Work & Labour in Norway

89 indicators covering work & labour for Norway.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 66.5% 2025 up 8.0% 10th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 65.6% 2025 up 14.1% 21st
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 65.6% 2025 down 1.4% 55th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 69.1% 2025 down 1.2% 102nd
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 89.9% 2025 down 0.6% 23rd
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 66.1% 2025 up 11.1% 13th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 78.0% 2025 up 0.6% 17th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 82.5% 2025 up 2.2% 45th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 80.3% 2025 up 1.4% 23rd
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 62.1% 2025 down 1.8% 37th
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 93.8% 2025 up 1.8% 7th
Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 68.8% 2025 up 5.5% 27th
Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 91.8% 2025 down 0.3% 19th
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 96.6% 2025 up 0.4% 5th
Employment in industry (% of total employment) 17.8% 2025 down 10.8% 111th
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 95.1% 2025 up 1.1% 4th
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.1% 2025 down 61.3% 177th
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.1% 2025 down 65.8% 175th
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.1% 2025 down 63.5% 171st
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 7.1% 2025 up 0.6% 140th
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 27.4% 2025 down 13.4% 76th
Employment in services (% of total employment) 79.7% 2025 up 2.2% 20th
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 4.9% 2025 down 18.0% 183rd
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 6.2% 2025 down 21.1% 180th
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 3.4% 2025 down 11.0% 182nd
Employers, total (% of total employment) 0.7% 2025 up 6.2% 179th
Employers, male (% of male employment) 1.0% 2025 up 0.8% 174th
Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.4% 2025 up 24.0% 177th
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 12.4% 2025 up 46.3% 99th
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 14.4% 2025 up 29.3% 80th
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 13.4% 2025 up 36.9% 90th
GDP per person employed 180,933 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 7.8% 6th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.5% 2025 up 4.7% 112th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.9% 2025 up 7.5% 89th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2025 up 2.6% 128th
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 61.7% 2025 down 9.5% 48th
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 69.3% 2025 down 6.0% 114th
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 65.5% 2025 down 7.7% 68th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 68.6% 2025 up 21.3% 6th
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 67.0% 2025 up 21.6% 12th
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 89.0% 2025 down 3.7% 32nd
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 67.8% 2025 up 21.5% 8th
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 14.0% 2025 up 41.3% 73rd
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.3% 2025 up 36.9% 61st
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 12.8% 2025 up 49.0% 91st
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 5.8% 2025 up 4.9% 178th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 6.2% 2025 down 10.6% 173rd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 6.0% 2025 down 4.0% 176th
Productivity: output per hour worked 130.13 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 7.1% 2nd
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 5.2% 2025 down 24.3% 175th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 58.3% 2025 up 3.4% 14th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 56.2% 2025 up 9.9% 28th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 57.2% 2025 up 6.6% 18th
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 4.2% 2025 down 21.0% 178th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 59.4% 2025 down 2.1% 35th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 65.7% 2025 down 1.5% 93rd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 62.6% 2025 down 1.8% 55th
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 3.0% 2025 down 14.2% 179th
Unemployment with basic education 10.3% 2024 up 27.9% 38th
Unemployment with basic education, male 9.6% 2024 up 7.4% 37th