Work & Labour in Norway

981 indicators covering work & labour for Norway.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Employed persons by citizenship 2,903 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.9% 23rd
Employed persons by job tenure 2,903 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.9% 23rd
Self-employed persons by citizenship 151.6 Thousand persons 2025 down 16.0% 32nd
Self-employed persons by country of birth 151.6 Thousand persons 2025 down 16.0% 32nd
Unemployment rates by citizenship 4.5% 2025 up 4.7% 30th
Unemployment rates by country of birth 4.5% 2025 up 4.7% 30th
Unemployed persons by citizenship 136.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.0% 28th
Persons outside the labour force by citizenship 1,130 Thousand persons 2025 up 0.4% 31st
Unemployed persons by country of birth and degree of urbanisation 136.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.0% 28th
Unemployment rates by country of birth and degree of urbanisation 4.5% 2025 up 4.7% 30th
Unemployed persons by citizenship and degree of urbanisation 136.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 15.0% 28th
Unemployment rates by citizenship and degree of urbanisation 4.5% 2025 up 4.7% 30th
Persons in part-time employment by educational attainment level 647.7 Thousand persons 2025 down 2.0% 17th
Persons in part-time employment by educational attainment level 647.7 Thousand persons 2025 down 2.0% 17th
Persons in part-time employment by citizenship - % of total employment 24.6% 2025 down 9.2% 10th
Persons in part-time employment by country of birth - % of total 24.6% 2025 down 9.2% 10th
Temporary employees by citizenship - % of total employees 8.3% 2025 up 3.8% 29th
Temporary employees by country of birth - % of total employees 8.3% 2025 up 3.8% 29th
Temporary employees by educational attainment level, country of birth 214.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 12.9% 22nd
Temporary employees by educational attainment level, citizenship and 214.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 12.9% 22nd
Youth employment rate by country of birth 48.0% 2025 up 42.9% 6th
Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 96 2020 down 8.6% 30th
Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 1.78 2020 down 17.2% 19th
Employed persons by professional status and job tenure 8.5 Year 2025 down 7.6% 40th
Newly employed by professional status and citizenship - % of persons 22.6% 2025 up 52.7% 2nd
Newly employed by professional status and country of birth - % of 22.6% 2025 up 52.7% 2nd
Expenditure on unemployment function by type of benefit and 1,627 Million euro 2023 down 25.7% 18th
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by citizenship 15.8% 2025 down 33.9% 41st
Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by country of 15.8% 2025 down 33.9% 41st
Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 40.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 32.1% 22nd
Unemployed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category and 40.3 Thousand persons 2025 up 32.1% 22nd
Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 518.6 2023 down 41.2% 44th
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total 3.15 2025 down 39.7% 40th
Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 81.1 2025 down 37.5% 37th
Informal employment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 3.15 2025 down 39.7% 40th
Informal employment rate 3.15 2025 down 39.7% 40th
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational 80.19 Percentage of earnings of men workers 2024 up 7.1% 18th
Employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 52.09 2025 down 60.9% 39th
Share of employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition) 2.02 2025 down 62.3% 43rd
Youth unemployment rate by country of birth 21.0% 2025 up 55.6% 31st
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below 100 Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm 2024 unchanged 1st
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper 54.05 Percentage of earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainmnent 2024 down 26.6% 27th
Early leavers from education and training by labour status 3.8% 2025 down 62.7% 39th
Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - absolute 41.7 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2023 down 10.1% 30th
Labour input in construction - annual data 100.8 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 15.3% 28th
Employed persons working from home by professional status - % of 37.3% 2025 up 492.1% 3rd
Informal employment, female 1.7% 2024 down 53.1% 43rd
Informal employment, male 2.3% 2024 down 57.7% 43rd
Informal employment 2.0% 2024 down 55.7% 43rd
Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - indices 101.58 Index, n-1 = 100 2023 up 4.2% 4th
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 3.37 2025 down 17.2% 40th
Unemployment rate 3.37 2025 down 17.2% 40th
Labour input in wholesale and retail trade - annual data 103.5 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 2.2% 15th
Fatal occupational injury rates 1.29 per 100,000 employees 2023 down 30.6% 60th
Informal employment 29.1% 2022 down 24.9% 25th
Earners distribution based on their level of earnings relative to the 100 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 unchanged 1st
Collective bargaining coverage rate 69 2017 down 1.4% 13th
Informal employment, male 31.7% 2022 down 5.2% 24th
Employees working shifts - % of total employees 23.5% 2025 down 2.1% 14th
Employed persons working on Saturdays by professional status - % of 31.2% 2025 up 55.2% 9th