Figures for 2020 corrected

StatBank tables 13076, 13088, 13087, 13089, 13090, 13091, 13077, 13092, 13093, 13094 and 13095 were corrected 26 September 2022.

Recipients of disability benefit

Updated: 27 June 2022

Next update: 26 June 2023

Recipients of disabilitey benefit in the population 18-67 years
Recipients of disabilitey benefit in the population 18-67 years
2021
10.7
%
Recipients of disability benefit by sex and age, and new recipients of disability benefit, 18-67 years.
Recipients of disability benefit by sex and age, and new recipients of disability benefit, 18-67 years.
2021
Recipients of disability benefitRecipients of disability benefit, per cent of population
Both sexes373 66910.7
Males153 6358.6
Females220 03412.9
18-24 years8 4261.8
25-34 years30 2744.0
35-44 years46 8396.6
45-54 years91 93812.4
55-61 years95 57620.2
62-67 years100 61628.0
New recipients of disability benefit25 1670.7
Explanation of symbols

Selected tables and figures from this statistics

  • Recipients of disability benefit by sex, age and education level
    Recipients of disability benefit by sex, age and education level
    2021
    Recipients of disability benefitRecipients of disability benefit, per cent of population
    Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
    18-67 years
    Total373 669153 635220 03410.78.612.9
    Basic school level164 14675 36588 78123.319.228.3
    Upper secondary education141 28657 24284 04410.77.615.0
    Higher education60 28716 90143 3864.53.05.6
    Unknown or no completed education7 9504 1273 8235.44.86.1
    18-24 years
    Total8 4264 9473 4791.82.11.6
    Basic school level7 8694 6433 2265.05.04.9
    Upper secondary education3731951780.20.20.2
    Higher education16970.00.00.0
    Unknown or no completed education168100681.41.71.1
    25-34 years
    Total30 27414 63415 6404.03.84.3
    Basic school level21 60811 26510 34315.914.018.7
    Upper secondary education5 4692 0423 4272.61.54.4
    Higher education1 7284621 2660.50.30.6
    Unknown or no completed education1 4698656042.93.22.6
    35-44 years
    Total46 83919 54427 2956.65.37.9
    Basic school level24 04012 20111 83920.117.523.6
    Upper secondary education14 6265 3159 3116.74.010.9
    Higher education7 5761 7145 8622.31.33.0
    Unknown or no completed education5973142831.31.11.7
    45-54 years
    Total91 93835 41056 52812.49.315.6
    Basic school level35 36415 80519 55931.325.937.5
    Upper secondary education37 32614 42622 90012.58.418.1
    Higher education17 6234 36913 2545.83.37.6
    Unknown or no completed education1 6258108156.55.28.7
    55-61 years
    Total95 57638 44357 13320.215.924.6
    Basic school level39 77317 02222 75138.732.445.3
    Upper secondary education37 24115 51421 72718.313.724.0
    Higher education16 4324 84911 58310.46.913.3
    Unknown or no completed education2 1301 0581 07221.618.725.6
    62-67 years
    Total100 61640 65759 95928.022.633.4
    Basic school level35 49214 42921 06346.740.552.1
    Upper secondary education46 25119 75026 50127.722.034.2
    Higher education16 9125 49811 41415.210.519.4
    Unknown or no completed education1 96198098137.136.837.5
    Explanation of symbols
  • Recipients of disability benefit by sex, age and country background
    Recipients of disability benefit by sex, age and country background
    2021
    Recipients of disability benefitRecipients of disability benefit, per cent of population
    Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
    18-67 years
    Immigrants, total42 85920 18422 6756.15.56.7
    Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand8 9014 0604 8412.82.23.7
    Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions33 95816 12417 8348.88.98.8
    The rest of the population330 810133 451197 35911.89.414.4
    18-24 years
    Immigrants, total6494082411.11.30.9
    Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand168109590.81.00.5
    Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions4812991821.31.51.1
    The rest of the population7 7774 5393 2381.92.21.7
    25-34 years
    Immigrants, total1 9181 1247941.11.30.9
    Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand4071942130.50.50.6
    Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions1 5119305811.62.01.2
    The rest of the population28 35613 51014 8464.94.55.3
    35-44 years
    Immigrants, total5 1122 3512 7612.32.12.6
    Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand9843696151.00.61.5
    Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions4 1281 9822 1463.53.83.3
    The rest of the population41 72717 19324 5348.56.810.2
    45-54 years
    Immigrants, total11 7865 0196 7677.86.39.6
    Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand2 1318851 2463.02.04.7
    Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions9 6554 1345 52112.011.612.4
    The rest of the population80 15230 39149 76113.510.117.0
    55-61 years
    Immigrants, total12 8116 0916 72018.816.421.7
    Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand2 4621 1091 3538.16.011.3
    Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions10 3494 9825 36727.426.428.2
    The rest of the population82 76532 35250 41320.415.825.1
    62-67 years
    Immigrants, total10 5835 1915 39230.127.932.4
    Nordic countries except Norway, EU/EFTA, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand2 7491 3941 35517.315.020.5
    Europe except EU/EFTA/UK, Africa, Asia, America except USA and Canada, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, polar regions7 8343 7974 03740.640.940.3
    The rest of the population90 03335 46654 56727.821.933.5
    Explanation of symbols
  • Recipients of disability benefits by sex, age and disability degree
    Recipients of disability benefits by sex, age and disability degree
    2021
    Recipients of disability benefitRecipients of disability benefit (per cent)
    Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
    18-67 years
    All recipients of disability benefit373 669153 635220 034100.0100.0100.0
    0-50 per cent disability27 0856 55220 5337.24.39.3
    51-99 per cent disability34 22911 71922 5109.27.610.2
    100 per cent disability312 355135 364176 99183.688.180.4
    18-34 years
    All recipients of disability benefit38 70019 58119 119100.0100.0100.0
    0-50 per cent disability9592686912.51.43.6
    51-99 per cent disability1 8966581 2384.93.46.5
    100 per cent disability35 84518 65517 19092.695.389.9
    35-44 years
    All recipients of disability benefit46 83919 54427 295100.0100.0100.0
    0-50 per cent disability3 1456542 4916.73.39.1
    51-99 per cent disability4 4591 2103 2499.56.211.9
    100 per cent disability39 23517 68021 55583.890.579.0
    45-54 years
    All recipients of disability benefit91 93835 41056 528100.0100.0100.0
    0-50 per cent disability8 0881 6856 4038.84.811.3
    51-99 per cent disability10 0173 0756 94210.98.712.3
    100 per cent disability73 83330 65043 18380.386.676.4
    55-61 years
    All recipients of disability benefit95 57638 44357 133100.0100.0100.0
    0-50 per cent disability8 3902 1566 2348.85.610.9
    51-99 per cent disability9 9183 5656 35310.49.311.1
    100 per cent disability77 26832 72244 54680.885.178.0
    62-67 years
    All recipients of disability benefit100 61640 65759 959100.0100.0100.0
    0-50 per cent disability6 5031 7894 7146.54.47.9
    51-99 per cent disability7 9393 2114 7287.97.97.9
    100 per cent disability86 17435 65750 51785.687.784.3
    Explanation of symbols
  • New recipients of disability benefit by sex and age
    New recipients of disability benefit by sex and age
    2021
    New recipients of disability benefitNew recipients of disability benefit, per cent of population
    Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
    18-67 years25 16710 35714 8100.70.60.9
    18-19 years8315043270.70.80.5
    20-24 years1 1215855360.30.30.3
    25-34 years3 3571 3122 0450.40.30.6
    35-44 years4 3031 5402 7630.60.40.8
    45-54 years6 1982 2993 8990.80.61.1
    55-61 years5 7152 4603 2551.21.01.4
    62-67 years3 6421 6571 9851.00.91.1
    Explanation of symbols
  • Recipients of disability benefit by sex, age and work-intensity
    Recipients of disability benefit by sex, age and work-intensity
    2021
    Recipients of disability benefitRecipients of disability benefit (per cent)
    Both sexesMalesFemalesBoth sexesMalesFemales
    18-67 years
    All intensity levels373 669153 635220 034100.0100.0100.0
    None284 109121 292162 81776.078.974.0
    Low23 21510 07313 1426.26.66.0
    HIgh14 8416 0918 7504.04.04.0
    Full51 50416 17935 32513.810.516.1
    18-24 years
    All intensity levels8 4264 9473 479100.0100.0100.0
    None6 6353 8382 79778.777.680.4
    Low6483962527.78.07.2
    HIgh5353322036.36.75.8
    Full6083812277.27.76.5
    25-34 years
    All intensity levels30 27414 63415 640100.0100.0100.0
    None23 01411 15511 85976.076.275.8
    Low2 1841 0341 1507.27.17.4
    HIgh1 7368828545.76.05.5
    Full3 3401 5631 77711.010.711.4
    35-44 years
    All intensity levels46 83919 54427 295100.0100.0100.0
    None34 42915 26019 16973.578.170.2
    Low3 1991 2801 9196.86.57.0
    HIgh2 2789291 3494.94.84.9
    Full6 9332 0754 85814.810.617.8
    45-54 years
    All intensity levels91 93835 41056 528100.0100.0100.0
    None65 70827 11738 59171.576.668.3
    Low6 1332 4663 6676.77.06.5
    HIgh4 0451 4292 6164.44.04.6
    Full16 0524 39811 65417.512.420.6
    55-61 years
    All intensity levels95 57638 44357 133100.0100.0100.0
    None71 01429 91141 10374.377.871.9
    Low5 7662 5513 2156.06.65.6
    HIgh3 3881 3632 0253.53.53.5
    Full15 4084 61810 79016.112.018.9
    62-67 years
    All intensity levels100 61640 65759 959100.0100.0100.0
    None83 30934 01149 29882.883.782.2
    Low5 2852 3462 9395.35.84.9
    HIgh2 8591 1561 7032.82.82.8
    Full9 1633 1446 0199.17.710.0
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

