Statistics Norway

Accounts for joint stock companies

10   Equity ratio in per cent3
  1998 1999 2000 2001 20021
All non-financial joint-stock companies 37.6 37.9 36.7 35.3 35.7
Information sector 34.1 39.6 39.0 35.7 32.1
ICT-sector 33.3 39.9 39.2 35.5 31.6
ICT-Manufacturing industry 45.8 45.4 45.0 43.4 46.7
ICT-Wholesale 26.1 32.3 36.3 31.6 30.8
ICT-Telecommunications 30.4 40.1 37.7 33.4 28.0
ICT-Consultancy services 35.5 42.7 46.2 43.2 41.4
Data base activities2 27.0 45.0 43.6 38.9 40.4
Content sector 37.0 38.4 37.3 36.6 35.6
Publishing industries 41.2 42.4 40.5 39.5 36.6
Information services 27.4 23.2 25.2 27.3 23.4
Radio and television 38.3 43.1 43.8 40.9 46.0
Motion picture and video activities 9.9 16.5 20.6 20.6 22.7
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  Equity in per cent of total equity and liabilities at 31 December.

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