Table 8 Return on equity. Per cent

8	Return on equity. Per cent²^, ³

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004¹


All non-financial joint-stock companies	7.0	7.8	8.2	6.6	4.5	8.6	15.6
Information sector	13.7	10.5	0.8	-7.8	-15.7	9.7	13.3
ICT-sector	15.0	10.2	-0.6	-9.5	-20.0	9.1	13.4
ICT-Manufacturing industry	14.1	8.1	6.3	3.5	-5.1	7.8	10.3
ICT-Wholesale⁴	14.8	3.4	-26.1	-22.7	-5.7	-11.0	3.3
Telecommunications	21.8	14.2	6.8	-3.2	-25.6	12.8	16.1
ICT-Consultancy services	1.6	4.2	-19.2	-36.1	-19.3	2.3	7.5
Content sector	9.7	11.7	13.1	5.7	7.7	12.7	12.7
Publishing industries	13.7	15.6	18.9	13.9	11.7	15.3	12.1
Information services	9.8	4.8	-5.1	-19.0	-29.9	-14.1	19.1
Radio and television	-4.1	-0.6	1.1	-15.2	5.6	9.9	17.2
Motion picture and video activities	-59.4	7.8	3.4	5.4	-0.4	15.0	-5.2

¹	Preliminary figures.
²	Due to changes in the chart of accounts in connection with the transition to the Accounting Act of 1998, there is a break in the statistics from fiscal year 1999.
³	Operating result in per cent of total equity at 31 December.
⁴	The delimitation of ICT-Wholesale is changed on and after 2003 because of changes in the industrial classification standard, see About the statistics.