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Unemployment up in Rogaland
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Registered unemployed, 2014

Registered unemployed (terminated in Statistics Norway), 2014

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Unemployment up in Rogaland

Figures for six counties show an increase of more than 10 per cent in the number unemployed from November 2013 to November 2014. The increase was strongest in Rogaland county.

Unemployed persons registered at the Employment Office. Municipalities with the highest and the lowest unemploymentrate, by sex. Annual average.Percent.Published 24 March 2015
 2014
 TotalMalesFemales
Municipalities with the lowest rate of unemployment:   
1266 Masfjorden0.50.40.5
1134 Suldal0.60.40.9
1445 Gloppen0.80.71.0
1046 Sirdal0.91.20.4
1151 Utsira0.91.60.0
1419 Leikanger0.90.90.9
1739 Raarvihke Røyrvik0.91.30.4
Municipalities with the highest rate of unemployment:   
2015 Hasvik7.28.35.7
2028 Båtsfjord7.07.46.4
2002 Vardø6.86.86.8
1928 Torsken6.77.16.3
1857 Værøy6.37.94.3
2023 Gamvik6.36.75.8
1868 Øksnes5.96.35.5

Source: Statistics Norway

Despite a strong increase in unemployment, Rogaland’s unemployment rate is lower than the national average. Five other counties also had an increase in unemployment; Vest-Agder, Buskerud, Telemark, Sør-Trøndelag and Hordaland.

From November 2013 to November 2014, the number of unemployed persons aged 30 years and over increased by 7 per cent. The number of unemployed persons aged 15-29 years shows a decrease of 2 per cent. The county of Oppland had a decrease in the number of young unemployed persons of 14 per cent, while Rogaland showed an increase in young unemployed persons by 15 per cent.

Young unemployed persons made up 32 per cent of all registered unemployed persons. The share of young unemployed persons was lowest in Oslo and Akershus with 26 per cent, and highest in Nordland with 39 per cent.

The yearly average among municipalities varies between 7.2 and 0.5 per cent. The municipality with the highest unemployment rate was Hasvik in Finnmark county, with 7.2 per cent, while the lowest unemployment rate was registered in Masfjorden in Hordaland at 0.5 per cent. The smaller municipalities generally have the highest and lowest unemployment rates.

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1. NAV’s figures on registered unemployed persons.

2. Statistics Norway’s figures on unemployment based on the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS figures also include unemployed persons who are not registered with NAV, as well as those registered with NAV but who are classified as participants on labour market initiatives. Conversely, some registered unemployed persons are not classified as unemployed in the LFS. Persons on involuntary leave and age groups with long periods of unemployment, who no longer consider themselves active jobseekers.