The number of unemployed people in Norway increased in 2020 following the outbreak of COVID-19. It decreased slightly in 2021, falling to 128,000 people. Over the last decade, the number of unemployed people in Norway peaked in 2016, when 131,000 unemployed people were registered. The unemployment rate in Norway in 2020 was 4.6 percent.
Number of unemployed people in Norway from 2011 to 2021
(in 1000's)
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Statistics Norway. (January 27, 2022). Number of unemployed people in Norway from 2011 to 2021 (in 1000's) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169408/number-of-unemployed-people-in-norway/
Statistics Norway. "Number of unemployed people in Norway from 2011 to 2021 (in 1000's)." Chart. January 27, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169408/number-of-unemployed-people-in-norway/
Statistics Norway. (2022). Number of unemployed people in Norway from 2011 to 2021 (in 1000's). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 23, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169408/number-of-unemployed-people-in-norway/
Statistics Norway. "Number of Unemployed People in Norway from 2011 to 2021 (in 1000's)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169408/number-of-unemployed-people-in-norway/
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