Statistics Norway

Accounts for joint stock companies

5   Operating profit margin in per cent4
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 20031
All non-financial joint-stock companies 6.1 7.1 10.0 8.9 7.8 9.9
Information sector 4.6 5.0 0.1 -1.9 -0.4 25.7
ICT-sector 4.6 5.1 -0.9 -3.0 -1.3 25.6
ICT-Manufacturing industry 1.9 0.6 0.5 1.8 -0.8 3.7
ICT-Wholesale2 2.9 2.1 -5.3 -2.3 0.5 2-0.1
Telecommunications 10.0 12.7 9.7 -0.6 -0.4 13.9
ICT-Consultancy services 2.1 2.2 -11.4 -10.5 -5.0 1.2
Data base activities3 1.1 -1.5 -18.0 -33.4 -9.3 -0.4
Content sector 4.6 4.5 4.6 2.5 3.2 5.8
Publishing industries 7.1 6.5 8.3 6.0 7.0 9.8
Information services 3.3 1.0 -0.2 -1.9 -2.3 -0.8
Radio and television 0.4 4.3 1.0 -2.7 -0.8 3.3
Motion picture and video activities -3.3 2.1 2.9 2.6 2.1 4.9
1 Preliminary figures.
2  The delimitation of ICT-Wholesale is changed on and after 2003 because of changes in the industrial classification standard, see About statistics.
3  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.
4  Operating profit in per cent of operating income.

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