Norway Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in Norway decreased to 70.10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 70.70 percent in the third quarter of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in Norway averaged 69.37 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.

Labor Force Participation Rate in Norway is expected to be 70.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Labor Force Participation Rate in Norway to stand at 70.60 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Norway Labor Force Participation Rate is projected to trend around 71.20 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Norway Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.90	3.70	5.10	2.40	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	2702.00	2703.00	2714.00	1991.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	78316.00	79106.00	188587.00	38220.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	70.10	70.70	74.10	60.20	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.00	0.90	2.00	0.30	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.60	10.00	15.70	6.80	percent	[+]
Productivity	121.08	120.26	124.44	61.77	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	123.50	122.00	134.20	53.40	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	68400.00	75200.00	78500.00	1395.00		[+]
Wage Growth	2.97	2.42	18.56	1.07	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	103.90	101.60	152.20	78.90	Index Points	[+]
Population	5.30	5.26	5.30	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	673.10	647.50	699.00	531.90	Thousand	[+]
Wages	45380.00	44190.00	45630.00	20126.00	NOK/Month	[+]
Employment Change	0.50	0.40	1.60	-1.00	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	67.60	67.90	71.80	63.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	1916.10	1950.10	1950.10	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 April of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	70.10	70.70	74.10	60.20	1972 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.30	Jan/19	79.3	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Dec/18	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Mar/19	71	71.1 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.50	Sep/18	68.4	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	65.70	Mar/19	65.6	65.8 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.70	Mar/19	65.8	67.7 : 61.4	%
Italy	65.70	Feb/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	63.10	Mar/19	62.3	63.9 : 48.5	%
United States	63.00	Mar/19	63.2	67.3 : 58.1	%
Russia	62.10	Feb/19	61.9	70.3 : 61.9	%
Brazil	61.60	Feb/19	61.6	61.9 : 60.9	%
Germany	61.50	Sep/18	60.9	61.7 : 56.9	%
Japan	61.40	Feb/19	61.2	74 : 58.5	%
Mexico	60.00	Mar/19	59.2	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	59.40	Dec/18	59.5	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.35	Mar/19	58.61	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.30	Sep/18	57.2	57.3 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	55.90	Dec/18	56.4	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	52.90	Jan/19	53.1	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9 : 50.9	%
Argentina	46.50	Dec/18	46.7	46.9 : 44.5	%