Statistics Norway
47 Total hours worked. Employees and self-employed. Percentage change from the same period in the previous year
  1996 1997 1998 1999
Total hours worked 1.6 2.5 2.3 0.3
         
Agriculture and hunting -2.4 -2.1 -1.9 -2.4
Forestry and logging -1.2 -0.5 -1.4 -5.4
Fishing and fish farms 0.3 -2.3 -1.9 -4.3
Oil activities 1.7 4.3 0.2 -2.8
Crude petroleum and natural gas e -4.0 -1.5 -3.8 -4.5
Service activities incidental to oil and gas ext 25.8 23.1 10.5 1.3
Mining and quarrying -3.6 -1.7 -1.0 -1.5
Manufacturing 1.0 4.1 0.8 -3.1
Food products, beverages and tobacco 0.9 0.8 -2.0 -2.7
Textiles,wearing apparel and leather 0.7 2.5 -2.6 -11.6
Wood and wood products -1.0 4.9 -1.1 -4.7
Pulp and paper and paper products -4.0 -2.1 1.9 -5.2
Publishing, printing and reproduction 2.4 3.3 1.1 -2.5
Refined petroleum products -26.3 -1.0 -5.5 -5.4
Basic chemicals -6.5 -5.7 1.8 -1.0
Chemical and mineral manufacturing 7.4 4.2 0.5 -1.1
Basic metals 0.4 -0.4 1.7 -1.0
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 2.9 5.1 0.9 -3.0
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls -2.7 10.8 4.2 -2.5
Furniture manufacturing and other manufacturing. 3.8 13.0 3.7 -4.9
Electricity, gas and water suppl -1.4 -3.6 -3.8 -3.4
Construction 3.0 9.6 7.2 -0.6
Private services 2.0 2.8 3.5 1.4
Wholesale and retail trade 1.9 1.7 2.4 0.8
Hotels and restaurants 2.8 3.0 3.0 1.3
Transport via pipelines -40.1 26.2 -3.6 -8.1
Water transport 0.2 0.8 3.6 3.0
Ocean transport -0.1 1.1 4.1 3.1
Inland water and costal transport 1.9 -0.8 1.3 2.0
Other transport industries 1.5 1.8 3.7 1.7
Post and telecommunication 1.8 1.8 3.7 0.1
Financial intermediation -1.4 -0.7 -2.9 -0.2
Dwelling service 2.3 2.9 2.7 -1.6
Business services etc 3.8 10.2 9.2 3.8
Personal services 2.7 1.8 2.5 0.2
General government 2.3 0.9 1.6 1.6
Central government 1.2 -0.3 -1.1 0.4
Civilian central government 2.0 1.6 -0.4 0.4
Defence -0.3 -3.7 -2.3 0.3
Local government 2.7 1.4 2.7 2.1
         
Mainland Norway 1.7 2.5 2.3 0.2