Norway Labor Force Participation Rate 1972-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Labor Force Participation Rate in Norway increased to 69.50 percent in the first quarter of 2018 from 69.30 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017. Labor Force Participation Rate in Norway averaged 69.36 percent from 1972 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 74.10 percent in the second quarter of 2002 and a record low of 60.20 percent in the first quarter of 1974.

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Norway Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.90	4.00	4.90	2.30	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	2676.00	2666.00	2676.00	2341.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	83430.00	83625.00	188587.00	38220.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	69.50	69.30	74.10	60.20	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.20	1.20	2.00	0.30	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.40	9.20	15.70	6.80	percent	[+]
Productivity	122.81	122.19	124.44	61.77	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	121.40	117.90	129.90	53.40	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	58000.00	56700.00	78500.00	1395.00		[+]
Wage Growth	6.34	8.67	18.56	4.11	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	156.10	156.70	156.70	78.90	Index Points	[+]
Population	5.26	5.21	5.26	3.57	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	62.00	62.00	62.00	62.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	62.00	62.00	62.00	62.00		[+]
Part Time Employment	647.20	635.90	699.00	531.90	Thousand	[+]
Wages	44310.00	43300.00	44310.00	20126.00	NOK/Month	[+]
Employment Change	0.40	0.40	1.60	-1.00	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	66.80	66.70	71.80	63.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	1898.00	1922.10	1922.10	1558.80	Thousand	[+]

Norway Labor Force Participation Rate

The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides - Norway Labor Force Participation Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Norway Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	69.50	69.30	74.10	60.20	1972 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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labor force participation rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
United Kingdom	79.00	Feb/18	78.8	79	74.1	%	Monthly
France	72.00	Dec/17	71.9	72	69.5	%	Quarterly
Indonesia	69.02	Dec/17	68.06	69.21	57.14	%	Yearly
Switzerland	68.60	Dec/17	68.6	68.8	66.8	%	Quarterly
Italy	65.70	Mar/18	65.4	65.7	61.7	%	Monthly
Australia	65.60	Apr/18	65.5	65.8	60.1	%	Monthly
Canada	65.40	Apr/18	65.5	67.7	61.4	%	Monthly
Netherlands	64.00	Dec/17	64.2	67.1	61.7	%	Quarterly
South Korea	63.50	Apr/18	63.1	63.8	48.5	%	Monthly
United States	62.80	Apr/18	62.9	67.3	58.1	%	Monthly
Russia	62.70	Mar/18	62.5	70.3	62.5	%	Monthly
Germany	61.70	Jan/18	61.5	61.7	56.9	%	Quarterly
Brazil	61.60	Mar/18	61.6	61.9	60.9	%	Monthly
Japan	61.20	Mar/18	60.8	74	58.5	%	Monthly
Mexico	59.00	Mar/18	59.2	61.47	58.18	%	Monthly
Spain	58.46	Mar/18	58.8	60.55	48.88	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	57.30	Dec/17	57.3	57.3	55	%	Quarterly
Turkey	53.20	Feb/18	53.1	53.2	43.9	%	Monthly
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9	50.9	%	Yearly