1 Employment and unemployment for persons aged 16-74 years, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average.
Absolute figures in 1 000 and unemployed persons in per cent of the labour force

  Labour force Employed persons Man-weeks worked
of 37.5 hours
2		 Unemployed persons
(LFS)		 Unemployed persons
(LFS) in per
cent of the labour
force		 Registered unemployed
(NAV) 1		 Registered unemployed
+government measures
(NAV) 1
2003M01 2375 2281 1771 94 3.9 86 98
2003M02 2373 2279 1769 94 4.0 89 99
2003M03 2371 2275 1757 96 4.0 91 102
2003M04 2374 2275 1743 99 4.2 93 105
2003M05 2373 2274 1745 99 4.2 94 106
2003M06 2373 2271 1755 102 4.3 95 110
2003M07 2371 2270 1767 101 4.3 92 108
2003M08 2378 2273 1782 105 4.4 95 111
2003M09 2380 2276 1777 104 4.4 95 112
2003M10 2386 2283 1778 103 4.3 94 111
2003M11 2377 2274 1764 103 4.3 93 111
2003M12 2373 2269 1731 104 4.4 95 112
2004M01 2365 2267 1723 99 4.2 93 111
2004M02 2368 2269 1723 99 4.2 93 112
2004M03 2375 2278 1766 97 4.1 91 111
2004M04 2377 2277 1769 99 4.2 92 111
2004M05 2382 2281 1767 100 4.2 93 112
2004M06 2383 2282 1770 102 4.3 91 108
2004M07 2385 2283 1769 102 4.3 92 108
2004M08 2390 2284 1777 106 4.4 91 106
2004M09 2390 2285 1764 105 4.4 91 106
2004M10 2393 2287 1762 105 4.4 92 106
2004M11 2389 2284 1775 104 4.4 90 106
2004M12 2388 2283 1792 105 4.4 89 105
2005M01 2385 2279 1796 107 4.5 89 105
2005M02 2385 2279 1805 106 4.4 88 104
2005M03 2385 2276 1802 109 4.6 88 102
2005M04 2389 2280 1812 110 4.6 86 101
2005M05 2389 2280 1790 110 4.6 85 99
2005M06 2403 2293 1789 109 4.6 84 98
2005M07 2409 2295 1760 114 4.7 83 96
2005M08 2411 2299 1760 112 4.6 82 95
2005M09 2403 2295 1773 109 4.5 81 93
2005M10 2408 2300 1811 107 4.5 82 92
2005M11 2413 2306 1844 107 4.4 78 88
2005M12 2418 2314 1844 104 4.3 77 86
2006M01 2422 2323 1842 98 4.0 73 84
2006M02 2420 2326 1813 94 3.9 69 81
2006M03 2426 2331 1808 94 3.9 69 79
2006M04 2429 2337 1807 92 3.8 67 76
2006M05 2433 2343 1820 90 3.7 65 75
2006M06 2436 2352 1818 85 3.5 64 74
2006M07 2440 2359 1831 82 3.3 62 72
2006M08 2446 2368 1835 78 3.2 61 71
2006M09 2448 2373 1846 76 3.1 59 69
2006M10 2450 2378 1844 73 3.0 57 67
2006M11 2456 2386 1852 70 2.9 55 66
2006M12 2460 2390 1860 70 2.9 53 64
2007M01 2463 2395 1867 68 2.7 51 62
2007M02 2467 2400 1868 67 2.7 50 60
2007M03 2472 2407 1852 65 2.6 49 59
2007M04 2482 2418 1850 64 2.6 47 58
2007M05 2486 2426 1855 60 2.4 46 56
2007M06 2493 2432 1877 61 2.5 46 56
2007M07 2504 2443 1882 61 2.4 47 56
2007M08 2509 2448 1886 61 2.4 45 55
2007M09 2520 2457 1889 63 2.5 44 55
2007M10 2533 2471 1909 63 2.5 43 54
2007M11 2545 2481 1901 65 2.5 42 53
2007M12 2553 2490 1922 63 2.5 42 52
2008M01 2555 2494 1917 62 2.4 41 50
2008M02 2565 2505 1934 61 2.4 40 50
2008M03 2571 2512 1932 59 2.3 40 50
2008M04 2574 2514 1944 60 2.3 38 49
2008M05 2575 2512 1950 63 2.5 39 50
2008M06 2577 2511 1946 65 2.5 40 51
2008M07 2579 2517 1980 62 2.4 41 51
2008M08 2588 2526 1982 62 2.4 41 52
2008M09 2589 2525 1988 65 2.5 43 55
2008M10 2592 2520 1970 72 2.8 45 57
2008M11 2595 2520 1960 75 2.9 50 61
2008M12 2596 2521 1918 75 2.9 53 64
2009M01 2597 2518 1889 79 3.0 58 70
2009M02 2592 2513 1888 79 3.0 63 74
2009M03 2593 2511 1917 81 3.1 66 79
2009M04 2592 2512 1915 79 3.1 70 83
2009M05 2595 2515 1922 80 3.1 71 86
2009M06 2592 2514 1921 78 3.0 72 87
2009M07 2589 2508 1919 81 3.1 73 89
2009M08 2576 2494 1899 82 3.2 73 89
2009M09 2575 2493 1883 82 3.2 72 90
2009M10 2577 2494 1864 84 3.2 72 92
2009M11 2577 2494 1863 83 3.2 72 91
2009M12 2586 2499 1877 88 3.4 71 92
2010M01 2584 2495 1885 89 3.4 73 92
2010M02 2588 2497 1904 91 3.5 73 92
2010M03 2582 2492 1900 91 3.5 75 92
2010M04 2582 2489 1904 93 3.6 76 93
2010M05 2596 2503 1891 93 3.6 75 91
2010M06 2599 2506 1870 93 3.6 75 90
2010M07 2600 2511 1876 89 3.4 74 89
2010M08 2592 2503 1882 89 3.4 73 89
2010M09 2592 2501 1904 91 3.5 75 89
2010M10 2598 2507 1908 91 3.5 75 89
2010M11 2608 2514 1909 94 3.6 76 89
2010M12 2603 2513 1912 89 3.4 74 88
2011M01 2599 2512 1919 87 3.4 72 86
2011M02 2602 2520 1925 83 3.2 71 85
2011M03 2615 2530 1925 85 3.3 69 83
2011M04 2622 2534 1930 88 3.4 69 83
2011M05 2613 2527 1929 86 3.3 68 83
2011M06 2618 2531 1916 86 3.3 68 83
2011M07 2620 2538 1892 82 3.1 68 83
2011M08 2633 2549 1921 84 3.2 68 84
2011M09 2637 2550 1955 87 3.3 67 84
2011M10 2642 2553 1982 89 3.4 67 84
2011M11 2646 2557 1992 89 3.4 66 84
2011M12 2652 2566 1995 87 3.3 67 83
2012M01 .. .. .. .. .. 64 81

Source: Statistics Norway
1 Theses figures are monthly, and not three-months moving average
2 We have encountered problems with achieving satisfactory quality within the LFS seasonally-adjusted man-weeks worked of 37.5 hours. This is caused by the effects of moving and fixed holidays impacting on different weekdays. Since the survey week is not divided between months, the man-weeks worked will be affected by the division of the months. Man-worked weeks for December, January and the summer months are especially sensitive for this division.