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12438: Residents 15 years and older, by country background, priority labour force status, contents and year

		2024	2024
		Residents	Share of residents (per cent)
All countries	Total	4 686 973	100.0
	Employed only	1 982 763	42.3
	Employed and in ordinary education	384 357	8.2
	Employed and recipients of work assessment allowance	38 450	0.8
	Employed and recipients of disability benefits	60 250	1.3
	Employed and recipients of pensions	177 170	3.8
	Other employed	249 757	5.3
	Registered unemployed	46 668	1.0
	Participants in labour marked measures	54 160	1.2
	In ordinary education	279 919	6.0
	Recipients of work assessment allowance	77 039	1.6
	Recipients of disability benefits	271 139	5.8
	Recipients of contractual early retirement pension	103 843	2.2
	Recipients of retirement pension	737 933	15.7
	Other benefits	55 120	1.2
	Unknown status	168 405	3.6
Norway	Total	3 788 830	100.0
	Employed only	1 562 353	41.2
	Employed and in ordinary education	328 922	8.7
	Employed and recipients of work assessment allowance	31 563	0.8
	Employed and recipients of disability benefits	55 130	1.5
	Employed and recipients of pensions	168 684	4.5
	Other employed	191 570	5.1
	Registered unemployed	21 788	0.6
	Participants in labour marked measures	25 781	0.7
	In ordinary education	237 329	6.3
	Recipients of work assessment allowance	53 859	1.4
	Recipients of disability benefits	230 918	6.1
	Recipients of contractual early retirement pension	99 876	2.6
	Recipients of retirement pension	695 798	18.4
	Other benefits	21 559	0.6
	Unknown status	63 700	1.7
The Nordic countries else	Total	67 524	100.0
	Employed only	35 538	52.6
	Employed and in ordinary education	3 042	4.5
	Employed and recipients of work assessment allowance	599	0.9
	Employed and recipients of disability benefits	604	0.9
	Employed and recipients of pensions	1 941	2.9
	Other employed	3 730	5.5
	Registered unemployed	738	1.1
	Participants in labour marked measures	383	0.6
	In ordinary education	1 817	2.7
	Recipients of work assessment allowance	1 086	1.6
	Recipients of disability benefits	2 342	3.5
	Recipients of contractual early retirement pension	898	1.3
	Recipients of retirement pension	9 470	14.0
	Other benefits	634	0.9
	Unknown status	4 702	7.0
EU/EFTA until 2004 except the Nordic countries	Total	86 091	100.0
	Employed only	45 400	52.7
	Employed and in ordinary education	5 044	5.9
	Employed and recipients of work assessment allowance	555	0.6
	Employed and recipients of disability benefits	399	0.5
	Employed and recipients of pensions	1 633	1.9
	Other employed	3 780	4.4
	Registered unemployed	1 208	1.4
	Participants in labour marked measures	495	0.6
	In ordinary education	3 600	4.2
	Recipients of work assessment allowance	998	1.2
	Recipients of disability benefits	1 782	2.1
	Recipients of contractual early retirement pension	832	1.0
	Recipients of retirement pension	7 594	8.8
	Other benefits	655	0.8
	Unknown status	12 116	14.1
New EU countries after 2004	Total	208 043	100.0
	Employed only	124 347	59.8
	Employed and in ordinary education	8 291	4.0
	Employed and recipients of work assessment allowance	1 677	0.8
	Employed and recipients of disability benefits	528	0.3
	Employed and recipients of pensions	956	0.5
	Other employed	13 562	6.5
	Registered unemployed	6 509	3.1
	Participants in labour marked measures	1 665	0.8
	In ordinary education	6 426	3.1
	Recipients of work assessment allowance	5 390	2.6
	Recipients of disability benefits	3 174	1.5
	Recipients of contractual early retirement pension	424	0.2
	Recipients of retirement pension	3 789	1.8
	Other benefits	3 250	1.6
	Unknown status	28 055	13.5
Europe except EU/EFTA/UK	Total	128 723	100.0
	Employed only	43 913	34.1
	Employed and in ordinary education	5 515	4.3
	Employed and recipients of work assessment allowance	681	0.5
	Employed and recipients of disability benefits	671	0.5
	Employed and recipients of pensions	574	0.4
	Other employed	9 896	7.7
	Registered unemployed	5 555	4.3
	Participants in labour marked measures	13 220	10.3
	In ordinary education	6 849	5.3
	Recipients of work assessment allowance	2 212	1.7
	Recipients of disability benefits	5 527	4.3
	Recipients of contractual early retirement pension	300	0.2
	Recipients of retirement pension	3 372	2.6
	Other benefits	11 746	9.1
	Unknown status	18 692	14.5
North America and Oceania	Total	14 998	100.0
	Employed only	7 139	47.6
	Employed and in ordinary education	731	4.9
	Employed and recipients of work assessment allowance	83	0.6
	Employed and recipients of disability benefits	67	0.4
	Employed and recipients of pensions	377	2.5
	Other employed	543	3.6
	Registered unemployed	183	1.2
	Participants in labour marked measures	73	0.5
	In ordinary education	621	4.1
	Recipients of work assessment allowance	152	1.0
	Recipients of disability benefits	316	2.1
	Recipients of contractual early retirement pension	134	0.9
	Recipients of retirement pension	1 572	10.5
	Other benefits	110	0.7
	Unknown status	2 897	19.3
Asia	Total	262 531	100.0
	Employed only	109 961	41.9
	Employed and in ordinary education	20 688	7.9
	Employed and recipients of work assessment allowance	2 412	0.9
	Employed and recipients of disability benefits	2 240	0.9
	Employed and recipients of pensions	2 193	0.8
	Other employed	17 356	6.6
	Registered unemployed	6 618	2.5
	Participants in labour marked measures	8 214	3.1
	In ordinary education	14 952	5.7
	Recipients of work assessment allowance	9 535	3.6
	Recipients of disability benefits	20 009	7.6
	Recipients of contractual early retirement pension	978	0.4
	Recipients of retirement pension	12 279	4.7
	Other benefits	10 247	3.9
	Unknown status	24 849	9.5
Africa	Total	101 924	100.0
	Employed only	39 840	39.1
	Employed and in ordinary education	10 226	10.0
	Employed and recipients of work assessment allowance	631	0.6
	Employed and recipients of disability benefits	397	0.4
	Employed and recipients of pensions	441	0.4
	Other employed	7 509	7.4
	Registered unemployed	3 448	3.4
	Participants in labour marked measures	3 951	3.9
	In ordinary education	7 453	7.3
	Recipients of work assessment allowance	3 234	3.2
	Recipients of disability benefits	5 823	5.7
	Recipients of contractual early retirement pension	210	0.2
	Recipients of retirement pension	2 442	2.4
	Other benefits	6 374	6.3
	Unknown status	9 945	9.8
Latin America and the Caribbean	Total	28 309	100.0
	Employed only	14 272	50.4
	Employed and in ordinary education	1 898	6.7
	Employed and recipients of work assessment allowance	249	0.9
	Employed and recipients of disability benefits	214	0.8
	Employed and recipients of pensions	371	1.3
	Other employed	1 811	6.4
	Registered unemployed	621	2.2
	Participants in labour marked measures	378	1.3
	In ordinary education	872	3.1
	Recipients of work assessment allowance	573	2.0
	Recipients of disability benefits	1 248	4.4
	Recipients of contractual early retirement pension	191	0.7
	Recipients of retirement pension	1 617	5.7
	Other benefits	545	1.9
	Unknown status	3 449	12.2
Stateless and unknown	Total	0	0.0
	Employed only	0	0.0
	Employed and in ordinary education	0	0.0
	Employed and recipients of work assessment allowance	0	0.0
	Employed and recipients of disability benefits	0	0.0
	Employed and recipients of pensions	0	0.0
	Other employed	0	0.0
	Registered unemployed	0	0.0
	Participants in labour marked measures	0	0.0
	In ordinary education	0	0.0
	Recipients of work assessment allowance	0	0.0
	Recipients of disability benefits	0	0.0
	Recipients of contractual early retirement pension	0	0.0
	Recipients of retirement pension	0	0.0
	Other benefits	0	0.0
	Unknown status	0	0.0

