Statistisk sentralbyrå


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 2375 2281 1766 94 3.9 86 98
2003M02 2373 2279 1768 94 4.0 89 99
2003M03 2371 2275 1758 95 4.0 91 102
2003M04 2374 2275 1744 99 4.2 93 104
2003M05 2373 2274 1745 99 4.2 94 106
2003M06 2373 2271 1757 102 4.3 95 110
2003M07 2370 2269 1769 101 4.3 92 108
2003M08 2378 2273 1785 105 4.4 95 111
2003M09 2380 2276 1779 104 4.4 95 112
2003M10 2386 2283 1778 103 4.3 94 111
2003M11 2377 2274 1761 103 4.3 93 111
2003M12 2373 2269 1728 104 4.4 95 112
2004M01 2365 2267 1721 99 4.2 93 111
2004M02 2368 2269 1725 99 4.2 93 112
2004M03 2375 2278 1767 97 4.1 91 111
2004M04 2377 2277 1770 99 4.2 92 111
2004M05 2382 2281 1767 101 4.2 93 112
2004M06 2383 2282 1771 102 4.3 91 108
2004M07 2385 2283 1770 102 4.3 92 108
2004M08 2389 2283 1778 106 4.4 91 106
2004M09 2390 2285 1765 105 4.4 91 106
2004M10 2393 2287 1762 106 4.4 92 106
2004M11 2389 2285 1773 104 4.4 90 106
2004M12 2388 2283 1791 105 4.4 89 105
2005M01 2385 2279 1796 106 4.5 89 105
2005M02 2384 2278 1808 106 4.4 88 104
2005M03 2385 2276 1803 109 4.6 88 102
2005M04 2389 2280 1813 110 4.6 86 101
2005M05 2390 2281 1789 109 4.6 84 99
2005M06 2403 2293 1787 109 4.6 84 98
2005M07 2408 2294 1757 114 4.7 83 96
2005M08 2411 2299 1758 112 4.6 81 95
2005M09 2403 2294 1772 109 4.5 81 93
2005M10 2408 2301 1812 108 4.5 82 92
2005M11 2413 2306 1844 107 4.4 78 88
2005M12 2418 2314 1845 104 4.3 77 87
2006M01 2422 2324 1844 98 4.0 73 84
2006M02 2421 2327 1818 94 3.9 69 81
2006M03 2426 2332 1810 94 3.9 69 79
2006M04 2429 2337 1807 92 3.8 67 76
2006M05 2433 2343 1818 90 3.7 65 75
2006M06 2436 2352 1815 85 3.5 64 74
2006M07 2439 2358 1827 81 3.3 62 72
2006M08 2445 2367 1831 78 3.2 61 71
2006M09 2448 2372 1844 76 3.1 59 69
2006M10 2451 2378 1846 73 3.0 57 67
2006M11 2457 2386 1853 70 2.9 55 66
2006M12 2461 2391 1862 70 2.8 53 64
2007M01 2463 2396 1869 67 2.7 51 62
2007M02 2468 2401 1871 66 2.7 50 60
2007M03 2472 2407 1854 65 2.6 49 59
2007M04 2482 2417 1850 64 2.6 47 58
2007M05 2486 2425 1855 61 2.4 46 56
2007M06 2493 2431 1873 61 2.5 45 56
2007M07 2503 2442 1877 61 2.4 47 56
2007M08 2509 2448 1880 61 2.4 45 55
2007M09 2520 2457 1888 63 2.5 44 55
2007M10 2534 2471 1912 63 2.5 44 54
2007M11 2546 2481 1903 65 2.5 42 53
2007M12 2554 2491 1924 63 2.5 42 52
2008M01 2556 2495 1918 61 2.4 40 50
2008M02 2566 2505 1936 61 2.4 40 50
2008M03 2571 2512 1935 59 2.3 40 50
2008M04 2574 2513 1945 60 2.3 38 49
2008M05 2575 2512 1952 63 2.4 39 50
2008M06 2576 2510 1939 65 2.5 40 51
2008M07 2577 2516 1972 61 2.4 40 51
2008M08 2587 2526 1974 62 2.4 41 52
2008M09 2589 2524 1987 65 2.5 43 55
2008M10 2593 2521 1974 72 2.8 46 57
2008M11 2595 2520 1964 75 2.9 50 61
2008M12 2597 2523 1921 74 2.9 53 65
2009M01 2598 2519 1892 78 3.0 58 70
2009M02 2594 2515 1890 79 3.0 63 74
2009M03 2593 2511 1920 82 3.2 66 79
2009M04 2591 2511 1920 80 3.1 70 83
2009M05 2593 2513 1927 81 3.1 70 85
2009M06 2590 2513 1914 78 3.0 71 87
2009M07 2587 2506 1907 81 3.1 72 89
2009M08 2576 2494 1888 82 3.2 72 89
2009M09 2575 2493 1883 83 3.2 72 90
2009M10 2578 2494 1868 84 3.3 72 92
2009M11 2577 2494 1867 83 3.2 72 92
2009M12 2588 2501 1883 87 3.4 73 92
2010M01 2586 2498 1889 88 3.4 74 92
2010M02 2590 2498 1908 92 3.5 73 92
2010M03 2583 2492 1905 91 3.5 74 92
2010M04 2582 2488 1909 94 3.6 76 93
2010M05 2595 2501 1895 94 3.6 73 90
2010M06 2596 2504 1859 93 3.6 74 90
2010M07 2598 2509 1858 89 3.4 73 89
2010M08 2592 2503 1867 89 3.4 73 89
2010M09 2592 2500 1903 92 3.6 75 89
2010M10 2600 2508 1913 92 3.5 76 89
2010M11 2608 2514 1916 94 3.6 77 89
2010M12 2604 2516 1919 88 3.4 75 89
2011M01 2601 2515 1925 86 3.3 73 87
2011M02 2605 2522 1926 83 3.2 72 86
2011M03 2618 2531 1927 86 3.3 69 84
2011M04 2628 2539 1934 89 3.4 70 83
2011M05 .. .. .. .. .. 67 83

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.