unemployment rate in Norway in 2021 was 4.99 percent.
The number of unemployed people in Norway was at a high in 2020 and 2021 following the outbreak of COVID-19. It decreased again in 2022, falling to 96,000 people. Over the last decade, the number of unemployed people in Norway peaked in 2016, when 131,000 unemployed people were registered. The Number of unemployed people in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1000's)
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Statistics on Employment in Norway
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Employment rate in Norway 2012-2022
- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate in Norway 2011-2021
- Basic Statistic Monthly average earnings in Norway 2015-2022
- Basic Statistic Average actual weekly working hours in Norway 2012-2022
- Basic Statistic Quarterly unemployment rate in Norway 2018-2022, by gender
Employment
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- Basic Statistic Employment in Norway 2023
- Basic Statistic Number of employed people in Norway 2021-2022, by industry
- Basic Statistic Number of employees in Norway 2022, by occupation
- Basic Statistic Employment rate in Norway 2012-2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic Employment rate in Norway 2022, by age group
- Basic Statistic Quarterly employment rate in Norway 2018-2022
- Basic Statistic Largest companies in Norway 2023, by number of employees
Unemployment
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Earnings
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- Basic Statistic Average monthly salary Norway 2022, by industry
- Basic Statistic Average monthly salary Norway 2022, by occupation
- Basic Statistic Average monthly salary in the public and private sector Norway 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Monthly average earnings in Norway 2022, by level of education
- Premium Statistic Leading occupations in Norway 2022, by salary
- Premium Statistic Occupations in Norway with the lowest salaries 2022
- Premium Statistic Share of earnings in Norway 2020, by gender
Working hours and working conditions
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- Basic Statistic Average actual weekly working hours in Norway 2012-2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic Average actual weekly working hours in Norway 2022, by industry
- Basic Statistic Share of employees satisfied with their job in Norway 2000-2019
- Premium Statistic Share of employees satisfied with their job in Norway 2000-2019, by gender
- Premium Statistic Share of employees with a temporary job in Norway 2012-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of employees with a temporary job in Norway 2012-2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Share of employees with a temporary job in Norway 2021, by industry
Impact of COVID-19
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- Basic Statistic Number of individuals unemployed in Norway 2020-2021
- Basic Statistic Unemployment rate after the coronavirus outbreak in Norway 2021, by industry
- Basic Statistic Share of employees who occasionally work from home in Norway 2010-2020, by frequency
- Basic Statistic Share of employees who work from home in Norway 2020, by frequency and occupation
- Basic Statistic Share of Norwegians who are primarily working from home 2020-2022
- Basic Statistic Opinions on efficiency of digital meetings in Norway 2020
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Statistics Norway. (January 26, 2023). Number of unemployed people in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1000's) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169408/number-of-unemployed-people-in-norway/
Statistics Norway. "Number of unemployed people in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1000's)." Chart. January 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169408/number-of-unemployed-people-in-norway/
Statistics Norway. (2023). Number of unemployed people in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1000's). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169408/number-of-unemployed-people-in-norway/
Statistics Norway. "Number of Unemployed People in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1000's)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169408/number-of-unemployed-people-in-norway/
Statistics Norway, Number of unemployed people in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1000's) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169408/number-of-unemployed-people-in-norway/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Number of unemployed people in Norway from 2012 to 2022 (in 1000's) [Graph], Statistics Norway, January 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1169408/number-of-unemployed-people-in-norway/