Statistics on the number and share of disability benefit recipients in the population aged 18-67 years. Breakdowns by gender, age, education and country background. Also an overview of new recipients, degree of disability and the recipients’ work intensity. Numbers for municipalities, counties and the whole country.

Resident. The statistics cover persons who were registered in the Central Population Register as resident in Norway as of 31 December. The Act of Population Registration of 16 January 1970 (with subsequent amendments) and associated regulations from 1994 set out the criteria for classification as a resident in Norway. The total number of residents in an area is also referred to as the population.

Information on place of residence, gender and age are retrieved from the Central Population Register. Information on place of residence relates to the end of the statistical year, and information on age also refers to the end of the year.

Non-Resident. Persons who are noe registerede as residents as of 31 December, either dead or living abroad.

Disability benefit. Disability benefit under the National Insurance Scheme is intended to serve as a safety net for those who are unable to work due to ill health. Under new regulations introduced as part of the disability benefit reform on 1 January 2015, the benefit is calculated as 66% of earlier income, with an upward limited of 6G (G = the basic amount in the National Insurance Scheme). The basis for the calculation is the average income earned in the best three of the last five years of employment prior to the disability occurring. Disability benefit is taxed as normal income from work. Only members of the National Insurance Scheme can qualify for disability benefit, i.e. residents of Norway. There are also a number of other conditions that must be met:

