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9.9 Persons in the labour force, by age and sex. Per cent of total in each group

Sex Year	Total	Age. Years
		16-19	20-24	25-29	30-39	40-54	55-66	67-74
Total
1972	61.4	41.0	57.0	68.7	74.6	74.0	59.9	23.9
1973	61.1	39.4	57.6	69.3	73.5	75.4	59.6	19.7
1974	60.8	39.9	58.5	68.6	74.5	75.1	59.1	16.2
1975	62.2	42.5	58.7	70.8	76.1	77.2	60.1	17.5
1976	64.5	45.8	60.9	72.1	78.8	79.9	61.8	19.1
1977	65.1	46.3	60.5	73.2	80.2	80.2	62.8	19.1
1978	65.9	45.4	63.2	72.9	81.2	82.1	63.2	18.8
1979	66.2	43.5	62.9	75.2	82.0	82.9	63.2	17.5
1980	67.2	45.0	71.6	75.6	82.4	83.1	62.5	16.6
1981	67.9	46.8	70.0	74.8	83.9	84.7	62.8	17.1
1982	67.9	45.4	72.4	76.4	83.5	85.2	62.6	15.2
1983	68.1	46.0	73.6	77.4	84.3	84.8	61.6	14.3
1984	68.3	42.5	72.7	79.5	84.8	86.0	61.2	15.1
1985	68.8	44.5	73.7	81.9	85.8	85.7	61.3	13.3
1986	70.4	50.2	76.0	82.8	87.5	86.9	60.8	12.9
1987	71.3	53.3	76.3	83.7	88.4	87.5	60.8	14.0
1988	71.1	53.3	77.9	82.6	88.1	87.4	60.2	11.7
1989	69.8	46.1	74.9	83.0	87.2	86.7	58.9	11.2
1990	69.2	44.3	72.9	82.1	86.9	86.5	58.0	11.1
1991	68.5	39.7	70.6	80.4	87.0	86.3	58.0	9.4
Males
1972	78.1	43.2	61.9	89.5	95.6	93.4	81.0	36.8
1973	77.4	41.1	61.4	88.5	95.7	93.8	81.1	30.3
1974	77.4	42.2	61.8	89.2	96.6	93.7	80.5	26.6
1975	77.5	44.6	61.0	89.5	96.1	94.6	79.6	28.2
1976	78.5	48.3	63.0	87.8	96.9	95.3	81.1	28.8
1977	78.8	47.8	63.7	88.7	97.1	95.2	81.6	29.1
1978	78.8	47.2	65.4	88.1	97.5	95.7	80.9	28.6
1979	78.2	45.3	64.1	88.4	96.9	95.6	80.1	26.4
1980	79.3	47.6	179.1	88.7	96.8	93.9	79.1	25.9
1981	79.3	48.6	78.5	88.5	96.3	94.4	78.2	27.0
1982	79.4	50.4	80.3	89.6	95.5	95.2	77.8	23.2
1983	78.5	47.8	81.2	88.2	96.2	94.2	75.5	22.1
1984	78.4	45.3	80.1	90.0	96.8	94.0	74.7	21.5
1985	78.1	45.9	79.7	91.8	96.2	94.0	74.0	19.2
1986	78.4	49.5	81.5	90.2	96.4	94.0	72.5	18.9
1987	78.7	52.5	81.9	91.1	96.2	93.6	71.9	20.9
1988	78.3	53.4	82.8	91.0	95.6	92.9	71.0	16.8
1989	77.2	46.5	79.5	90.2	94.9	93.1	69.6	16.2
1990	76.0	45.0	78.4	88.5	93.6	92.4	67.4	14.9
1991	74.6	38.8	74.5	86.5	93.7	91.9	66.5	12.4
Females
1972	44.7	38.7	51.9	46.4	52.9	54.5	40.1	13.6
1973	45.0	37.7	53.6	48.9	50.4	56.9	39.5	11.2
1974	44.4	37.5	55.0	46.5	51.4	56.4	39.1	7.9
1975	47.0	40.4	56.2	50.9	55.2	59.5	41.9	8.8
1976	50.4	43.2	58.8	55.2	59.8	64.2	43.8	11.2
1977	51.4	44.6	57.2	56.6	62.2	64.9	45.5	10.7
1978	52.9	43.5	60.8	56.6	64.0	68.3	46.6	10.8
1979	54.2	41.5	61.7	61.3	66.0	70.0	47.3	10.2
1980	55.1	42.0	64.0	61.3	67.3	72.0	46.9	8.7
1981	56.4	44.9	60.8	61.1	70.6	74.6	48.4	8.8
1982	56.5	40.4	64.0	62.9	70.5	75.2	48.4	8.4
1983	57.6	44.1	65.7	66.5	71.6	75.2	48.5	7.8
1984	58.1	39.6	65.0	68.7	72.3	77.4	48.4	9.9
1985	59.5	43.1	67.5	72.1	74.5	77.0	49.3	8.5
1986	62.3	50.9	70.2	75.2	78.2	79.5	49.7	8.0
1987	63.7	54.1	70.3	75.9	80.3	81.1	50.3	8.1
1988	63.7	53.1	72.6	73.6	80.3	81.6	49.9	7.5
1989	62.3	45.7	70.1	75.3	79.1	80.0	48.7	7.1
1990	62.4	43.7	67.1	75.2	79.9	80.3	49.1	7.9
1991	62.3	40.7	66.6	73.9	80.2	80.3	49.9	6.9

1	From 1980, conscripts are included as employed (with a resultant increase in labour force participation rate for men aged 20-24).
Source: NOS Labour Market Statistics.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/aku/

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