Statistics Norway
Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, October 2000
1 Persons aged 16-74 years by labour force status, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. 1000
  Labour force Employed persons Man-weeks worked of 37.5 hours Unemployed persons (LFS) Unemployed persons
(LFS) in per cent of
the labour force		 Registered unemployed1 Registered
unemployed +government
measures1
               
1995              
November 2 208 2 102 1 711 106 4.8 103 148
December 2 213 2 099 1 692 113 5.1 100 145
               
1996              
January 2 219 2 107 1 702 113 5.1 100 144
February 2 223 2 104 1 694 119 5.4 99 143
March 2 222 2 109 1 702 113 5.1 99 141
April 2 220 2 111 1 689 110 4.9 100 140
May 2 226 2 122 1 702 104 4.7 101 138
June 2 234 2 130 1 714 104 4.6 99 135
               
July 2 254 2 147 1 741 107 4.7 98 133
August 2 254 2 144 1 734 111 4.9 96 130
September 2 255 2 147 1 734 108 4.8 94 128
October 2 251 2 145 1 723 106 4.7 92 125
November 2 256 2 158 1 733 98 4.4 91 123
December 2 259 2 163 1 744 96 4.2 89 121
               
1997              
January 2 259 2 164 1 744 95 4.2 87 116
February 2 264 2 170 1 758 94 4.1 85 112
March 2 274 2 181 1 760 92 4.1 85 111
April 2 280 2 188 1 766 92 4.0 83 107
May 2 282 2 187 1 763 95 4.2 82 106
June 2 289 2 193 1 751 96 4.2 79 102
               
July 2 290 2 197 1 753 93 4.1 78 100
August 2 296 2 206 1 761 90 3.9 77 97
September 2 297 2 210 1 784 88 3.8 75 94
October 2 298 2 214 1 798 84 3.6 72 91
November 2 306 2 217 1 799 89 3.8 67 89
December 2 305 2 220 1 805 86 3.7 65 88
               
1998              
January 2 308 2 223 1 804 86 3.7 66 86
February 2 309 2 232 1 806 77 3.3 64 83
March 2 317 2 240 1 804 77 3.3 62 81
April 2 322 2 244 1 809 79 3.4 61 79
May 2 325 2 247 1 812 78 3.4 59 77
June 2 325 2 246 1 810 79 3.4 59 75
               
July 2 325 2 250 1 805 75 3.2 58 72
August 2 324 2 253 1 812 71 3.1 58 71
September 2 325 2 259 1 816 66 2.8 57 69
October 2 327 2 260 1 822 66 2.9 58 68
November 2 330 2 260 1 821 70 3.0 58 67
December 2 326 2 258 1 823 68 2.9 59 67
               
1999              
January 2 327 2 259 1 806 68 2.9 59 67
February 2 327 2 259 1 798 68 2.9 58 67
March 2 327 2 257 1 793 70 3.0 59 66
April 2 322 2 253 1 802 69 3.0 59 68
May 2 329 2 258 1 798 71 3.0 55 63
June 2 330 2 259 1 801 71 3.0 59 68
               
July 2 329 2 256 1 794 73 3.1 61 71
August 2 326 2 249 1 795 76 3.3 61 70
September 2 340 2 254 1 794 85 3.7 62 69
October 2 351 2 264 1 803 87 3.7 61 67
November 2 350 2 265 1 801 85 3.6 61 70
December 2 344 2 258 1 785 85 3.6 62 70
               
2000              
January 2 350 2 263 1 793 87 3.7 62 72
February 2 352 2 265 1 805 87 3.7 62 72
March 2 352 2 269 1 818 83 3.5 62 73
April 2 353 2 274 1 818 79 3.4 62 72
May2 2 353 2 278 1 823 75 3.2 64 74
June 2 349 2 274 1 813 75 3.2 62 74
July 2 349 2 272 1 813 77 3.3 62 74
August 2 349 2 270 1 800 79 3.4 62 74
September 2 356 2 278 1 804 79 3.3 62 75
October 2 356 2 278 1 799 78 3.3 63 76
November .. .. .. .. .. 64 75

1 The figures previous to January 1999 are adjusted for the definition-break in the series. 2 Due to the method of estimation the result of the strike in May is not included in the figures of man-week worked.