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Table 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
2		 Unemployed persons
(LFS)		 Unemployed persons
(LFS) in per
cent of the labour
force		 Registered unemployed
(NAV) 1		 Registered unemployed
+government measures
(NAV) 1
2003M01 2374 2281 1768 93 3.9 86 98
2003M02 2373 2279 1770 94 3.9 89 99
2003M03 2371 2275 1759 95 4.0 91 102
2003M04 2374 2275 1743 99 4.2 93 104
2003M05 2373 2274 1745 100 4.2 94 106
2003M06 2373 2271 1755 102 4.3 95 110
2003M07 2370 2269 1768 100 4.2 92 108
2003M08 2377 2273 1783 104 4.4 95 111
2003M09 2380 2276 1779 104 4.4 95 112
2003M10 2387 2283 1780 103 4.3 94 111
2003M11 2378 2274 1762 104 4.4 93 111
2003M12 2373 2269 1728 104 4.4 95 112
2004M01 2365 2267 1720 99 4.2 93 111
2004M02 2368 2269 1723 98 4.2 93 112
2004M03 2376 2278 1767 97 4.1 91 111
2004M04 2377 2277 1771 100 4.2 92 111
2004M05 2382 2281 1769 101 4.2 93 112
2004M06 2383 2282 1771 101 4.3 91 108
2004M07 2384 2283 1769 102 4.3 92 108
2004M08 2389 2283 1777 105 4.4 91 106
2004M09 2390 2285 1766 104 4.4 91 106
2004M10 2393 2288 1763 106 4.4 92 106
2004M11 2390 2285 1772 105 4.4 90 106
2004M12 2389 2283 1789 106 4.4 89 105
2005M01 2385 2279 1793 107 4.5 89 105
2005M02 2384 2278 1806 106 4.4 88 104
2005M03 2385 2276 1803 109 4.6 88 102
2005M04 2389 2280 1814 110 4.6 86 101
2005M05 2390 2281 1792 109 4.6 84 99
2005M06 2402 2293 1789 109 4.5 84 98
2005M07 2407 2294 1759 113 4.7 83 96
2005M08 2409 2299 1759 111 4.6 81 95
2005M09 2402 2294 1774 108 4.5 81 93
2005M10 2409 2301 1812 108 4.5 82 92
2005M11 2415 2306 1842 109 4.5 78 88
2005M12 2419 2314 1842 105 4.3 77 87
2006M01 2422 2324 1841 98 4.1 73 84
2006M02 2420 2327 1814 94 3.9 69 81
2006M03 2426 2332 1810 95 3.9 69 79
2006M04 2430 2337 1809 92 3.8 67 76
2006M05 2434 2343 1821 91 3.7 65 75
2006M06 2437 2352 1817 85 3.5 64 74
2006M07 2440 2358 1829 82 3.3 62 72
2006M08 2445 2367 1832 78 3.2 61 71
2006M09 2448 2372 1845 76 3.1 59 69
2006M10 2451 2378 1845 73 3.0 57 67
2006M11 2457 2386 1851 70 2.9 55 66
2006M12 2460 2390 1859 70 2.8 53 64
2007M01 2463 2395 1867 68 2.7 51 62
2007M02 2467 2401 1869 67 2.7 50 60
2007M03 2473 2407 1855 65 2.6 48 59
2007M04 2483 2418 1851 65 2.6 47 58
2007M05 2486 2425 1856 61 2.5 46 56
2007M06 2493 2432 1874 61 2.5 45 56
2007M07 2504 2442 1879 61 2.5 47 56
2007M08 2509 2447 1882 62 2.5 45 55
2007M09 2520 2456 1888 63 2.5 44 55
2007M10 2533 2470 1910 63 2.5 44 54
2007M11 2545 2481 1903 64 2.5 43 53
2007M12 2552 2490 1923 62 2.4 42 52
2008M01 2555 2494 1919 61 2.4 40 50
2008M02 2566 2504 1936 61 2.4 40 50
2008M03 2573 2513 1936 60 2.3 39 50
2008M04 2575 2514 1945 61 2.4 38 49
2008M05 2575 2512 1950 63 2.4 39 50
2008M06 2576 2511 1939 65 2.5 39 51
2008M07 2578 2516 1973 62 2.4 40 50
2008M08 2588 2526 1975 62 2.4 41 52
2008M09 2589 2523 1986 66 2.6 43 55
2008M10 2591 2520 1972 71 2.8 46 57
2008M11 2595 2520 1965 75 2.9 50 61
2008M12 2596 2522 1922 73 2.8 53 65
2009M01 2596 2518 1895 77 3.0 58 70
2009M02 2592 2514 1892 78 3.0 63 74
2009M03 2594 2513 1920 82 3.1 65 78
2009M04 2593 2513 1920 80 3.1 70 83
2009M05 2595 2514 1924 81 3.1 70 85
2009M06 2591 2514 1915 77 3.0 71 87
2009M07 2587 2507 1907 80 3.1 72 89
2009M08 2576 2494 1888 82 3.2 73 89
2009M09 2574 2491 1880 83 3.2 72 90
2009M10 2577 2493 1865 84 3.3 73 92
2009M11 2578 2494 1869 84 3.2 73 92
2009M12 2586 2500 1880 87 3.3 73 92
2010M01 2584 2497 1885 87 3.4 73 92
2010M02 2587 2497 1897 90 3.5 73 92
2010M03 2584 2494 1891 90 3.5 74 91
2010M04 2585 2491 1896 94 3.6 75 93
2010M05 2597 2503 1881 94 3.6 73 90
2010M06 2597 2505 1848 92 3.5 73 90
2010M07 2598 2510 1844 88 3.4 73 89
2010M08 2592 2503 1852 88 3.4 73 88
2010M09 2596 2505 1891 92 3.5 75 89
2010M10 2599 2506 1895 93 3.6 77 89
2010M11 .. .. .. .. .. 77 90

Source: Statistics Norway
1 Theses figures are monthly, and not three-months moving average
2 We have encountered problems with achieving satisfactory quality within the LFS seasonally-adjusted man-weeks worked of 37.5 hours. This is caused by the effects of moving and fixed holidays impacting on different weekdays. Since the survey week is not divided between months, the man-weeks worked will be affected by the division of the months. Man-worked weeks for December, January and the summer months are especially sensitive for this division.
Because of the division of the months, the first week of July 2010 started on 5 July. Consequently, July was only four weeks this year, and resulted in the share of staff holidays in July being higher than normal.