Statistics Norway

9.7 Population aged 16-74, by labour force status and sex1
Sex Year Population, total In the labour force Not in the labour force Population, total In the labour force Not in the labour force
Total Employed persons Nonemployed persons seeking work Total Employed persons Nonemployed persons seeking work2
  1000 Per cent
I alt Total                    
1972 2 732 1 677 1 648 28 1 056  100.0 61.4 60.3 1.7 38.6
1973 2 749 1 680 1 654 26 1 069  100.0 61.1 60.2 1.5 38.9
1974 2 768 1 683 1 659 25 1 084  100.0 60.8 59.9 1.5 39.2
1975 2 809 1 747 1 707 40 1 062  100.0 62.2 60.8 2.3 37.8
1976 2 826 1 821 1 789 32 1 004  100.0 64.5 63.3 1.8 35.5
1977 2 844 1 851 1 824 27  993  100.0 65.1 64.1 1.5 34.9
1978 2 866 1 888 1 854 35  978  100.0 65.9 64.7 1.8 34.1
1979 2 885 1 909 1 872 38  976  100.0 66.2 64.9 2.0 33.8
1980 2 887 1 940 1 908 32  947  100.0 67.2 66.1 1.7 32.8
1981 2 909 1 974 1 935 40  934  100.0 67.9 66.5 2.0 32.1
1982 2 937 1 995 1 943 52  942  100.0 67.9 66.2 2.6 32.1
1983 2 957 2 014 1 945 69  943  100.0 68.1 65.8 3.4 31.9
1984 2 979 2 034 1 970 64  945  100.0 68.3 66.1 3.2 31.7
1985 3 004 2 067 2 014 53  936  100.0 68.8 67.0 2.6 31.2
1986 3 024 2 128 2 086 42  896  100.0 70.4 69.0 2.0 29.6
1987 3 046 2 171 2 126 45  875  100.0 71.3 69.8 2.1 28.7
1988 3 071 2 183 2 114 69  888  100.0 71.1 68.8 3.2 28.9
1989 3 087 2 155 2 049  106  933  100.0 69.8 66.4 4.9 30.2
1990 3 094 2 142 2 030  112  952  100.0 69.2 65.6 5.2 30.8
1991 3 105 2 126 2 010  116  979  100.0 68.5 64.7 5.5 31.5
                     
Males                    
1972 1 360 1 063 1 048 15  297  100.0 78.1 77.0 1.4 21.9
1973 1 368 1 059 1 049 11  309  100.0 77.4 76.6 1.0 22.6
1974 1 378 1 067 1 056 11  312  100.0 77.4 76.6 1.0 22.6
1975 1 403 1 087 1 066 21  316  100.0 77.5 76.0 1.9 22.5
1976 1 411 1 108 1 092 16  304  100.0 78.5 77.3 1.4 21.5
1977 1 421 1 119 1 108 11  302  100.0 78.8 78.0 1.0 21.2
1978 1 433 1 130 1 114 16  303  100.0 78.8 77.7 1.4 21.2
1979 1 442 1 128 1 110 18  315  100.0 78.2 76.9 1.6 21.8
1980 1 446 1 147 1 133 14  299  100.0 79.3 78.3 1.3 20.7
1981 1 458 1 157 1 139 18  301  100.0 79.3 78.1 1.5 20.7
1982 1 467 1 165 1 138 27  302  100.0 79.4 77.6 2.3 20.6
1983 1 482 1 164 1 127 37  318  100.0 78.5 76.0 3.2 21.5
1984 1 487 1 167 1 131 36  321  100.0 78.4 76.0 3.1 21.6
1985 1 503 1 174 1 149 25  329  100.0 78.1 76.4 2.2 21.9
1986 1 518 1 190 1 172 18  329  100.0 78.4 77.2 1.5 21.6
1987 1 536 1 209 1 188 21  327  100.0 78.7 77.4 1.7 21.3
1988 1 544 1 209 1 173 36  334  100.0 78.3 76.0 3.0 21.7
1989 1 551 1 197 1 136 61  354  100.0 77.2 73.2 5.1 22.8
1990 1 554 1 181 1 115 66  373  100.0 76.0 71.8 5.6 24.0
1991 1 560 1 163 1 095 68  396  100.0 74.6 70.2 5.9 25.4
                     
Females                    
1972 1 372  614  601 13  758  100.0 44.7 43.8 2.2 55.3
1973 1 381  621  605 15  760  100.0 45.0 43.8 2.5 55.0
1974 1 389  616  603 14  773  100.0 44.4 43.4 2.2 55.6
1975 1 406  660  641 20  746  100.0 47.0 45.6 3.0 53.0
1976 1 414  713  697 16  701  100.0 50.4 49.3 2.3 49.6
1977 1 423  732  716 16  691  100.0 51.4 50.3 2.1 48.6
1978 1 433  759  740 18  675  100.0 52.9 51.6 2.4 47.1
1979 1 442  781  762 19  661  100.0 54.2 52.8 2.5 45.8
1980 1 440  793  775 18  647  100.0 55.1 53.8 2.3 44.9
1981 1 451  818  796 22  633  100.0 56.4 54.8 2.7 43.6
1982 1 470  830  805 25  640  100.0 56.5 54.8 3.0 43.5
1983 1 475  850  818 32  625  100.0 57.6 55.5 3.8 42.4
1984 1 491  867  839 28  624  100.0 58.1 56.3 3.2 41.9
1985 1 501  893  865 28  607  100.0 59.5 57.7 3.1 40.5
1986 1 505  938  914 24  567  100.0 62.3 60.7 2.5 37.7
1987 1 510  962  938 25  548  100.0 63.7 62.1 2.5 36.3
1988 1 528  974  941 33  554  100.0 63.7 61.6 3.4 36.3
1989 1 536  957  913 45  579  100.0 62.3 59.4 4.7 37.7
1990 1 540  961  915 46  579  100.0 62.4 59.4 4.8 37.6
1991 1 545  963  914 48  583  100.0 62.3 59.2 5.0 37.7
1  There are some breaks in the timeseries, see http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/histstat/kap09.html. The most significant break was in 1976, resulting in an increase in the number of persons employed by 30 000, due to changes in the questionnaire.
2  Non-employed persons seeking work as a percentage of the labour force.
Source: NOS Labour Market Statistics.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/aku/ 

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