Statistics Norway

9.15 Non-employed persons seeking work, by age and sex. 1 000 and as a percentage of the labour force
Sex Year Total Age. Years Total Age. Years
16-19 20-24 25-39 40-54 55-74 16-19 20-24 25-39 40-54 55-74
  1 000 Per cent
Total                        
1972 28 9 6 5 4 4 1.7 9.1 3.2 1.1 0.7 1.1
1973 26 9 6 5 3 3 1.5 9.2 3.6 1.0 0.5 0.9
1974 25 10 5 5 2 3 1.5 9.7 2.7 0.9 0.5 0.8
1975 40 14 9 9 4 4 2.3 13.4 5.0 1.6 0.8 1.1
1976 32 10 8 8 4 3 1.8 8.7 4.3 1.2 0.9 0.7
1977 27 9 6 7 4 2 1.5 7.7 3.2 1.1 0.7 0.5
1978 35 10 8 9 5 3 1.8 9.2 3.9 1.4 0.9 0.7
1979 38 11 9 10 4 4 2.0 10.4 4.6 1.4 0.8 0.9
1980 32 10 6 9 5 2 1.7 8.9 2.8 1.4 0.9 0.5
1981 40 10 8 13 5 3 2.0 8.5 3.8 1.9 1.0 0.7
1982 52 14 11 17 6 4 2.6 12.0 4.9 2.3 1.1 1.0
1983 69 15 16 24 9 6 3.4 12.4 6.8 3.1 1.7 1.5
1984 64 13 12 23 11 5 3.2 11.3 5.3 3.0 2.1 1.3
1985 53 11 12 19 7 4 2.6 9.6 4.9 2.5 1.3 1.0
1986 42 11 8 14 6 3 2.0 8.2 3.4 1.7 0.9 0.9
1987 45 11 10 14 7 3 2.1 7.8 3.8 1.8 1.1 0.9
1988 69 18 15 22 10 5 3.2 12.4 5.8 2.7 1.5 1.5
1989  106 19 23 37 18 8 4.9 16.1 9.2 4.6 2.7 2.5
1990  112 18 24 42 21 7 5.2 16.2 9.8 5.3 3.0 2.3
1991  116 17 26 45 20 8 5.5 17.7 10.9 5.6 2.9 2.6
                         
Males                        
1972 15 5 3 2 2 2 1.4 9.9 3.4 0.6 0.5 1.0
1973 11 4 3 2 1 1 1.0 7.1 3.1 0.5 0.3 0.6
1974 11 4 2 2 1 2 1.0 7.2 2.2 0.6 0.3 0.7
1975 21 7 5 4 2 2 1.9 13.2 5.7 1.0 0.6 0.9
1976 16 4 4 3 2 2 1.4 7.4 4.4 0.8 0.6 0.8
1977 11 4 2 3 1 1 1.0 6.9 2.4 0.6 0.4 0.5
1978 16 5 4 4 2 2 1.4 8.3 3.6 1.0 0.6 0.6
1979 18 5 5 5 1 2 1.6 9.5 4.5 1.2 0.3 0.9
1980 14 5 3 4 2 1 1.3 7.6 2.2 1.0 0.5 0.4
1981 18 6 4 5 2 1 1.5 8.6 3.3 1.1 0.7 0.5
1982 27 8 6 9 2 3 2.3 11.5 4.5 2.0 0.7 1.2
1983 37 8 8 13 5 4 3.2 11.6 6.2 2.9 1.6 1.6
1984 36 7 7 13 7 3 3.1 10.9 5.1 2.9 2.2 1.4
1985 25 5 6 8 4 2 2.2 8.4 4.5 1.8 1.2 1.0
1986 18 5 3 6 3 2 1.5 6.6 2.4 1.3 0.8 1.0
1987 21 5 4 7 3 2 1.7 6.4 2.9 1.5 0.8 1.1
1988 36 9 7 11 5 3 3.0 13.0 5.0 2.6 1.3 1.8
1989 61 11 13 22 10 5 5.1 17.7 9.2 4.9 2.8 2.7
1990 66 10 14 25 12 5 5.6 18.0 10.4 5.6 3.2 2.6
1991 68 9 15 27 13 5 5.9 18.1 11.5 6.0 3.3 3.1
                         
Females                        
1972 13 4 2 3 2 2 2.2 8.2 3.0 1.9 1.2 1.3
1973 15 5 3 3 2 2 2.5 11.6 4.2 1.9 0.9 1.4
1974 14 6 3 2 2 1 2.2 12.7 3.3 1.3 0.9 1.0
1975 20 7 3 5 2 2 3.0 13.7 4.0 2.7 1.2 1.5
1976 16 5 4 4 2 1 2.3 10.2 4.2 1.9 1.2 0.5
1977 16 5 4 4 2 1 2.1 8.7 4.1 1.8 1.2 0.5
1978 18 5 4 5 3 1 2.4 10.2 4.2 2.1 1.4 0.7
1979 19 6 4 5 3 1 2.5 11.4 4.7 1.9 1.4 0.8
1980 18 5 3 5 3 1 2.3 10.6 3.5 1.8 1.4 0.7
1981 22 5 4 9 3 1 2.7 8.5 4.5 3.0 1.3 0.9
1982 25 7 5 8 4 1 3.0 12.7 5.4 2.8 1.6 0.8
1983 32 7 8 11 4 2 3.8 13.2 7.6 3.5 1.8 1.4
1984 28 6 6 10 5 2 3.2 11.8 5.6 3.0 1.9 1.2
1985 28 6 6 11 4 2 3.1 10.9 5.4 3.3 1.5 1.0
1986 24 6 5 8 3 1 2.5 9.8 4.6 2.3 1.1 0.8
1987 25 6 6 8 4 1 2.5 9.3 5.0 2.2 1.4 0.6
1988 33 8 8 10 5 2 3.4 11.8 6.8 2.9 1.8 1.2
1989 45 8 11 15 8 3 4.7 14.4 9.3 4.2 2.6 2.2
1990 46 8 10 17 9 2 4.8 14.2 9.0 4.8 2.8 1.9
1991 48 8 11 18 8 3 5.0 17.3 10.2 5.0 2.4 2.0
Source: NOS Labour Market Statistics.
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