Statistics Norway - home page

LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 3rd Qu. 2006
2 Population aged 15-741 år in the labour force, employed persons and unemployed persons by sex (LFS)3 4. 1000 and per cent
  Population Labour force Employed persons Unemployed persons
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
                 
  Annual average
1985 1 503 1 501 1 174 893 1 149 865 25 28
1990 1 554 1 540 1 181 961 1 115 915 66 46
1998 1 595 1 572 1 251 1 072 1 211 1 037 40 35
1999 1 603 1 579 1 250 1 083 1 208 1 050 42 33
2000 1 614 1 587 1 258 1 092 1 212 1 057 46 35
2001 1 621 1 593 1 260 1 102 1 214 1 064 46 38
2002 1 631 1 603 1 262 1 116 1 210 1 076 52 41
2003 1 642 1 615 1 259 1 116 1 198 1 071 62 45
2004 1 654 1 627 1 263 1 119 1 201 1 074 62 45
2005 1 670 1 642 1 272 1 127 1 211 1 078 61 49
                 
  Changes from the year before
1998 8 6 17 19 26 28 -9 -9
1999 9 7 - 11 -3 13 3 -2
2000 10 8 8 9 4 7 4 2
2001 7 6 2 9 2 7 - 3
2002 10 10 2 15 -4 12 6 3
2003 11 12 -3 -1 -12 -5 10 4
2004 12 12 3 3 3 4 - -
2005 15 15 9 8 10 4 -1 5
                 
  Per cent of total population Per cent of the labour force
1985 100 100 78.1 59.5 76.4 57.7 2.2 3.1
1990 100 100 76.0 62.4 71.8 59.4 5.6 4.8
1998 100 100 78.4 68.2 75.9 66.0 3.2 3.3
1999 100 100 78.0 68.6 75.3 66.5 3.4 3.0
2000 100 100 77.9 68.8 75.1 66.6 3.6 3.2
2001 100 100 77.7 69.2 74.9 66.8 3.7 3.4
2002 100 100 77.4 69.6 74.2 67.1 4.1 3.6
2003 100 100 76.7 69.1 72.9 66.3 4.9 4.0
2004 100 100 76.3 68.8 72.6 66.0 4.9 4.0
2005 100 100 76.2 68.7 72.5 65.6 4.8 4.4
  Quarterly figures
2004                
3rd quarter 1 654 1 627 1 271 1 130 1 210 1 080 61 50
4th quarter 1 654 1 628 1 257 1 114 1 200 1 075 57 40
                 
2005                
1st quarter 1 670 1 642 1 262 1 116 1 199 1 069 63 47
2nd quarter 1 670 1 642 1 275 1 128 1 212 1 074 63 53
3rd quarter 1 670 1 642 1 280 1 141 1 217 1 087 63 54
4th quarter 1 670 1 643 1 271 1 125 1 216 1 082 55 43
                 
20063                
1st quarter 1 705 1 677 1 284 1 137 1 232 1 094 52 43
2nd quarter 1 711 1 681 1 298 1 154 1 245 1 109 53 46
3rd quarter  
  Old 1 691 1 660 1 301 1 155 1 258 1 115 43 40
  New 1 717 1 686 1 305 1 159 1 262 1 119 43 40
  Changes from same quarter the year before2
2004                
3rd quarter 12 12 7 3 11 1 -4 2
4th quarter 13 13 7 6 8 6 -1 -
                 
2005                
1st quarter 15 14 6 10 7 5 -1 5
2nd quarter 15 15 8 1 9 -5 -1 6
3rd quarter 16 15 9 12 7 7 2 4
4th quarter 16 15 14 11 17 7 -2 4
                 
2006                
1st quarter 20 17 17 17 27 22 -10 -5
2nd quarter 20 17 14 18 30 31 -15 -13
3rd quarter 21 18 21 14 41 28 -21 -14

1 As from 2006 the age limit to participate in the LFS was lowered from 16 to 15 years. At the same time the definition of age was changed from completed years at the end of the year to completed years at the time of the reference week.
2 The figures for change from 2005 to 2006 are adjusted because of a major revision of the LFS from 2006.
3 As from January 2006 the LFS was revised, and the figures for 2006 are based on this revised survey. To improve the comparability for the figures between 3rd quarter 2006 and 3rd quarter 2005, figures for 3rd quarter 2006 are published according to both the revised and the unrevised LFS regarding to the main changes.
4Numbers for 1st and 2nd quarter 2006 have been corrected 16.10.2006.