Statistics Norway

9.9 Persons in the labour force, by age and sex. Per cent of total in each group
Sex Year Total Age. Years
16-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 40-54 55-66 67-74
Total                
1972 61.4 41.0 57.0 68.7 74.6 74.0 59.9 23.9
1973 61.1 39.4 57.6 69.3 73.5 75.4 59.6 19.7
1974 60.8 39.9 58.5 68.6 74.5 75.1 59.1 16.2
1975 62.2 42.5 58.7 70.8 76.1 77.2 60.1 17.5
1976 64.5 45.8 60.9 72.1 78.8 79.9 61.8 19.1
1977 65.1 46.3 60.5 73.2 80.2 80.2 62.8 19.1
1978 65.9 45.4 63.2 72.9 81.2 82.1 63.2 18.8
1979 66.2 43.5 62.9 75.2 82.0 82.9 63.2 17.5
1980 67.2 45.0 71.6 75.6 82.4 83.1 62.5 16.6
1981 67.9 46.8 70.0 74.8 83.9 84.7 62.8 17.1
1982 67.9 45.4 72.4 76.4 83.5 85.2 62.6 15.2
1983 68.1 46.0 73.6 77.4 84.3 84.8 61.6 14.3
1984 68.3 42.5 72.7 79.5 84.8 86.0 61.2 15.1
1985 68.8 44.5 73.7 81.9 85.8 85.7 61.3 13.3
1986 70.4 50.2 76.0 82.8 87.5 86.9 60.8 12.9
1987 71.3 53.3 76.3 83.7 88.4 87.5 60.8 14.0
1988 71.1 53.3 77.9 82.6 88.1 87.4 60.2 11.7
1989 69.8 46.1 74.9 83.0 87.2 86.7 58.9 11.2
1990 69.2 44.3 72.9 82.1 86.9 86.5 58.0 11.1
1991 68.5 39.7 70.6 80.4 87.0 86.3 58.0 9.4
                 
Males                
1972 78.1 43.2 61.9 89.5 95.6 93.4 81.0 36.8
1973 77.4 41.1 61.4 88.5 95.7 93.8 81.1 30.3
1974 77.4 42.2 61.8 89.2 96.6 93.7 80.5 26.6
1975 77.5 44.6 61.0 89.5 96.1 94.6 79.6 28.2
1976 78.5 48.3 63.0 87.8 96.9 95.3 81.1 28.8
1977 78.8 47.8 63.7 88.7 97.1 95.2 81.6 29.1
1978 78.8 47.2 65.4 88.1 97.5 95.7 80.9 28.6
1979 78.2 45.3 64.1 88.4 96.9 95.6 80.1 26.4
1980 79.3 47.6 179.1 88.7 96.8 93.9 79.1 25.9
1981 79.3 48.6 78.5 88.5 96.3 94.4 78.2 27.0
1982 79.4 50.4 80.3 89.6 95.5 95.2 77.8 23.2
1983 78.5 47.8 81.2 88.2 96.2 94.2 75.5 22.1
1984 78.4 45.3 80.1 90.0 96.8 94.0 74.7 21.5
1985 78.1 45.9 79.7 91.8 96.2 94.0 74.0 19.2
1986 78.4 49.5 81.5 90.2 96.4 94.0 72.5 18.9
1987 78.7 52.5 81.9 91.1 96.2 93.6 71.9 20.9
1988 78.3 53.4 82.8 91.0 95.6 92.9 71.0 16.8
1989 77.2 46.5 79.5 90.2 94.9 93.1 69.6 16.2
1990 76.0 45.0 78.4 88.5 93.6 92.4 67.4 14.9
1991 74.6 38.8 74.5 86.5 93.7 91.9 66.5 12.4
                 
Females                
1972 44.7 38.7 51.9 46.4 52.9 54.5 40.1 13.6
1973 45.0 37.7 53.6 48.9 50.4 56.9 39.5 11.2
1974 44.4 37.5 55.0 46.5 51.4 56.4 39.1 7.9
1975 47.0 40.4 56.2 50.9 55.2 59.5 41.9 8.8
1976 50.4 43.2 58.8 55.2 59.8 64.2 43.8 11.2
1977 51.4 44.6 57.2 56.6 62.2 64.9 45.5 10.7
1978 52.9 43.5 60.8 56.6 64.0 68.3 46.6 10.8
1979 54.2 41.5 61.7 61.3 66.0 70.0 47.3 10.2
1980 55.1 42.0 64.0 61.3 67.3 72.0 46.9 8.7
1981 56.4 44.9 60.8 61.1 70.6 74.6 48.4 8.8
1982 56.5 40.4 64.0 62.9 70.5 75.2 48.4 8.4
1983 57.6 44.1 65.7 66.5 71.6 75.2 48.5 7.8
1984 58.1 39.6 65.0 68.7 72.3 77.4 48.4 9.9
1985 59.5 43.1 67.5 72.1 74.5 77.0 49.3 8.5
1986 62.3 50.9 70.2 75.2 78.2 79.5 49.7 8.0
1987 63.7 54.1 70.3 75.9 80.3 81.1 50.3 8.1
1988 63.7 53.1 72.6 73.6 80.3 81.6 49.9 7.5
1989 62.3 45.7 70.1 75.3 79.1 80.0 48.7 7.1
1990 62.4 43.7 67.1 75.2 79.9 80.3 49.1 7.9
1991 62.3 40.7 66.6 73.9 80.2 80.3 49.9 6.9
1  From 1980, conscripts are included as employed (with a resultant increase in labour force participation rate for men aged 20-24).
Source: NOS Labour Market Statistics.
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