Statistics Norway

Accounts for joint stock companies

8   Return on equity. Per cent2, 3
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 20051
All non-financial joint-stock companies 7.0 7.8 8.2 6.6 4.5 8.6 15.5 19.9
Information sector 13.7 10.5 0.8 -7.8 -15.7 9.7 12.5 11.8
ICT-sector 15.0 10.2 -0.6 -9.5 -20.0 9.1 12.4 11.7
ICT-Manufacturing industry 14.1 8.1 6.3 3.5 -5.1 7.8 9.7 16.1
ICT-Wholesale4 14.8 3.4 -26.1 -22.7 -5.7 -11.0 2.5 -2.8
Telecommunications 21.8 14.2 6.8 -3.2 -25.6 12.8 15.0 12.6
ICT-Consultancy services 1.6 4.2 -19.2 -36.1 -19.3 2.3 5.4 8.4
Content sector 9.7 11.7 13.1 5.7 7.7 12.7 12.8 12.4
Publishing industries 13.7 15.6 18.9 13.9 11.7 15.3 12.4 11.5
Information services 9.8 4.8 -5.1 -19.0 -29.9 -14.1 16.3 17.1
Radio and television -4.1 -0.6 1.1 -15.2 5.6 9.9 17.2 12.5
Motion picture and video activities -59.4 7.8 3.4 5.4 -0.4 15.0 -6.4 40.6
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 statistics.

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