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Economic indicators for Norway

Labour market. 1000 persons and per cent. Seasonally adjusted
  Labour force survey1 Labour and Welfare Organisation Sickness absence
Employed Man-weeks worked (of 37.5 hours Labour force Unem-
ployed2
Unem-
ployment. Per cent of labour force
Regis-
tered unem-
ployed
Regis-
tered unem-
ployed and partici-
pants in measures
New vacancies regis-
tered
Total numbers of vacancies Sickness absence rate3
2011 2 543 1 942 2 629 86 3,3 .. .. .. .. ..
2010 2 508 1 897 2 602 94 3,6 74,6 91,3 19,6 24,3 6,8
2009 2 508 1 884 2 590 82 3,2 69,3 86,9 21,6 23,8 7,5
2008 2 524 1 951 2 591 67 2,6 42,5 53,4 29,7 26,6 7,0
2007 2 443 1 870 2 507 63 2,5 46,0 56,1 33,3 24,3 6,9
                     
2012                    
January .. .. .. .. .. 64,2 82,2 22,8 .. ..
                     
2011                    
December .. .. .. .. .. 67,6 84,9 18,8 27,0 ..
November 2 556 1 992 2 645 89 3,4 66,7 85,0 23,4 27,7 ..
October 2 552 1 982 2 642 90 3,4 67,9 85,5 19,2 26,8 ..
September 2 550 1 955 2 637 87 3,3 68,3 85,9 17,8 26,6 6,6
August 2 548 1 922 2 633 84 3,2 68,9 85,3 20,3 26,6 6,6
July 2 537 1 892 2 620 83 3,2 69,0 85,1 19,4 27,2 6,6
                     
June 2 531 1 916 2 617 86 3,3 68,8 84,2 15,2 26,4 6,5
May 2 527 1 929 2 613 86 3,3 69,1 83,2 28,3 28,1 6,5
April 2 534 1 929 2 622 88 3,4 69,6 84,4 16,2 28,7 6,5
March 2 530 1 925 2 615 85 3,3 70,1 84,3 26,6 24,5 7,3
February 2 521 1 925 2 604 83 3,2 72,0 86,4 20,5 25,8 7,3
January 2 513 1 919 2 600 87 3,3 72,9 87,3 21,0 25,5 7,3
                     
2010                    
December 2 514 1 913 2 603 89 3,4 74,6 89,7 20,1 26,0 7,0
November 2 513 1 909 2 607 94 3,6 75,8 90,5 18,8 24,8 7,0
October 2 507 1 908 2 598 91 3,5 75,3 89,4 19,5 25,0 7,0
September 2 500 1 904 2 592 91 3,5 74,9 89,2 18,3 24,9 7,0
August 2 503 1 882 2 592 89 3,4 73,4 87,5 21,3 25,1 7,0
1  Three-month moving average. Figures for february, may, august and november makes the average for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarter.
2  As from 2006 the LFS was revised, resulting insome breaks in the series.
3  Self-certified absence and sickness absence man-days certified by a doctor, quarterly data. Not seasonally adjusted.
Source: Statistics Norway and the Directorate of Labour.

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