	-1.6	-5.3
ICT-Manufacturing industry	11.0	5.2	5.2	3.4	0.5
ICT-Wholesale	7.9	3.9	-7.6	-4.4	2.9
ICT-Telecommunications	10.3	7.3	4.2	0.8	-6.6
ICT-Consultancy services	4.7	4.9	-7.8	-15.1	-7.3
Data base activities²	3.2	1.3	-7.2	-39.4	-14.3
Content sector	7.1	7.6	8.2	4.4	5.5
Publishing industries	8.8	9.9	11.1	8.2	7.5
Information services	8.2	4.1	1.7	-3.3	-5.5
Radio and television	1.6	2.4	3.6	-5.9	3.3
Motion picture and video activities	-2.3	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.4

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	Due to changes in the chart of accounts in connection with the transition to the Accounting Act of 1998, there is a break in the statistics from fiscal year 1999.
⁴	Operating result before tax + interest expense in per cent of total equity and liabilities at 31 December.