Statistics Norway

9.2 Persons 15 years and over, by economic activity and industry. Per cent
Industry1 1875 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930
Persons 15 years and over, total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Persons economically active1 61.7 60.7 61.1 59.7 59.4 57.8
Agriculture 28.4 24.5 20.0 18.7 16.8 15.1
Forestry, etc 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.9 1.6
Fishing, etc., and whaling 2.8 4.3 3.4 3.3 3.2 4.0
Mining and quarrying 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.7
Manufacturing 8.0 10.2 11.9 11.4 12.0 10.7
Construction         4.3 3.6
  2.9 2.8 4.2 3.4    
Electricity, gas, water, sanitary services         0.4 0.3
Wholesale and retail trade 2.1 2.9 3.8 4.0 5.1 5.7
Financial institutions and real estate 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.4
Water transport 4.3 3.7 3.4 3.2 2.4 2.6
Transport and communications other than water transport 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.2 2.3 2.2
Government services 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8
Community and business services 0.8 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.5 2.8
Personal services 7.3 7.3 7.7 8.0 6.4 7.1
Activities not adequately described 2.9 0.8 1.3 1.9 0.3 0.2
Persons not economi- cally active 37.9 39.3 38.7 39.9 40.6 42.2
Unknown 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0
  1946 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Persons 15 years and over, total  100.0  100.0  100.0 2 100.0 2 100.0 2 100.0
Persons economically active1 56.1 56.0 52.8 50.9 46.4 43.2
Agriculture 12.1 10.1 7.1 4.5 2.9 2.0
Forestry, etc 1.6 1.6 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.2
Fishing, etc., and whaling 3.0 2.8 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.4
Mining and quarrying 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6
Manufacturing 12.5 14.4 13.5 13.6 10.8 8.3
Construction 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.5 4.1 3.7
Electricity, gas, water, sanitary services 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6
Wholesale and retail trade 5.0 5.3 6.1 6.9 6.7 5.9
Financial institutions and real estate 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.7
Water transport 2.3 2.7 3.2 2.3 1.3 0.7
Transport and communications other than water transport 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1
Government services 1.7 1.6 2.0 3.1 3.7 3.3
Community and business services 3.6 3.9 4.9 7.3 9.2 11.2
Personal services 4.4 3.6 2.8 2.0 1.3 1.4
Activities not adequately described 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 -
Persons not economi- cally active 43.6 43.8 47.2 49.1 53.6 56.8
Unknown 0.3 0.2 - - - -
1  See http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/histstat/kap09.html
2  Persons 16 years and over.
Source: Population and housing censuses.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/folketellinger/ 

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