Norway Jobless Rate Rises to 4.9% in August

2025-09-25 06:09 By Joshua Ferrer 1 min. read

Norway’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.9% in August 2025 from 4.5% in the previous month.

The number of unemployed persons climbed by 16 thousand from a month earlier to 152 thousand.

Meanwhile, the employment rate increased to 70% from 69.7% in July, as the number of employed individuals grew by 14 thousand to 2.920 million.

The labor force participation rate went up to 73.7% in August from 72.9% in the prior month.

Moreover, the youth unemployment rate, which measures the number of job-seekers aged 15 to 24, jumped to a fresh record high of 18.5%, up from 13.8% in the preceding period.



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