Statistics Norway
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2001
2 Population aged 16-74 år in the labour force, employed persons and unemployed persons by sex (LFS). 1000 and per cent
  Population Labour force Employed persons Unemployed persons
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
                 
  Annual average
1985 1 503 1 501 1 174 893 1 149 865 25 28
1990 1 554 1 540 1 181 961 1 115 915 66 46
1996 1 583 1 563 1 212 1 028 1 154 978 58 50
1997 1 587 1 567 1 234 1 054 1 185 1 010 48 44
1998 1 595 1 572 1 251 1 072 1 211 1 037 40 35
1999 1 603 1 579 1 250 1 083 1 208 1 050 42 33
2000 1 614 1 587 1 258 1 092 1 212 1 057 46 35
2001 1 621 1 593 1 260 1 102 1 214 1 064 46 38
                 
  Changes from the year before1
1985 16 9 7 26 18 26 -11 -
1993 5 4 -3 4 -4 4 1 -
1994 6 6 9 11 16 15 -7 -3
1995 2 1 15 20 24 21 -9 -
1996 4 2 : : : : -3 4
1997 5 4 22 26 31 32 -10 -6
1998 8 6 17 19 26 28 -9 -9
1999 9 7 - 11 -3 13 3 -2
2000 10 8 8 9 4 7 4 2
2001 7 6 2 9 2 7 - 3
                 
  Per cent of total population Per cent of the labour force
1985 100 100 78.1 59.5 76.4 57.7 2.2 3.1
1993 100 100 74.1 62.3 69.1 59.1 6.6 5.1
1994 100 100 74.3 62.8 69.9 59.8 6.0 4.7
1995 100 100 75.2 64.0 71.3 61.1 5.2 4.6
1996 100 100 76.6 65.8 72.9 62.5 4.8 4.9
1997 100 100 77.7 67.2 74.7 64.4 3.9 4.2
1998 100 100 78.4 68.2 75.9 66.0 3.2 3.3
1999 100 100 78.0 68.6 75.3 66.5 3.4 3.0
2000 100 100 77.9 68.8 75.1 66.6 3.6 3.2
2001 100 100 77.7 69.2 74.9 66.8 3.7 3.4
  Quarterly figures
1999                
1st quarter 1 604 1 579 1 239 1 072 1 199 1 041 39 31
2nd quarter 1 603 1 578 1 253 1 091 1 210 1 058 43 33
3rd quarter 1 603 1 579 1 258 1 090 1 216 1 054 42 36
4th quarter 1 603 1 580 1 251 1 079 1 207 1 049 44 30
                 
2000                
1st quarter 1 615 1 588 1 253 1 085 1 197 1 049 55 36
2nd quarter 1 615 1 588 1 270 1 094 1 223 1 063 47 31
3rd quarter 1 614 1 587 1 259 1 105 1 220 1 063 40 42
4th quarter 1 612 1 587 1 248 1 085 1 208 1 054 41 31
                 
2001                
1st quarter 1 623 1 594 1 258 1 091 1 208 1 054 50 37
2nd quarter 1 621 1 593 1 269 1 104 1 222 1 067 47 37
3rd quarter 1 620 1 592 1 263 1 108 1 220 1 065 44 43
4th quarter 1 618 1 592 1 249 1 103 1 206 1 069 43 35
  Changes from same quarter the year before
1999                
1st quarter 8 6 -1 12 5 17 -5 -5
2nd quarter 8 7 -5 7 -5 14 - -8
3rd quarter 9 7 -3 9 -9 11 7 -3
4th quarter 9 7 6 16 -3 11 9 5
                 
2000                
1st quarter 10 9 14 13 -2 8 16 5
2nd quarter 12 9 17 3 13 5 5 -2
3rd quarter 11 8 1 15 3 9 -2 6
4th quarter 9 7 -2 6 1 5 -3 1
                 
2001                
1st quarter 9 6 5 6 10 5 -5 1
2nd quarter 7 5 -1 10 -1 4 - 6
3rd quarter 6 5 4 3 - 2 4 -
4th quarter 6 5 1 19 -2 15 3 4