  • Applicants must have been a member of the National Insurance Scheme for at least three years prior to the disability occurring. Exceptions are made here for young disabled people and refugees, as well as persons from countries with whom Norway has a social security agreement. Periods of service in some international organisations and such like are also disregarded.
  • Recipients must be resident in order to continue receiving disability benefit. Some exceptions also apply here; for those who have been a resident for at least 20 years after the age of 16 before the disability occurred, for those who have accrued at least 3 years of income/occupational pension and for those who reside in a country with whom Norway has a social security agreement (see textbox).
  • In order to be eligible for disability benefit, applicants must be at least 18 years of age, and they can start receiving the benefit the month after they turn 18. Disability benefit also ends at the age of 67. In practice, recipients will go over to the retirement pension the month following their 67th birthday.
  • It is also a requirement that appropriate treatment has been undertaken with a view to improving the capacity to work.
  • In order to receive disability benefit, applicants must have a permanent injury, illness or condition. It is not the severity of the injury or the illness itself that is the determining factor; the criterion is that the capacity to work is reduced by at least 50%. Thus, in principle, no one should have graded (partial) disability benefit below 50%, however this does occur as a result of certain special rules. For example, the degree of disability may be set at 30% where the disability is due to occupational injury. Following a period of 40% work assessment allowance, the degree of disability may be set at 40% and employment of 60%.

Disability benefit generally continues until the age of 67 (NAV cannot re-assess the recipient unless it is apparent that their health has improved). Under the new rules introduced on 1 January 2015, recipients can earn up to 40% of G each year without any reductions being made to their disability benefit. The benefit will be reduced for recipients who have income from work that exceeds this amount. Note that capital income is not subject to this rule, which means that recipients can have unlimited capital income without this affecting their benefit. Recipients who have income from work of more than 40% of G, will have their benefit reduced according to specific rules, up to an income of over 85% of previous income, which is the cut-off point for terminating disability benefit. However, it is important here to note that the actual degree of disability, the right to receive disability benefit, does not change even if recipients also have high earnings; it is only the actual payment that is affected.

For more information on the regulations for disability benefit, see www.nav.no (https://www.nav.no/no/Person/Pensjon/Uforetrygd)

Disability benefit recipients are persons who receive a positive decision on disability benefit fromthe National Insurance Scheme that is applicable to at least one month during the year. The definition also covers persons with a positive decision who have not actually received payment of the benefit. The vast majority of the tables in the statistics only include disability benefit recipients who are resident (see definition). Two tables also include disability benefit recipients who are not resident, and a distinction is made here between residents and non-residents. Recipients of disability payments from other schemes, such as private insurance or pension funds, are only included if they also have a positive decision on disability benefit from the National Insurance Scheme. Note that this definition of disability benefit recipients differs somewhat from the definition used in the statistics from the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV), and that the figures will be different to those published there. See the section Coherence with other statistics for more information and links to NAV.

New disability benefit recipients are persons with a decision on disability benefit in month m during the year, but without a decision in month m-1. In cases where m represents January, m-1 will represent December in the preceding year.

Young disability benefit recipients are persons aged 18–29 receiving disability benefit. This group should not be confused with persons who are granted disability benefit under the regulations for young people with a reduced capacity to work, which require the impairment to have occurred before the age of 26.

Work intensity is a measure of the degree of employment as a wage earner whilst receiving disability benefit. The measurement requires receipt of disability benefit and employment as a wage earner to have occurred in the same month, and is calculated as ‘the number of months in which income from work and disability benefit is received / the number of months that disability benefit is received’. The results are shown as None intensity (no months where both conditions occur), Low intensity (employed for at least one but less than half of the months when disability benefit was received), High intensity (employed for more than half but not all months when disability benefit was received) and Full intensity (employed in all months when disability benefit was received).

Wage earners are defined as persons who performed paid work, with compensation in the form of wages or similar, for at least one hour in the reference week, as well as persons who had such work but were temporarily absent due to illness, holiday leave, paid leave or similar. Persons undertaking military or civilian national service are considered to be in employment. Persons on government employment initiatives who receive wages from an employer are also classified as employees. This follows the recommendations of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Statistics Norway’s statistics use the terms ‘employee’ and ‘wage earners’ interchangeably. Note that the self-employed are not therefore measured in terms of work intensity in these statistics.

