Statistics Norway

Accounts for joint stock companies

7   Return on total assets in per cent4, 5
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 20031
All non-financial joint-stock companies 7.0 6.4 8.3 7.4 6.7 7.7
Information sector 8.6 6.4 2.2 -1.0 -3.7 26.2
ICT-sector 9.0 6.1 1.4 -1.6 -5.2 26.0
ICT-Manufacturing industry 11.0 5.2 5.2 3.4 0.1 6.4
ICT-Wholesale2 7.9 3.9 -7.6 -4.4 2.2 2-0.8
Telecommunications 10.3 7.3 4.2 0.8 -6.5 7.3
ICT-Consultancy services 4.7 4.9 -7.8 -15.1 -7.5 2.8
Data base activities3 3.2 1.3 -7.2 -39.4 -14.0 -0.5
Content sector 7.1 7.6 8.2 4.4 5.5 7.8
Publishing industries 8.8 9.9 11.1 8.2 7.4 9.2
Information services 8.2 4.1 1.7 -3.3 -4.3 -0.3
Radio and television 1.6 2.4 3.6 -5.9 3.1 6.4
Motion picture and video activities -2.3 4.4 4.3 4.4 3.6 7.3
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  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.
5 Operating result before tax + interest expense in per cent of total equity and liabilities at 31 December.

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