Table 8 Return on equity in per cent

8	Return on equity in per cent³ ⁴

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002¹


All non-financial joint-stock companies	7.0	7.8	8.2	6.6	4.8
Information sector	13.7	10.5	0.8	-7.8	-17.7
ICT-sector	15.0	10.2	-0.6	-9.5	-22.2
ICT-Manufacturing industry	14.1	8.1	6.3	3.5	-4.6
ICT-Wholesale	14.8	3.4	-26.1	-22.7	-3.3
ICT-Telecommunications	21.8	14.2	6.8	-3.2	-29.2
ICT-Consultancy services	1.6	4.2	-19.2	-36.1	-18.6
Data base activities²	-9.1	-0.5	-18.1	-96.2	-29.7
Content sector	9.7	11.7	13.1	5.7	7.7
Publishing industries	13.7	15.6	18.9	13.9	11.9
Information services	9.8	4.8	-5.1	-19.0	-33.1
Radio and television	-4.1	-0.6	1.1	-15.2	5.9
Motion picture and video activities	-59.4	7.8	3.4	5.4	3.0

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 1998, there is a break in the statistics from fiscal year 1999.
⁴	Operating result in per cent of total equity at 31 December.