See also About the statistics at http://www.ssb.no/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/arblonn/kvartal

At-risk-of poverty (EU-scale). At-risk-of poverty thresholds are set as 50 and 60 per cent of median income after tax per consumption unit in the entire population.

For definitions of income per consumption unit and Consumpion units calculated according to the EU-scale, see About the statistics under http://www.ssb.no/en/ifhus

Average income account. The composition of total income for persons and after-tax income by selected income components, as well as median after-tax income and median household equivalent income (EU-scale). For definitions of income components and household equivalent income, see About the statistics under http://www.ssb.no/en/ifhus

Degree of disability shows the disability benefit recipient’s calculated degree of disability as 0–50 per cent, 51–99 per cent or 100 per cent. Most disability benefit recipients’ degree of disability will not change during the course of a year, but in order to allow for cases where this does happen, we choose the highest registered degree of disability in tables that use the degree of disability classification (see also Disability benefit). The calculated degree of disability can vary from the degree of payment, since this also depends on income in addition to disability benefit.

Immigrants are persons born abroad to two foreign-born parents and four foreign-born grandparents. Country of birth is normally the mother’s country of residence at the time of the person’s birth.

EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand include immigrants with the following countries of birth: Denmark, Greenland, Finland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Sweden, Belgium, Bulgaria, Andorra, Estonia, France, Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Lithuania, Spain, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, Vatican City, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand.

Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania, except Australia and New Zealand and Europe except EU/EEA include immigrants born in the following: Albania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Asia, Africa, America excluding USA and Canada and Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand. Persons who were stateless at birth and with an unknown country of birth are also included.

Data on education relates to 1 October in the statistical year. In these statistics, a variant of the Classification of education is used, where the highest completed education is classified as follows: http://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/36/varianter/843

The Norwegian Standard Classification of Education 2016 forms the basis for this classification:

https://www.ssb.no/en/utdanning/artikler-og-publikasjoner/norwegian-standard-classification-of-education-2016

http://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/36

The classification of municipalities is in line with the list of municipalities as of 31 December in the relevant year.

Classification of municipalities: https://www.ssb.no/en/klass/klassifikasjoner/131

Name: Recipients of disability benefit
Topic: Social conditions, welfare and crime

26 June 2023

Division for Income and social welfare statistics

Most of the statistics are published at national level, but some are also published for counties and municipalities.

Annual statistics. The census period is a full calendar year.

Publishing dates: see the statistics calendar.

Not relevant

Sources at an individual level are stored long term and documented.

Disability benefit under the National Insurance Scheme is an extensive welfare benefit both in terms of the number of recipients and costs. The purpose of the statistics is to provide a description of persons who have received a positive decision on disability benefit from the National Insurance Scheme, as well as certain identifiers associated with degree of disability and combinations of disability benefit and employment. Developments are followed over time through annual publications of the statistics. The statistics also aim to meet the need for municipality figures on the number and percentage of recipients.

Key users are various ministries and directorates, local and county authorities, as well as research and investigation communities. The general public and the media are also key users of these statistics, which provide valuable information for public planning, education and public debate on work, health and the welfare state.

Not relevant

NAV’s statistics on disability benefit, https://www.nav.no/no/nav-og-samfunn/statistikk/aap-nedsatt-arbeidsevne-og-uforetrygd-statistikk

NAV publishes quarterly statistics on the number of people receiving disability benefit. NAV’s statistics show how many people received disability benefit in a given month. Much of the source data for Statistics Norway’s statistics on disability benefit recipients is retrieved from NAV, and these statistics are also used by NAV. Differences in the measurement period and the definition of disability benefit recipients mean that there are some discrepancies between NAV’s statistics and Statistics Norway’s statistics (see Definitions, Definitions of the main concepts and variables). In practice, Statistics Norway’s statistics will cover more recipients than NAV’s statistics because we also include those with a positive decision who have not received payment, and because we count the number of recipients throughout the year.

