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9.17 Unemployed persons registered at the employment offices and persons employed on labour market measures. 1972-1991

Year	Registered unemployed persons			Registered unemployed as a percentage of the labour force			Persons on labour market measures1
	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Percentage of the labour force
1972	14 812	11 386	3 426	0.9	1.1	0.6	..	..
1973	12 811	9 334	3 477	0.8	0.9	0.6	..	..
1974	10 662	7 029	3 633	0.6	0.7	0.6	..	..
1975	19 558	12 631	6 927	1.2	1.2	1.1	..	..
1976	19 859	12 751	7 108	1.1	1.2	1.1	7 599	0.4
1977	15 497	9 187	6 310	0.9	0.8	0.9	5 477	0.3
1978	20 003	12 352	7 651	1.1	1.1	1.0	5 344	0.3
1979	24 107	15 489	8 618	1.3	1.4	1.1	6 428	0.3
1980	22 278	13 353	8 925	1.3	1.2	1.1	6 996	0.4
1981	28 438	16 822	11 616	1.7	1.5	1.5	7 828	0.4
1982	41 390	25 330	16 060	2.1	2.2	2.0	8 624	0.4
1983	63 549	40 875	22 674	3.2	3.5	2.7	15 337	0.8
1984	66 598	41 077	25 521	3.3	3.5	3.0	20 443	1.0
1985	51 419	29 759	21 660	2.5	2.6	2.5	23 927	1.2
1986	36 192	20 234	15 958	1.8	1.7	1.8	13 749	0.7
1987	32 391	18 369	14 022	1.5	1.5	1.5	6 793	0.3
1988	49 336	29 994	19 342	2.3	2.5	2.0	7 990	0.4
1989	82 929	51 581	31 348	3.8	4.3	3.2	34 183	1.6
1990	92 701	57 115	35 586	4.3	4.8	3.7	40 045	1.9
1991	100 726	62 828	37 898	4.7	5.3	3.9	44 961	2.1

1	Rehabilitation assistance not included.
Source: The Directorate of Labour.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/arbeid/

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