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Weekly Bulletin issue no. 22, 1998 <sti>Stikktittel

National accounts. Counties, 1993:

Highest gross regional product in Oslo and Rogaland

The gross regional product per capita is the highest in Oslo, and is twice as high as the national average. Rogaland is also clearly above the national average, with 13 per cent. At the other end of the scale is Nord-Trøndelag with 27 per cent under the national average and Finnmark and Oppland, both 25 per cent under the national average. The figures are from the 1993 national accounts broken down by county.
Because of commuting to Oslo, a large portion of the contributed added value is attributed to people who live in other counties. On the other hand, the county figures for GRP per employee take commuting into account. Counties with high numbers of commuters have a lower index value for GRP per inhabitant than GRP per employee. This is particularly true of Akershus and to a certain degree Østfold, Vestfold, Telemark, Hedmark, Oppland and Buskerud. The result per employee shows that Oslo lies 29 per cent above the national average. Rogaland is 11 per cent above the national average. Buskerud and Agder county are also above average on the index.

Differences in the economic base are decisive

Differences in the economic base are the main reason for the differences in the index figures. Counties in which capital-intensive industries dominate, such as Rogaland with its oil-related industries, have a higher GRP than for example counties largely dependent on the primary industries, such as Hedmark, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane and coastal counties stretching northwards. Secondary industries account for the highest GRP contribution per employee. For the country as a whole, one employee employed in the secondary industries contributes an average of NOK 346,000 to the GRP. The comparative figure for employees in the services sector is NOK 319,000, while employees in the primary industries contributed NOK 199,100. Here too there were great variations between the counties.

New Statistics

National accounts. Counties, 1993.
Statistics are published in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics. For more information, contact: hege.marie.edvardsen@ssb.no, tel. +47 21 09 44 16, or knut.o.sorensen@ssb.no, tel. +47 21 09 45 07.

Weekly Bulletin issue no. 22, 1998