Table 11 Current ratio

11	Current ratio³

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002¹


All non-financial joint-stock companies	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1
Information sector	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.9	1.0
ICT-sector	1.3	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.9
ICT-Manufacturing industry	1.6	1.4	1.7	1.5	1.6
ICT-Wholesale	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2
ICT-Telecommunications	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.7	0.7
ICT-Consultancy services	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.2
Data base activities²	0.9	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.1
Content sector	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1
Publishing industries	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.1
Information services	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1
Radio and television	1.0	1.0	1.4	1.3	1.4
Motion picture and video activities	1.0	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.8

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	Current assets at 31 December in proportion to short-term liabilities at 31 December.