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9.7 Population aged 16-74, by labour force status and sex¹

Sex Year	Population, total	In the labour force			Not in the labour force	Population, total	In the labour force			Not in the labour force
		Total	Employed persons	Nonemployed persons seeking work			Total	Employed persons	Nonemployed persons seeking work2
	1000					Per cent
I alt Total
1972	2 732	1 677	1 648	28	1 056	100.0	61.4	60.3	1.7	38.6
1973	2 749	1 680	1 654	26	1 069	100.0	61.1	60.2	1.5	38.9
1974	2 768	1 683	1 659	25	1 084	100.0	60.8	59.9	1.5	39.2
1975	2 809	1 747	1 707	40	1 062	100.0	62.2	60.8	2.3	37.8
1976	2 826	1 821	1 789	32	1 004	100.0	64.5	63.3	1.8	35.5
1977	2 844	1 851	1 824	27	993	100.0	65.1	64.1	1.5	34.9
1978	2 866	1 888	1 854	35	978	100.0	65.9	64.7	1.8	34.1
1979	2 885	1 909	1 872	38	976	100.0	66.2	64.9	2.0	33.8
1980	2 887	1 940	1 908	32	947	100.0	67.2	66.1	1.7	32.8
1981	2 909	1 974	1 935	40	934	100.0	67.9	66.5	2.0	32.1
1982	2 937	1 995	1 943	52	942	100.0	67.9	66.2	2.6	32.1
1983	2 957	2 014	1 945	69	943	100.0	68.1	65.8	3.4	31.9
1984	2 979	2 034	1 970	64	945	100.0	68.3	66.1	3.2	31.7
1985	3 004	2 067	2 014	53	936	100.0	68.8	67.0	2.6	31.2
1986	3 024	2 128	2 086	42	896	100.0	70.4	69.0	2.0	29.6
1987	3 046	2 171	2 126	45	875	100.0	71.3	69.8	2.1	28.7
1988	3 071	2 183	2 114	69	888	100.0	71.1	68.8	3.2	28.9
1989	3 087	2 155	2 049	106	933	100.0	69.8	66.4	4.9	30.2
1990	3 094	2 142	2 030	112	952	100.0	69.2	65.6	5.2	30.8
1991	3 105	2 126	2 010	116	979	100.0	68.5	64.7	5.5	31.5
Males
1972	1 360	1 063	1 048	15	297	100.0	78.1	77.0	1.4	21.9
1973	1 368	1 059	1 049	11	309	100.0	77.4	76.6	1.0	22.6
1974	1 378	1 067	1 056	11	312	100.0	77.4	76.6	1.0	22.6
1975	1 403	1 087	1 066	21	316	100.0	77.5	76.0	1.9	22.5
1976	1 411	1 108	1 092	16	304	100.0	78.5	77.3	1.4	21.5
1977	1 421	1 119	1 108	11	302	100.0	78.8	78.0	1.0	21.2
1978	1 433	1 130	1 114	16	303	100.0	78.8	77.7	1.4	21.2
1979	1 442	1 128	1 110	18	315	100.0	78.2	76.9	1.6	21.8
1980	1 446	1 147	1 133	14	299	100.0	79.3	78.3	1.3	20.7
1981	1 458	1 157	1 139	18	301	100.0	79.3	78.1	1.5	20.7
1982	1 467	1 165	1 138	27	302	100.0	79.4	77.6	2.3	20.6
1983	1 482	1 164	1 127	37	318	100.0	78.5	76.0	3.2	21.5
1984	1 487	1 167	1 131	36	321	100.0	78.4	76.0	3.1	21.6
1985	1 503	1 174	1 149	25	329	100.0	78.1	76.4	2.2	21.9
1986	1 518	1 190	1 172	18	329	100.0	78.4	77.2	1.5	21.6
1987	1 536	1 209	1 188	21	327	100.0	78.7	77.4	1.7	21.3
1988	1 544	1 209	1 173	36	334	100.0	78.3	76.0	3.0	21.7
1989	1 551	1 197	1 136	61	354	100.0	77.2	73.2	5.1	22.8
1990	1 554	1 181	1 115	66	373	100.0	76.0	71.8	5.6	24.0
1991	1 560	1 163	1 095	68	396	100.0	74.6	70.2	5.9	25.4
Females
1972	1 372	614	601	13	758	100.0	44.7	43.8	2.2	55.3
1973	1 381	621	605	15	760	100.0	45.0	43.8	2.5	55.0
1974	1 389	616	603	14	773	100.0	44.4	43.4	2.2	55.6
1975	1 406	660	641	20	746	100.0	47.0	45.6	3.0	53.0
1976	1 414	713	697	16	701	100.0	50.4	49.3	2.3	49.6
1977	1 423	732	716	16	691	100.0	51.4	50.3	2.1	48.6
1978	1 433	759	740	18	675	100.0	52.9	51.6	2.4	47.1
1979	1 442	781	762	19	661	100.0	54.2	52.8	2.5	45.8
1980	1 440	793	775	18	647	100.0	55.1	53.8	2.3	44.9
1981	1 451	818	796	22	633	100.0	56.4	54.8	2.7	43.6
1982	1 470	830	805	25	640	100.0	56.5	54.8	3.0	43.5
1983	1 475	850	818	32	625	100.0	57.6	55.5	3.8	42.4
1984	1 491	867	839	28	624	100.0	58.1	56.3	3.2	41.9
1985	1 501	893	865	28	607	100.0	59.5	57.7	3.1	40.5
1986	1 505	938	914	24	567	100.0	62.3	60.7	2.5	37.7
1987	1 510	962	938	25	548	100.0	63.7	62.1	2.5	36.3
1988	1 528	974	941	33	554	100.0	63.7	61.6	3.4	36.3
1989	1 536	957	913	45	579	100.0	62.3	59.4	4.7	37.7
1990	1 540	961	915	46	579	100.0	62.4	59.4	4.8	37.6
1991	1 545	963	914	48	583	100.0	62.3	59.2	5.0	37.7

1	There are some breaks in the timeseries, see http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/histstat/kap09.html. The most significant break was in 1976, resulting in an increase in the number of persons employed by 30 000, due to changes in the questionnaire.
2	Non-employed persons seeking work as a percentage of the labour force.
Source: NOS Labour Market Statistics.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/aku/

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