Work & Labour in Norway 981 indicators covering work & labour for Norway. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Annual working hours per person employed 1,429 Hours 2016 up 0.3% 35th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 4.46 2025 up 3.7% 45th Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 4.46 2025 up 3.7% 45th Unemployment rate 3.37 2025 down 25.1% 48th Unemployment 89.76 2025 down 26.4% 47th Youth labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 479.89 2025 down 6.1% 41st Youth labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition) 50.6 2025 down 6.4% 32nd Youth outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 468.49 2025 up 7.9% 40th Youth employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 449.18 2025 down 4.0% 38th Youth employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 47.36 2025 down 4.3% 25th Working-age population 4,587 2025 up 10.0% 40th Youth unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 6.4 2025 down 24.5% 47th Youth unemployment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 3.24 2025 down 29.3% 48th Labour force participation rate 58.08 2025 down 6.5% 37th Labour force 2,664 2025 up 2.9% 41st Persons outside the labour force 1,923 2025 up 21.7% 40th Employment-to-population ratio 56.12 2025 down 5.8% 32nd SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 3.37 2025 down 17.2% 48th Employment by permanency of the job 9.31 Persons 2025 up 28.6% 9th Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 5,635 Thousand persons 2026 up 7.2% 25th Agricultural labour input statistics - absolute figures 42.5 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2025 down 5.3% 34th Agricultural labour input statistics - indices 99.22 Index, 2020=100 2025 down 5.4% 10th Nurses — Health and social employment 29.13 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 16.3% 2nd SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 6.59 2025 down 22.7% 63rd Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data 119 Thousand persons 2026 up 10.2% 30th Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 136.32 2025 up 15.0% 49th Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 62.59 2025 down 7.9% 13th Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2,923 2025 up 10.7% 36th Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 1,611 2025 up 42.9% 43rd Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 65.5 2025 down 7.7% 15th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 1.02 million Thousand hours worked 2026 up 1.4% 24th Labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 3,059 2025 up 10.9% 38th Days not worked per 1000 workers due to strikes and lockouts 10.9 2024 down 80.5% 24th Number of labour inspection visits 11,351 2024 down 28.9% 43rd Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data 102.1 Index, 2020=100 2026 down 1.4% 39th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.301 2025 up 1.0% 35th Median monthly earnings of employees 5,217 2025 up 0.9% 15th Main agricultural labour force by age and sex of the farm manager 41,290 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 10.5% 19th Agricultural labour force by size of the farm and NUTS 2 region 41,290 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 10.5% 19th Agricultural labour force by legal entity, work status and sex of 41,290 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 10.5% 19th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Dependent employment 3,045 Persons 2025 up 25.7% 23rd Wage gap by age — Senior to prime-age wage gap -10.99 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2025 down 48.9% 22nd Number of labour inspectors 320 2024 down 6.4% 29th Population and employment - national accounts - annual data 5,609 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.1% 25th Employment by job tenure intervals - persons — Employment tenure 3,217 Persons 2025 up 23.5% 23rd Labour market outcomes of immigrants - Employment, unemployment, and 7.11 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2024 down 10.5% 13th Trade union density rate 50.4 2019 up 0.2% 5th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 6.15 2025 down 1.4% 60th Wage gap by age — Youth to prime-age wage gap 37.47 Percentage of prime-age employees wage 2025 up 1.6% 16th Labour productivity and unit labour costs by industry 46 Euro 2025 up 29.2% 2nd NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 40.76 2025 down 1.2% 50th Labour inspection visits per inspector 41.75 2024 down 11.2% 48th Caring personnel (personal care workers) — Health and social 18.18 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 10.0% 2nd Agricultural family labour force by age, sex of farm manager and NUTS 4.00 billion Euro 2023 up 17.3% 14th Labour productivity and unit labour costs - annual data 69,943 Euro 2025 up 9.7% 5th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts - annual 4.17 million Thousand hours worked 2025 up 9.0% 25th Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 658.4 2025 up 43.8% 11th LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 7.93 2025 up 6.8% 37th [ILO] Proportion of unemployed persons receiving unemployment cash 43.3% 2022 down 37.7% 37th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 4.4 2023 down 1.3% 45th ← Previous Page 8 of 17 Next →