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Registered unemployed, 2012, year average

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Declining or stable unemployment in most counties

Telemark and Vest-Agder were the only counties with an increase in the number of registered unemployed persons between 2011 and 2012. However, in terms of the unemployment rate, Telemark was the only county with an increase.

Unemployed persons registered at the Employment Office. Municipalities with the highest and the lowest unemployment rate, by sex. Annual average. Per cent.Published 14 February 2013
  2012
  Total Males Females
Municipalities with the lowest rate of unemployment:      
1417 Vik 0.7 0.9 0.6
1546 Sandøy 0.7 0.3 1.3
1046 Sirdal 0.8 0.7 0.8
1151 Utsira 0.8 1.2 0.2
1265 Fedje 0.8 1.2 0.3
1266 Masfjorden 0.8 0.6 1.0
1418 Balestrand 0.8 0.8 0.8
1431 Jølster 0.8 1.1 0.5
1567 Rindal 0.8 0.8 0.7
Municipalities with the highest rate of unemployment:      
2022 Lebesby 5.3 6.9 3.5
2023 Gamvik 5.3 5.4 5.2
1837 Meløy 5.5 7.0 3.6
2028 Båtsfjord 5.6 6.2 4.9
2002 Vardø 6.2 7.6 4.5
2011 Guovdageaidnu Kautokeino 6.4 9.1 3.5
1857 Værøy 8.0 11.5 3.9

Source: Statistics Norway

On average, 65 682 persons were registered as unemployed in 2012. This corresponds to 2.5 per cent of the labour force, and is 0.2 percentage points less than for 2011. Østfold and Telemark had the highest registered unemployment rate, with 3.3 per cent, while Rogaland and Sogn og Fjordane, both with 1.8 per cent, had the lowest.

Broken down by gender, Telemark had the highest unemployment rate among men, with 3.7 per cent, while Sogn og Fjordane had the lowest, with 2.1 per cent. For women, the corresponding figures were Østfold with 3 per cent and Sogn og Fjordane with 1.6 per cent.

Among the municipalities, Værøy in Nordland had the highest registered unemployment rate, with 8 per cent, while Vik in Sogn og Fjordane and Sandøy in Møre og Romsdal had the lowest, both with 0.7 per cent. It is primarily the smaller municipalities that have the highest or lowest rates of unemployment. Meløy had the highest increase in the share of unemployment, from 2.8 per cent to 5.5 per cent, while Leirfjord had the greatest decline, from 4.2 to 2.4 per cent. Among the larger municipalities, Sarpsborg had the highest registered unemployment rate in 2012, with 3.9 per cent. Kongsberg had the lowest unemployment rate, with 1.3 per cent.

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Unemployment is measured in two different ways in Norway: NAV’s figures on registered unemployed persons and Statistics Norway’s figures on unemployment based on the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Unlike NAV’s figures, the LFS figures also include unemployed persons who are not registered with NAV, as well as those registered with NAV but who are classified as participants on labour market initiatives. Conversely, some registered unemployed persons are not classified as unemployed in the LFS. This particularly applies to older age groups with long periods of unemployment who no longer consider themselves to be active jobseekers. Persons on involuntary leave (of up to 3 months) are also not regarded as unemployed in the LFS, but as employed (temporarily absent). The registered unemployed figure must not therefore be confused with the unemployment figure in Statistics Norway’s Labour Force Survey.

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