This statistic shows the number of employees in the oil and gas industry in Norway from 2008 to 2018. Until 2014, the number of employees continuously increased, peaking at 67.1 thousand people. In the years that followed, the number dropped until 2017. As of 2018, the number og employees increased slightly and amounted to 51.9 thousand people.
Number of employees in the oil and gas industry in Norway from 2008 to 2018
(in 1,000s)
* The source adds the following information: "Employment in companies not fully targeted towards the upstream sector are not included in these figures. This includes the major parts of the oil service and supply industry."
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Norsk Petroleum. (December 16, 2019). Number of employees in the oil and gas industry in Norway from 2008 to 2018 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/827301/employee-number-in-the-oil-and-gas-industry-in-norway/
Norsk Petroleum. "Number of employees in the oil and gas industry in Norway from 2008 to 2018 (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 16, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/827301/employee-number-in-the-oil-and-gas-industry-in-norway/
Norsk Petroleum. (2019). Number of employees in the oil and gas industry in Norway from 2008 to 2018 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/827301/employee-number-in-the-oil-and-gas-industry-in-norway/
Norsk Petroleum. "Number of Employees in The Oil and Gas Industry in Norway from 2008 to 2018 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/827301/employee-number-in-the-oil-and-gas-industry-in-norway/
Norsk Petroleum, Number of employees in the oil and gas industry in Norway from 2008 to 2018 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/827301/employee-number-in-the-oil-and-gas-industry-in-norway/ (last visited December 12, 2024)
Number of employees in the oil and gas industry in Norway from 2008 to 2018 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Norsk Petroleum, December 16, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/827301/employee-number-in-the-oil-and-gas-industry-in-norway/
