43	Employed persons by industry. Employees and self-employed. Percentage change from the same period in the previous year

	1998	1999	2000	99:1	99:2	99:3	99:4	00:1	00:2	00:3	00:4
Total	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.3	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.3
Agriculture and hunting	-2.0	-2.2	-3.3	-2.5	-2.7	-2.7	-0.9	-2.5	-3.4	-2.9	-4.5
Forestry and logging	-1.3	-5.3	-0.3	-11.0	-4.0	-8.5	2.3	0.8	-0.7	1.4	-2.5
Fishing and fish farming	-1.7	-3.7	1.1	-9.3	-6.6	-1.5	2.4	5.1	4.7	-8.7	5.7
Oil and gas extraction incl. services	2.8	1.5	-3.1	7.8	0.6	-0.3	-1.8	-2.7	-0.5	-4.3	-4.9
Oil and gas extraction	-4.6	3.4	-6.6	12.3	3.2	-0.3	-1.0	-7.3	-4.9	-6.2	-7.9
Service activities incidental to oil and gas ext	21.8	-2.6	4.4	-1.6	-4.8	-0.4	-3.4	8.3	9.3	-0.5	1.2
Mining and quarrying	-1.4	-3.5	-1.0	-1.3	-1.8	-5.0	-5.9	-2.3	-1.8	0.8	-0.7
Manufacturing	1.0	-2.7	-2.7	-0.3	-2.1	-3.3	-5.0	-4.3	-2.8	-1.8	-1.7
Food products, beverages and tobacco	-0.5	-3.3	-0.8	-2.9	-3.3	-3.4	-3.5	-0.8	-0.3	-0.1	-1.9
Textiles,wearing apparel, leather	3.0	-10.8	-3.3	-6.8	-1.6	-15.5	-18.3	-6.3	-2.4	-1.5	-2.8
Wood and wood products	2.4	-3.8	-2.3	-4.7	-2.2	-1.2	-7.1	-3.6	-3.3	-5.5	3.7
Pulp, paper and paper products	-1.2	-5.6	0.2	-7.0	-3.5	-6.0	-5.7	0.9	-1.0	1.6	-0.8
Publishing, printing, reproduction	-0.6	-0.9	-1.8	0.9	-2.1	-0.2	-2.3	-2.2	-0.5	-2.0	-2.5
Refined petroleum, chemical and mineral products	0.1	-0.9	-1.9	-2.8	0.6	0.1	-1.5	-2.4	-4.2	-1.3	0.3
Basic chemicals	-1.5	-1.5	1.3	-7.6	2.2	1.0	-1.9	4.7	-0.3	0.1	1.3
Basic metals	1.5	-1.9	-0.5	-2.5	-0.3	-0.0	-4.7	1.7	-3.5	-0.2	0.0
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c	-0.1	-2.4	-2.7	5.0	-3.0	-5.6	-5.9	-9.4	-1.6	0.5	0.0
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls	6.9	-2.0	-9.7	2.4	-1.1	-2.1	-6.8	-8.7	-12.1	-9.1	-8.9
Furniture and other manufacturing n.e.c	4.6	-4.2	-1.1	-4.4	-3.3	-5.4	-3.7	-0.2	-0.4	-2.1	-1.7
Electricity and gas supply	-4.0	-3.4	-2.5	-4.5	-1.5	-3.8	-3.9	-2.7	-1.6	-3.3	-2.6
Construction	7.2	-0.1	1.5	1.6	0.4	-0.7	-1.8	-1.2	0.9	2.8	3.5
Service industries excl. general government	3.6	1.1	1.3	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.4	1.6	1.4	0.7
Wholesale and retail trade	2.7	0.1	0.8	1.8	-0.2	-0.6	-0.4	0.5	1.3	1.0	0.4
Hotels and restaurants	3.2	1.4	0.8	3.4	3.1	-0.5	-0.1	1.0	1.2	1.5	-0.5
Transport via pipelines	-3.3	2.4	-7.6	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	-7.5	-7.5	-7.5	-7.5
Water transport	3.9	3.2	-1.1	2.4	3.2	3.3	3.7	-0.1	-0.5	-1.6	-2.1
Ocean transport	4.3	3.5	-1.3	2.7	3.5	3.4	4.3	-0.6	-0.5	-1.4	-2.7
Inland water and costal transport	2.0	1.7	0.1	1.3	1.8	2.7	0.8	2.3	-0.8	-2.2	1.3
Other transport activities	4.2	1.2	-0.1	3.9	3.1	-0.6	-1.4	0.5	-1.5	0.3	0.1
Post and telecommunications	2.2	-0.2	1.9	-0.2	0.7	-1.2	0.1	1.6	1.9	1.5	2.5
Financial intermediation	-3.1	-0.2	-0.5	-2.8	-0.7	0.0	2.6	1.7	0.7	-1.5	-2.8
Dwelling services	2.5	-1.5	-0.7	-3.0	-1.3	-1.4	-0.5	-4.3	2.2	0.2	-0.9
Business services etc	10.3	3.8	4.2	5.7	3.8	2.8	3.3	3.0	4.5	4.4	5.0
Personal services	2.2	0.4	1.5	-0.2	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.6	2.2	1.8	-0.4
General government	1.7	2.1	1.1	1.6	2.2	2.3	2.1	1.6	1.3	0.6	0.8
Central government	-1.0	0.6	-0.0	-0.0	0.9	1.0	0.5	-0.5	0.2	-0.1	0.2
Civilian central government	-0.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	0.7	1.2	1.1	-0.4	0.9	0.5	0.7
Defence	-2.6	-0.7	-1.2	-3.2	1.2	0.3	-1.0	-0.6	-1.3	-1.5	-1.2
Local government	2.5	2.5	1.4	2.0	2.5	2.7	2.6	2.2	1.7	0.8	1.0
Mainland Norway	2.5	0.5	0.5	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.5

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