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Quarterly national accounts, 4. quarter 2008
49 Employed persons by industry. Seasonally adjusted. Percentage change from the previous period
  2007 2008 07:1 07:2 07:3 07:4 08:1 08:2 08:3 08:4
                     
Total 4.1 3.2 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 -0.4
                     
Agriculture, hunting and forestry -2.5 -1.7 -0.3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.9 0.6 -1.4
Fishing and fish farming -0.8 2.0 -3.4 -1.2 -0.4 6.7 -2.5 -0.3 0.4 1.2
                     
Oil and gas extraction including services 7.8 6.7 0.9 2.4 7.8 -3.3 0.3 1.5 6.2 1.0
Oil and gas extraction 4.5 6.9 -3.3 2.4 0.8 3.1 0.7 1.3 2.3 2.6
Service activities incidental to oil and gas 12.4 6.3 7.1 2.5 17.1 -10.7 -0.3 1.9 11.4 -1.0
Mining and quarrying 2.9 3.9 -1.0 -0.8 4.6 -1.0 0.7 5.3 -2.3 -3.5
                     
Manufacturing 4.9 2.5 1.9 0.9 0.8 1.9 -0.3 1.1 0.4 -1.1
Food products, beverages and tobacco 4.9 1.1 4.0 0.1 1.5 0.9 -0.9 0.6 0.5 -0.2
Textiles,wearing apparel, leather 0.7 -6.5 1.9 -0.6 -3.7 1.1 -2.7 -3.5 0.9 -2.5
Wood and wood products 3.1 -1.0 0.6 -0.1 0.7 1.7 -1.4 -2.3 1.7 -1.2
Pulp, paper and paper products -6.5 -8.1 -2.3 0.8 -2.4 0.9 -5.0 -0.8 -4.2 -0.8
Publishing, printing, reproduction 3.1 -2.3 3.6 -0.2 -1.6 2.1 -2.2 -0.6 -0.7 -0.4
Refined petroleum, chemical and mineral products 5.8 3.5 4.0 0.3 0.6 3.3 0.3 1.0 0.8 -3.0
Basic chemicals 10.1 -0.8 7.1 3.5 1.8 -2.8 -5.3 8.3 -4.7 5.6
Basic metals 2.1 1.2 0.4 1.6 0.9 1.0 -4.5 7.5 -1.2 -2.4
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 7.9 6.3 1.8 2.1 1.7 2.4 1.4 1.7 1.4 -1.2
Building of ships, oil platforms and moduls 3.7 5.8 -2.1 1.1 1.0 3.8 1.3 0.7 1.2 -1.4
Furniture and other manufacturing n.e.c 2.8 0.1 1.4 -1.3 1.2 0.2 1.7 -1.1 -0.8 -3.0
                     
Electricity and gas supply -0.7 -0.9 -0.1 -0.1 -1.4 0.0 -1.0 0.3 0.4 1.2
Water supply -0.1 1.4 -0.1 -0.4 2.2 5.5 -1.6 0.3 -0.3 -8.2
Construction 9.9 3.7 3.6 2.5 2.1 1.5 -0.6 1.2 1.2 -0.4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicl 3.6 3.1 1.3 1.3 0.8 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.1 -0.8
Hotels and restaurants 2.9 2.5 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.0 -0.1 -0.3
Transport via pipelines 4.8 5.2 9.1 -1.7 1.3 5.2 3.2 -3.7 -5.1 14.1
Ocean transport 7.3 5.0 7.0 -0.1 0.1 0.1 5.1 -0.0 -0.6 0.3
Other transport industries 1.9 2.6 -0.4 1.4 -0.1 2.6 0.3 -0.2 1.2 -1.6
Post and telecommunications 4.2 2.5 2.7 1.1 2.2 4.1 -1.2 -1.2 -0.5 2.1
Financial intermediation 2.3 2.5 0.5 0.9 0.8 -0.1 0.8 1.2 0.7 -0.9
Dwellings (households) 1.1 0.3 1.0 0.4 -0.7 -0.1 -2.9 3.2 2.9 -0.9
Business services 8.3 6.9 2.5 2.2 0.9 1.5 3.0 2.2 0.5 -0.8
Public administration and defence 3.6 1.8 1.5 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.1 -0.8 0.5 0.8
Education 1.5 1.8 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.2
Health and social work 2.5 2.9 -0.6 1.7 1.2 0.1 0.3 1.2 1.1 0.1
Other social and personal services 2.8 2.0 1.3 1.5 -0.4 0.9 1.1 -0.9 1.4 0.0
                     
Mainland Norway 4.0 3.1 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.6 -0.4
                     
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General government 2.3 2.4 0.4 0.9 1.1 0.2 0.4 0.7 1.0 0.2
Central government 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.5 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0.4
Civilian central government 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.7 -0.3 -0.2 0.2 0.3
Defence 1.7 -0.4 2.2 0.0 0.1 -0.5 0.7 -1.8 0.8 0.9
Local government 2.9 3.4 0.5 1.3 1.3 -0.0 0.7 1.2 1.5 0.0