Work & Labour in Norway

981 indicators covering work & labour for Norway.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Employment rate 62.6% 2025 down 1.8% 55th
Youth unemployment rate 13.4% 2025 up 36.9% 90th
Population by labor force status 895,413 people 2025 down 4.0% 129th
Employee compensation as share of government spending 14.7% 2023 down 6.9% 121st
CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 11.74 2025 down 8.2% 160th
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 328.77 2024 up 30.0% 47th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 110.78 Persons 2022 up 62.2% 83rd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 178.31 Persons 2022 up 12.9% 75th
Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.9% 2020 down 6.6% 84th
Female labor force by age 65,239 people 2024 up 21.9% 82nd
Labor force participation rate by age 66.1% 2024 up 14.0% 13th
Female labor force participation rate by age 66.6% 2024 up 10.8% 10th
Jobs gap 343 2024 up 49.2% 41st
Jobs gap rate 10.6 2024 up 30.9% 37th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 222.4 2024 up 64.6% 31st
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 6.8 2024 up 44.7% 23rd
Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 12.1% 2024 up 55.8% 101st
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0001 units per square kilometre 2023 down 6.9% 181st
Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0003 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% 141st
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 0.2146 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% 168th
Employment by status 95.1% 2024 up 1.3% 4th
Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 95.1% 2024 up 1.3% 4th
Employment 2,923 2025 up 10.7% 91st
Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth -0.9361 % change on previous year 2025 down 3,259.0% 97th
Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate -0.9361 % change on previous year 2025 down 3,259.0% 97th
Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate -0.9361 % change on previous year 2025 down 3,259.0% 97th
Cases of fatal occupational injury 25 2024 down 59.0% 79th
Annual growth of GDP per employed person 1.1% 2025 down 29.1% 127th
Unemployment with basic education 10.3% 2024 up 27.9% 40th
Unemployment with basic education, male 9.6% 2024 up 7.4% 39th
Unemployment with intermediate education 2.3% 2024 down 19.1% 121st
Unemployment with basic education, female 11.3% 2024 up 62.1% 41st
Unemployment with advanced education 2.7% 2024 up 23.2% 99th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 2.1% 2024 down 16.5% 121st
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0 2024 174th
Level of national compliance with labor rights 0 score 2024 175th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 5.8% 2024 down 9.5% 117th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 2.4% 2024 down 21.4% 114th
Labor force with basic education, female 46.9% 2024 up 0.9% 38th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 5.3% 2024 down 18.8% 116th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 6.4% 2024 down 0.6% 113th
Labor force with basic education, male 59.9% 2024 up 11.9% 65th
Labor force with basic education 53.6% 2024 up 6.9% 52nd
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 53.4% 2024 down 18.9% 77th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 65.1% 2024 down 14.2% 105th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 60.0% 2024 down 15.7% 90th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 3.0% 2024 up 60.8% 86th
Labor force with advanced education, male 81.0% 2024 down 5.6% 72nd
Labor force with advanced education 79.4% 2024 down 6.5% 52nd
Labor force with advanced education, female 78.2% 2024 down 7.1% 44th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 59.2% 2025 down 9.5% 37th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 65.9% 2025 down 6.3% 93rd
Unemployment with advanced education, female 2.4% 2024 down 1.1% 104th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 62.6% 2025 down 7.9% 59th
Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 4,169 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.3% 24th
Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 4,169 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.3% 24th
Labour force by NUTS 2 region 3,039 Thousand persons 2025 up 10.1% 23rd
Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 80.3% 2025 up 2.7% 11th
Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 80.3% 2025 up 2.7% 11th
Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 72.9% 2025 up 2.7% 10th