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49 Employed persons by industry. Seasonally adjusted. Percentage change from the previous period
  2002 2003 02:2 02:3 02:4 03:1 03:2 03:3 03:4 04:1
                     
Total 0.3 -0.6 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.3
                     
Agriculture, hunting and forestry -3.0 -2.8 -2.0 -1.1 -0.3 -0.7 -1.6 0.9 -0.2 -1.1
Fishing and fish farming 1.5 -11.7 4.3 2.8 -7.2 -5.6 -2.4 -5.2 5.2 0.1
                     
Oil and gas extraction incl. services 3.7 -1.9 1.1 1.1 -1.8 -3.2 0.8 2.0 0.8 -0.7
Oil and gas extraction 1.9 -0.8 2.0 1.3 -2.2 -1.9 0.8 0.7 2.6 0.1
Service activities incidental to oil and gas 6.7 -3.7 -0.2 0.8 -1.1 -5.4 1.0 4.2 -2.2 -2.1
Mining and quarrying 0.5 -3.8 2.0 -0.6 -4.0 -1.5 -0.4 1.3 0.6 -2.9
                     
Manufacturing -1.2 -4.6 -0.0 -2.0 -1.0 -1.4 -1.6 -0.4 -0.6 -1.3
Food products, beverages and tobacco -0.5 -2.1 -0.9 -0.0 0.8 -1.3 -1.7 0.2 0.3 -1.1
Textiles,wearing apparel, leather -8.2 -11.4 6.3 -11.1 -5.4 0.3 -4.3 0.8 -3.1 -2.0
Wood and wood products -2.2 -2.0 -0.1 -1.9 -0.1 -0.6 0.8 -1.9 0.0 0.2
Pulp, paper and paper products -8.0 -5.4 -3.4 -5.8 -1.8 1.4 -3.6 3.1 -1.9 -3.5
Publishing, printing, reproduction -2.9 -4.0 -2.2 -0.6 -1.4 -0.8 -1.0 -1.4 0.6 -2.1
Refined petroleum, chemical and mineral products 0.4 -2.9 1.3 -1.5 -1.2 -1.6 -0.4 0.2 0.5 -0.3
Basic chemicals -2.7 -2.3 -4.6 -0.9 3.4 -3.5 0.8 -2.1 2.9 -4.1
Basic metals -4.3 -1.7 -3.1 -1.9 -0.1 -1.2 1.8 0.4 -1.4 -2.5
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c -0.2 -5.4 1.2 -2.4 -1.6 -1.3 -2.0 -0.3 -1.7 -0.4
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls 2.8 -9.5 2.5 -1.5 -2.7 -3.5 -4.4 -1.4 -0.7 -2.3
Furniture and other manufacturing n.e.c -3.2 -5.2 -1.2 -5.7 0.5 -1.3 -0.9 -0.1 -1.8 -0.7
                     
Electricity and gas supply -4.0 -1.6 -1.1 1.2 -3.0 0.2 -0.7 1.2 -0.4 -0.5
Water supply -6.7 2.0 -0.3 2.6 1.3 -1.8 0.7 1.1 2.4 8.5
Construction1 1.8 -0.1 0.8 0.8 -1.1 0.4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.0 0.2
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicl 1.2 1.9 1.2 0.2 -0.6 0.9 0.8 1.3 -0.5 -0.3
Hotels and restaurants 0.3 -1.2 -1.3 0.3 0.3 -1.5 0.2 1.8 -3.3 2.7
Transport via pipelines 3.3 -7.5 2.9 21.2 -17.9 -5.5 -0.6 14.2 -12.8 -3.7
Ocean transport 0.8 -1.9 -0.2 -0.3 -0.6 -0.9 -0.0 -1.0 0.6 -0.7
Other transport industries -0.3 -2.1 -1.4 -0.7 0.6 -1.5 -1.6 1.5 0.4 -2.1
Post and telecommunications -4.1 -3.2 -1.1 -0.5 0.0 -1.2 0.4 -3.4 -0.9 0.8
Financial intermediation 0.1 -1.8 -1.2 0.3 0.3 -1.3 0.2 -1.5 -0.0 0.1
Dwellings (households) -3.1 1.8 -1.0 1.7 2.2 -0.1 -3.0 4.4 -0.9 -1.8
Business services 0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -1.0 0.1 0.7 0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3
Public administration and defence -3.4 -0.6 -0.3 -0.8 -0.4 0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5
Education -1.4 0.6 0.8 0.2 -1.9 1.7 1.1 -1.5 0.2 0.9
Health and social work 3.3 1.0 0.7 1.1 -0.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.0
Other social and personal services 1.9 -0.1 0.6 -0.6 -0.3 -1.1 0.3 1.6 1.5 -1.0
                     
Mainland Norway 0.3 -0.5 0.2 -0.2 -0.6 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.3
                     
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General government2 0.4 -0.4 0.7 0.1 -0.8 -0.0 0.2 -0.4 0.2 0.1
Central government2 68.0 -1.4 0.4 0.8 -1.8 -0.7 0.4 -0.3 0.2 0.9
Civilian central government 90.0 -1.3 0.9 1.0 -1.8 -0.9 0.5 -0.3 0.2 1.1
Defence -4.1 -2.6 -2.8 -0.8 -1.7 0.5 -0.6 -0.6 0.2 -0.9
Local government2 -18.7 0.2 0.9 -0.3 -0.2 0.4 0.1 -0.5 0.2 -0.3