Statistics Norway
46 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Millions
  1996 1997 1998 1999
Total hours worked 3 024.2 3 099.5 3 171.6 3 180.6
         
Agriculture and hunting 160.2 156.8 153.8 150.1
Forestry and logging 9.4 9.4 9.2 8.7
Fishing and fish farms 31.9 31.2 30.6 29.3
Oil activities 36.0 37.6 37.6 36.6
Crude petroleum and natural gas e 27.5 27.1 26.1 24.9
Service activities incidental to oil and gas ext 8.5 10.4 11.5 11.7
Mining and quarrying 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.7
Manufacturing 464.6 483.6 487.4 472.5
Food products, beverages and tobacco 81.9 82.6 80.9 78.7
Textiles,wearing apparel and leather 13.7 14.0 13.7 12.1
Wood and wood products 25.6 26.8 26.6 25.3
Pulp and paper and paper products 17.1 16.7 17.0 16.1
Publishing, printing and reproduction 54.1 55.9 56.6 55.2
Refined petroleum products 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.9
Basic chemicals 13.9 13.1 13.3 13.2
Chemical and mineral manufacturing 34.9 36.4 36.6 36.1
Basic metals 25.9 25.8 26.2 25.9
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 121.5 127.7 128.9 125.1
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls 52.3 58.0 60.4 58.9
Furniture manufacturing and other manufacturing. 21.6 24.4 25.3 24.0
Electricity, gas and water suppl 29.1 28.1 27.0 26.1
Construction 170.5 186.9 200.4 199.3
Private services 1 299.7 1 336.2 1 382.3 1 401.0
Wholesale and retail trade 421.1 428.3 438.4 442.0
Hotels and restaurants 75.4 77.7 80.0 81.0
Transport via pipelines 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Water transport 90.9 91.7 95.0 97.8
Ocean transport 76.2 77.1 80.2 82.7
Inland water and costal transport 14.7 14.6 14.8 15.1
Other transport industries 140.1 142.6 147.8 150.4
Post and telecommunication 66.0 67.2 69.7 69.8
Financial intermediation 74.7 74.2 72.1 71.9
Dwelling service 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9
Business services etc 182.5 201.0 219.6 228.0
Personal services 246.7 251.2 257.4 257.8
General government 815.7 823.0 836.5 850.3
Central government 230.9 230.1 227.6 228.5
Civilian central government 148.4 150.7 150.0 150.6
Defence 82.5 79.4 77.6 77.8
Local government 584.9 592.9 608.9 621.8
         
Mainland Norway 2 911.6 2 984.3 3 053.3 3 060.8