Statistics Norway
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2001
13 Unemployed persons by sex and age (LFS). 1000 and per cent
Age. Year Annual average 2000 2001
2000 2001 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
                 
  1000
                 
Total 81 84 82 71 87 84 86 78
16-24 32 33 36 27 31 36 33 30
25-54 44 46 42 39 47 43 48 44
55-74 5 6 4 5 8 6 5 5
                 
Males 46 46 40 41 50 47 44 43
16-24 17 17 17 14 17 18 17 17
25-54 26 25 20 24 28 25 24 23
55-74 3 3 3 3 5 4 2 3
                 
Females 35 38 42 31 37 37 43 35
16-24 15 15 19 13 15 18 16 13
25-54 18 20 22 15 19 18 24 20
55-74 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2
                 
                 
  Per cent
                 
Total 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.1 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.3
16-24 10.2 10.6 10.8 8.7 11.0 11.4 10.4 9.8
25-54 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.5 2.9 2.6
55-74 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.6 2.1 1.5 1.3 1.3
                 
Males 3.6 3.7 3.2 3.2 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.5
16-24 9.9 10.8 9.6 8.4 11.0 11.1 10.4 10.8
25-54 2.9 2.8 2.2 2.6 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.6
55-74 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 2.3 1.8 1.2 1.5
                 
Females 3.2 3.4 3.8 2.8 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.2
16-24 10.6 10.4 12.0 9.0 11.0 11.7 10.3 8.7
25-54 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.0 2.4 2.2 3.1 2.6
55-74 1.1 1.4 0.7 1.5 1.9 1.2 1.5 1.0