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On 9 September 2025, the table was updated with preliminary figures for 2024. Please see the footnotes below for more information.

Footnotes

Statistics Norway does not publish figures where there is a risk of identifying individual data about persons or households. The 'rounding up/down' method is used in these statistics to ensure this by rounding cells containing '1' or '2' to '0' or '3'. Preliminary figures
To improve the timeliness of the statistics, the information on self-employed persons utilized here is from 2023, the year prior to the reference year 2024. The mismatch in time of measurement, results in some uncertainty in these preliminary figures. The statistics is updated with final figures when information on self-employed persons from the reference year is available. For more information, see the section 'Frequency and timeliness ' under 'Administrative information ' in 'About the statistics '. Increase in the number of persons with unknown status
There is an increase in the number of persons with unknown status in the 2022 figures compared to 2021, although the number is in line with previous years. Ukrainian refugees with a residence time of less than one year are behind a large part of this increase. These were registered as residents in the National Population Register as of 30 November but are not found around the same time in the included registers containing information on activities and benefits, such as employment, education, the introduction programme for refugees, or social assistance. Read more about this in the section 'Comparability over time and space', under 'Production' in 'About the statistics'. Priority labour force status
In this statistic, one prioritised status is calculated for each individual's connection to the labour market, education, and benefits. For those enrolled in multiple activities/benefits simultaneously, the status with the highest priority is displayed (for employed persons, the top two priority statuses). This status is determined by a specific hierarchy. For instance, a person who is both in education and receiving disability pension would be classified as being in education for the purposes of these statistics. More information can be found under the 'Definitions' section in 'About the statistics'. Increase in the number of 'Other employed'
The large increase from 2021 to 2022 in the number of 'Other employed' on level 3 of the priority labour force status variable is due to changes in the data source for recipients of sickness benefits. Read more about this in the section 'Comparability over time and space', under 'Production' in 'About the statistics'. Updated time series
All the tables belonging to the statistics were updated with new figures for the whole time series when final figures for 2023 were published on 21 January 2025. This mainly affects country background and immigration category, and has minimal effect on the figures, except for the statistical year 2022. After the update, 10,000 more people were classified as immigrants among residents aged 15 years and older in 2022. Around 1,000 of them had Oslo as their municipality of residence.

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