Statistics Norway - home page

Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, October 2005
1 Employment and unemployment for persons aged 16-74 years, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. Absolute figures in 1000 and unemployed persons in per cent of the labour force.
  Labour force Employed persons Man-weeks worked of 37.5 hours Unemployed persons (LFS) Unemployed persons (LFS) in per cent of the labour force Registered unemployed1 Registered unemployed +government measures1
               
2000              
November 2 351 2 270 1 793 81 3.4 63 75
December 2 354 2 270 1 801 84 3.5 64 75
               
2001              
January 2 357 2 272 1 800 84 3.6 62 74
February 2 357 2 276 1 808 81 3.4 62 73
March 2 365 2 286 1 781 79 3.4 61 73
April 2 362 2 285 1 781 77 3.3 60 71
May 2 362 2 279 1 775 82 3.5 60 70
June 2 363 2 277 1 793 86 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 359 2 273 1 790 86 3.7 61 71
August 2 357 2 273 1 794 84 3.6 62 71
September 2 363 2 276 1 801 87 3.7 63 72
October 2 366 2 276 1 792 90 3.8 64 72
November 2 370 2 282 1 787 88 3.7 69 77
December 2 370 2 283 1 776 87 3.7 68 77
               
2002              
January 2 375 2 288 1 762 87 3.7 68 78
February 2 383 2 291 1 763 92 3.9 68 77
March 2 384 2 293 1 766 91 3.8 70 78
April 2 382 2 289 1 778 93 3.9 71 80
May 2 384 2 292 1 785 92 3.9 73 82
June 2 373 2 285 1 790 88 3.7 74 84
               
July 2 376 2 288 1 783 88 3.7 75 85
August 2 375 2 286 1 778 89 3.7 77 86
September 2 378 2 286 1 772 92 3.9 79 88
October 2 372 2 278 1 773 95 4.0 81 90
November 2 372 2 275 1 770 97 4.1 83 92
December 2 374 2 276 1 767 98 4.1 83 93
               
2003              
January 2 378 2 277 1 772 101 4.2 86 98
February 2 375 2 274 1 767 101 4.3 88 99
March 2 372 2 269 1 754 103 4.3 90 102
April 2 374 2 268 1 738 106 4.5 93 104
May 2 376 2 267 1 740 109 4.6 94 106
June 2 373 2 262 1 752 111 4.7 95 109
               
July 2 372 2 262 1 768 109 4.6 93 109
August 2 377 2 267 1 782 110 4.6 96 111
September 2 379 2 270 1 781 109 4.6 95 112
October 2 384 2 276 1 780 108 4.5 94 111
November 2 376 2 268 1 771 108 4.6 93 111
December 2 376 2 267 1 736 109 4.6 95 112
               
2004              
January 2 370 2 266 1 726 104 4.4 93 111
February 2 371 2 269 1 723 103 4.3 93 112
March 2 377 2 275 1 764 102 4.3 91 111
April 2 377 2 274 1 768 104 4.4 92 111
May 2 383 2 276 1 769 107 4.5 93 110
June 2 380 2 274 1 768 106 4.5 91 108
               
July 2 383 2 277 1 767 106 4.5 93 109
August 2 386 2 278 1 769 107 4.5 92 107
September 2 389 2 282 1 764 107 4.5 91 106
October 2 390 2 282 1 765 108 4.5 91 106
November 2 388 2 281 1 783 107 4.5 90 106
December 2 391 2 286 1 800 105 4.4 89 105
               
2005              
January 2 390 2 284 1 796 106 4.4 88 104
February 2 390 2 283 1 789 107 4.5 88 103
March 2 388 2 277 1 786 111 4.7 88 103
April 2 391 2 279 1 801 112 4.7 86 102
May 2 390 2 278 1 789 112 4.7 85 99
June 2 398 2 286 1 767 112 4.7 84 98
               
July 2 405 2 288 1 731 117 4.9 84 97
August 2 406 2 292 1 727 114 4.7 82 94
September 2 402 2 290 1 755 112 4.7 81 93
October 2 403 2 293 1 798 110 4.6 81 91
November .. .. .. .. .. 78 88

1 These are monthly figures, and not three-months moving average. The figures previous to January 1999 are adjusted for the definition-break in the series.