Statistics Norway

Labour cost index

2 Direct costs in manufacturing, oil and gas extraction and mining, construction, transport and communication, wholesale and retail trade, real estate and business activities and electricity supply. Average of year 2000=100
  Manufacturing Oil and gas
extraction,
- mining		 Construction Transport and
communication		 Wholesale and
retail trade		 Real estate
and business
activities		 Electricity
supply
1. Quarter 1998 87.9 86.0 87.6 90.3 88.5 87.6 89.7
2. Quarter 1998 89.2 87.7 90.7 90.7 91.0 88.9 90.8
3. Quarter 1998 92.1 92.9 91.0 93.8 93.3 90.7 94.2
4. Quarter 1998 93.1 95.9 95.3 95.3 95.5 92.5 95.3
1. Quarter 1999 93.2 92.2 93.0 94.3 93.9 93.4 94.0
2. Quarter 1999 95.5 93.9 94.6 94.7 95.5 95.1 95.4
3. Quarter 1999 97.1 94.6 96.7 96.9 96.9 95.8 97.6
4. Quarter 1999 97.3 96.1 98.5 98.1 97.3 97.7 97.2
1. Quarter 2000 98.9 97.1 97.6 98.3 98.7 97.8 96.5
2. Quarter 2000 99.8 98.6 98.7 99.1  100.1  100.2 97.9
3. Quarter 2000  100.2  102.0  100.7  101.4  100.7  101.2  101.5
4. Quarter 2000  101.1  102.3  103.0  101.2  100.5  100.8  104.1
1. Quarter 2001  102.2  105.4  102.1  103.9  102.6  103.5  103.4
2. Quarter 2001  104.7  106.5  103.1  106.7  107.2  104.0  103.4
3. Quarter 2001  105.3  110.9  105.3  106.2  108.1  106.1  106.6
4. Quarter 2001  107.9  111.7  107.6  106.8  109.4  107.0  106.6
1. Quarter 2002  107.9  116.5  107.5  109.3  110.5  107.1  108.6
2. Quarter 2002  108.2  117.7  108.4  110.8  112.7  110.6  109.2
3. Quarter 2002  111.6  114.3  111.2  111.4  110.8  113.1  115.9
4. Quarter 2002  112.2  120.4  112.4  113.1  113.1  112.4  116.6
1. Quarter 2003  112.7  119.5  112.4  114.2  115.4  112.7  116.0
2. Quarter 2003  114.9  119.7  113.3  115.1  116.2  113.0  117.0
3. Quarter 2003  116.0  116.4  114.1  113.3  113.6  115.4  123.2
4. Quarter 2003  118.0  118.2  117.1  115.7  114.7  118.4  122.4
1. Quarter 2004  118.2  123.5  117.2  117.1  115.8  118.4  127.5
2. Quarter 2004  120.2  121.0  117.7  118.9  117.8  119.8  126.9
3. Quarter 2004  121.6  118.4  117.2  117.2  116.2  119.8  131.3
4. Quarter 2004  120.1  122.2  119.8  119.8  118.3  122.3  130.8
1. Quarter 2005 1  123.1  127.8  120.0  121.7  123.3  123.2  133.3
2. Quarter 2005 1  124.2  125.3  120.9  123.1  124.8  122.4  132.8
3. Quarter 2005 1  124.5  124.2  123.4  122.3  125.1  123.1  137.0
4. Quarter 2005 1  125.0  123.3  123.8  122.1  125.6  122.8  138.2
1. Quarter 2006 1  128.5  137.6  124.9  125.7  126.5  126.2  139.0
2. Quarter 2006 1  128.8  132.2  126.2  127.0  127.2  126.6  139.9
3. Quarter 2006 1  129.9  130.7  129.2  128.5  129.1  127.3  142.7
4. Quarter 2006 1  130.8  131.7  129.8  127.1  129.3  126.9  140.8
1. Quarter 2007 1  134.5  150.6  133.4  128.4  132.1  130.4  144.8
2. Quarter 2007 1  135.5  144.4  134.4  129.9  133.8  136.8  146.9
3. Quarter 2007 1  137.6  144.2  137.6  133.6  136.3  140.8 2
1  Preliminary figures.
2  Figures for electricity supply are not yet ready for publication.

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