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Unemployment 3.6 per cent
A total of 97 000 persons were unemployed in January. This is 3.6 per cent of the labour force according to seasonally-adjusted figures from the Labour Force Survey.
| January 2013 | Change from the previous non-overlapping three-month period | |
|---|---|---|
| 1Three-month average named by the middle month. | ||
| Unemployed persons | 97 000 | 9 000 |
| In per cent of the labour force | 3.6 | 0.3 |
| Employed persons | 2 593 000 | -11 000 |
| In per cent of the population | 68.7 | -0.5 |
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) shows that there were 9 000 more unemployed persons in January 2013 (average of December – February) than in October 2012 (average of September – November), adjusted for seasonal variations. This change is within the LFS error margin.
Stable employment
The LFS showed a decrease in employment of 11 000 persons from October 2012 to January 2013, adjusted for seasonal variations. Since June 2012, the employment figures have only shown variations that are within the LFS error margin in the LFS. This represents a break with an almost two-year long period of growth in employment until that point of time.
From October 2012 to January 2013, the population aged 15-74 years increased by 14 000 persons. The employment rate, which is employed persons as a percentage of the population aged 15–74, fell from 69.2 per cent in October to 68.7 per cent in January.
11 per cent unemployment in the EU15 area
In Denmark, the seasonally-adjusted unemployment went up from 7.3 per cent in October to 7.4 per cent in January. In Sweden, unemployment as a percentage of the labour force remained unchanged at 8.0 per cent during this period. In the EU15, unemployment increased from 10.9 per cent in October to 11.0 per cent in January. The international figures refer to seasonally-adjusted data from Eurostat.
Employment and unemployment figures include permanent residentsOpen and readClose
The LFS only includes persons who are registered as residents in the population register. Persons working in Norwaywho are not registered as permanent residents or who are planning to stay for less than six months are not included in the employment figure in the LFS. If these people lose their job it does not count as a fall in employment or a rise in unemployment. In national accounts figures (NR), employed non-residents are included in the employment figure as long as they work in an establishment in Norway. If employment decreases in this group it will count as a fall in employment in NR. Statistics Norwaypublishes separate figures for all registered non-residents once a year. See short-term immigrants.
Additional information
The purpose of making seasonal adjustments is to describe the development over the last year, corrected for seasonal variations. In order to reduce uncertainty, the published series are three-month moving averages of the seasonally-adjusted figures.
Contact
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Jørn Ivar Hamre
E-mail: jorn.ivar.hamre@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 21 09 49 29
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Erik Herstad Horgen
E-mail: erik.horgen@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 21 09 47 82