Disability benefit recipients are also included as a group in existing income statistics (see, for example, table 10503 in StatBank, https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank), where the income from disability benefit over a year is aggregated.

Income statistics http://www.ssb.no/en/inntekt-og-forbruk

The sources used for the register-based employment statistics are also the basis for tables on combinations of disability benefit and employment in these statistics. For further details of register-based employment, see Employment, register-based, https://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/regsys

For statistics on the population’s level of education, see:

Education, https://www.ssb.no/en/utdanning

For statistics on immigrants, see:

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/innvbef

Pursuant to Section 2-2 of Act no. 54 of 16 June 1989 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway, Statistics Norway will use the information for the production of official statistics.

Not relevant

Applies to persons registered with a positive decision on disability benefit during a calendar year. One of the main qualifying conditions for disability benefit is being registered as resident at the end of the relevant year. For a definition of resident in Norway, see Definitions, Definitions of the main concepts and variables.

Data on benefits and pensions is retrieved from NAV. The information is obtained from NAV’s case processing system PESYS. See also information from NAV.

The information about employment is retrieved from the data source for register-based employment, ‘a-ordningen’: https://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/regsys

A-ordningen is a coordinated digital collection of data on employment, income and tax deductions from the Norwegian Tax Administration, NAV and Statistics Norway. The scheme was introduced in 2015. Further details of the scheme are available at www.altinn.no/a-ordningen.

Data on income for is collected from the Income and wealth statistics for households. Income data is received by linking different administrative registers and statistical data sources for the whole population as of 31st of December of the income year. Income and biographical data is collected from the following sources:

  • Data from tax returns (wages and salaries, self-employment income, pensions etc.)
  • The Tax Register (taxes)
  • The a-ordning (unemployment benefit, various tax-free transfers)
  • Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (family allowances, basic and additional amounts, cash benefit etc.)
  • KOSTRA (social assistance)
  • State Educational Loan Fund (loans to students, scholarships)

See http://www.ssb.no/en/ifhus for more information on data sources

Data on highest completed education is retrieved from the National Education Database (NUDB; http://www.ssb.no/a/metadata/om_datasamlinger/nudb/nudb.html)

Data on gender, age, place of residence, immigrant category and reason for immigration is retrieved from various population statistics. See About the statistics, Production, Data sources and sampling for the following:

Population and population changes: https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/folkemengde

Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents: https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/innvbef

Immigrants by reason for immigration: https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/innvgrunn

Statistics Norway receives annual personal data from NAV on receipt of benefits and pensions administered by NAV. The data contains monthly information about each individual, and Statistics Norway adapts the annual data for use in the statistics.

See also About the statistics, Production, Collection of data, editing and estimations for statistics listed under Data sources and sampling.

Not relevant

One of the aims of the statistics on disability benefit is to provide statistics with combinations of identifiers, as well as for small geographical areas. The information in the statistics must not be traceable to individuals. For reasons of privacy, therefore, it is necessary in many tables to ensure that combinations of variable values ​​that only appear once or twice are not identifiable in tables. In table matrices, all 1s and 2s at the most detailed level for each are replaced with a 0 or 3. The numbers 0 and 3 also naturally occur, and the statistics must not show any difference between the two types of 0 and 3. Replacement is done in a way that ensures minimal effect on the figures that can be retrieved at a higher aggregated level. However, minor deviations from the original figures will, nevertheless, occur. These deviations will generally be very small and will not impair the utility value of the statistics. When the same table is created on the basis of two different matrices, small discrepancies between the tables may also occur.

Not relevant

Some minor deviations from original figures can occur due to rounding up/down, see Confidentiality.

Data on employment is retrieved from a-ordningen. The quality in the a-ordningen is good, but errors and omissions may still occur in the data. For more details, see the section on sources of error in About the statistics for the register-based employment statistics: https://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/regsys, or About the statistics for Number of employments: https://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/regsys

Not relevant

Contact