Statistics Norway - home page

Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, May 2008
1 Employment and unemployment for persons aged 16-74 years, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. Absolute figures in 1 000 and unemployed persons in per cent of the labour force
  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
               
2003              
June 2 374 2 264 1 757 109 4.6 95 110
               
July 2 370 2 263 1 770 107 4.5 92 108
August 2 378 2 267 1 784 110 4.6 95 111
September 2 381 2 271 1 780 110 4.6 95 112
October 2 387 2 279 1 779 108 4.5 94 111
November 2 378 2 269 1 761 109 4.6 94 111
December 2 373 2 263 1 726 109 4.6 95 112
               
2004              
January 2 366 2 260 1 720 105 4.5 93 111
February 2 369 2 265 1 724 104 4.4 93 112
March 2 377 2 274 1 769 102 4.3 91 111
April 2 378 2 274 1 771 104 4.4 92 111
May 2 383 2 277 1 771 105 4.4 93 110
June 2 383 2 278 1 772 105 4.4 91 109
               
July 2 384 2 279 1 771 105 4.4 92 108
August 2 388 2 280 1 777 108 4.5 91 106
September 2 390 2 283 1 767 107 4.5 91 106
October 2 393 2 285 1 765 107 4.5 91 106
November 2 389 2 282 1 771 107 4.5 90 106
December 2 388 2 282 1 787 107 4.5 89 105
               
2005              
January 2 386 2 277 1 792 109 4.6 89 105
February 2 385 2 276 1 807 109 4.6 88 104
March 2 387 2 275 1 806 113 4.7 88 103
April 2 391 2 279 1 818 112 4.7 86 102
May 2 392 2 281 1 797 111 4.6 85 99
June 2 402 2 290 1 788 112 4.7 84 98
               
July 2 407 2 291 1 755 116 4.8 83 96
August 2 408 2 294 1 754 114 4.7 81 94
September 2 403 2 291 1 774 111 4.6 81 93
October 2 409 2 298 1 813 111 4.6 82 92
November 2 414 2 305 1 841 110 4.6 78 88
December 2 419 2 313 1 839 106 4.4 77 86
               
2006              
January 2 422 2 321 1 835 101 4.2 73 84
February 2 422 2 325 1 809 97 4.0 70 81
March 2 428 2 330 1 804 98 4.0 69 80
April 2 431 2 336 1 805 95 3.9 68 77
May 2 435 2 343 1 821 92 3.8 66 75
June 2 435 2 349 1 808 86 3.5 64 74
               
July 2 438 2 355 1 818 83 3.4 62 72
August 2 443 2 363 1 817 79 3.3 60 70
September 2 448 2 370 1 839 77 3.2 58 68
October 2 451 2 377 1 838 74 3.0 56 66
November 2 456 2 385 1 840 71 2.9 55 65
December 2 460 2 390 1 849 70 2.9 53 64
               
2007              
January 2 463 2 394 1 859 69 2.8 52 62
February 2 469 2 400 1 866 69 2.8 51 61
March 2 474 2 406 1 852 68 2.7 49 60
April 2 484 2 418 1 847 67 2.7 48 59
May 2 488 2 426 1 855 62 2.5 46 56
June 2 491 2 430 1 861 62 2.5 46 56
               
July 2 501 2 439 1 865 62 2.5 47 56
August 2 505 2 443 1 864 62 2.5 45 54
September 2 520 2 455 1 881 64 2.6 43 53
October 2 534 2 471 1 903 63 2.5 43 53
November 2 545 2 481 1 891 64 2.5 42 52
December 2 552 2 490 1 909 63 2.5 42 51
               
2008              
January 2 554 2 492 1 904 62 2.4 42 51
February 2 566 2 501 1 929 65 2.5 41 51
March 2 574 2 512 1 932 62 2.4 41 51
April 2 578 2 515 1 946 63 2.4 40 51
May 2 580 2 516 1 953 64 2.5 40 52
June .. .. .. .. .. 40 51