Statistics Norway
47 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Percentage change from the same period in the previous year
  1997 1998 1999 2000
Total hours worked 2.5 2.3 0.3 -0.9
         
Agriculture and hunting -2.1 -1.9 -2.4 -4.6
Forestry and logging -0.5 -1.4 -5.4 -1.8
Fishing and fish farms -2.3 -1.9 -4.3 0.5
Oil activities 4.3 0.2 -2.8 -5.0
Crude petroleum and natural gas e -1.5 -3.8 -4.5 -8.1
Service activities incidental to oil and gas ext 23.1 10.5 1.3 1.5
Mining and quarrying -1.7 -1.0 -1.5 -2.9
Manufacturing 4.1 0.8 -3.1 -4.0
Food products, beverages and tobacco 0.8 -2.0 -2.7 -1.1
Textiles,wearing apparel and leather 2.5 -2.6 -11.6 -5.3
Wood and wood products 4.9 -1.1 -4.7 -4.1
Pulp and paper and paper products -2.1 1.9 -5.2 -1.7
Publishing, printing and reproduction 3.3 1.1 -2.5 -4.2
Refined petroleum products -1.0 -5.5 -5.4 -9.0
Basic chemicals -5.7 1.8 -1.0 0.1
Chemical and mineral manufacturing 4.2 0.5 -1.1 -3.1
Basic metals -0.4 1.7 -1.0 -2.3
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 5.1 0.9 -3.0 -3.9
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls 10.8 4.2 -2.5 -10.6
Furniture manufacturing and other manufacturing. 13.0 3.7 -4.9 -3.4
Electricity, gas and water suppl -3.6 -3.8 -3.4 -3.7
Construction 9.6 7.2 -0.6 -0.4
Private services 2.8 3.5 1.4 -0.2
Wholesale and retail trade 1.7 2.4 0.8 -0.8
Hotels and restaurants 3.0 3.0 1.3 0.2
Transport via pipelines 26.2 -3.6 -8.1 -9.2
Water transport 0.8 3.6 3.0 -2.2
Ocean transport 1.1 4.1 3.1 -2.4
Inland water and costal transport -0.8 1.3 2.0 -1.1
Other transport industries 1.8 3.7 1.7 -1.7
Post and telecommunication 1.8 3.7 0.1 0.8
Financial intermediation -0.7 -2.9 -0.2 -1.6
Dwelling service 2.9 2.7 -1.6 -2.0
Business services etc 10.2 9.2 3.8 3.1
Personal services 1.8 2.5 0.2 -0.2
General government 0.9 1.6 1.6 0.3
Central government -0.3 -1.1 0.4 -0.6
Civilian central government 1.6 -0.4 0.4 -0.0
Defence -3.7 -2.3 0.3 -1.8
Local government 1.4 2.7 2.1 0.7
         
Mainland Norway 2.5 2.3 0.2 -0.8