Statistics Norway

Employment, main figures (register based)

9   Employed persons 15-74 years, by sector and industrial division. 4th quarter 2006.
Industry division Total Central government Counties Municipalities Private sector and government enterprises
2000 2 262 000  154 961  118 257  397 047 1 591 735
2001 2 275 000  152 405  114 651  403 148 1 604 796
2002 2 267 000  240 176 42 744  389 751 1 594 329
2003 2 260 000  243 657 43 277  401 586 1 571 480
2004 2 274 000  246 775 40 338  404 119 1 582 768
2005 2 298 000  247 729 40 459  403 432 1 606 380
2005 New1 2 308 000  248 085 40 594  401 611 1 617 710
           
2006 2 389 000  252 827 41 705  407 622 1 686 846
           
01-05 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 80 131 23 33  986 79 089
10-45 Industrial activities  490 490 2 182 - 6 230  482 078
50-74 Domestic trade, hotels, restaurants, transport and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, business activities  905 822 9 045 41  734  896 002
75 Public administration and defence, compulsory social security  153 449 89 978 3 977 55 813 3 681
80 Education  185 199 34 218 34 111 99 486 17 384
85 Health and sosial services  461 494  114 206 3 252  232 195  111 841
90-99 Other social and personal activities. 99 163 3 175  291 12 064 83 633
Unspecified 13 252 - -  114 13 138
1  As from 2006 age is defined as completed years at the time of the reference week, instead of completed years at the end of the year, as earlier. Moreover the lower age limit to be covered by the survey was lowered from 16 to 15.

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