Statistics Norway

9.3 Males 15 years and over, by economic activity and industry. Per cent
Industry1 1875 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930
Males 15 years and over, total  570 866  602 630  683 582  716 463  856 785  963 417
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Persons economically active1 91.5 90.5 90.2 90.4 90.9 88.1
Agriculture 44.2 38.3 32.3 33.3 28.5 27.4
Forestry, etc 1.6 2.3 3.1 2.7 4.0 3.3
Fishing, etc., and whaling 5.8 9.2 7.2 7.0 6.7 8.4
Mining and quarrying 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.1 1.4
Manufacturing 11.4 14.4 16.0 15.9 18.3 16.6
Construction         8.9 7.4
  6.0 5.9 9.0 7.3    
Electricity, gas, water, sanitary services         0.8 0.7
Wholesale and retail trade 3.8 4.7 5.4 5.4 6.7 7.5
Financial institutions and real estate 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.7
Water transport 9.0 7.9 7.1 6.8 4.9 5.2
Transport and communications other than water transport 0.9 1.3 1.8 2.1 3.9 4.0
Government services 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.4
Community and business services 1.3 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.8
Personal services 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9
Activities not adequately described 4.0 1.2 2.7 3.9 0.6 0.4
Persons not economically active 8.2 9.5 9.7 9.3 9.9 11.8
Unknown 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1
  1946 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Males 15 years and over, total 1 191 633 1 215 809 1 313 341 21 412 566 21 536 826 21 662 394
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Persons economically active1 86.6 87.2 82.6 74.9 64.2 58.1
Agriculture 21.5 18.5 13.4 7.1 4.0 2.9
Forestry, etc 3.2 3.2 2.4 0.8 0.3 0.4
Fishing, etc., and whaling 6.1 5.7 4.1 1.9 1.1 0.8
Mining and quarrying 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.0
Manufacturing 19.6 22.7 22.1 22.7 18.0 13.8
Construction 10.1 10.5 10.0 9.0 7.9 7.2
Electricity, gas, water, sanitary services 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0
Wholesale and retail trade 6.2 6.4 7.5 8.1 8.1 7.6
Financial institutions and real estate 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.9
Water transport 4.6 5.1 6.0 4.3 2.3 1.3
Transport and communications other than water transport 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.6
Government services 2.7 2.5 3.2 5.0 5.6 4.5
Community and business services 3.2 3.6 4.7 6.8 7.7 10.1
Personal services 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0
Activities not adequately described 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 -
Persons not economically active 13.0 12.4 17.4 25.1 35.8 41.9
Unknown 0.4 0.4 - - - -
1  See http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/histstat/kap09.html
2  Males 16 years and over.
Source: Population and housing censuses.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/folketellinger/ 

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