ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Norway
Norway: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by was 78.72 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Norway, 1995–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Norway stood at 78.72 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Norway peaked at 78.75 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 70.58 %, in 1995.
Norway ranks 36th of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Norway, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 70.58 % | — |
| 2005 | 70.66 % | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 71.52 % | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 71.54 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 73.4 % | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 73.01 % | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 76.84 % | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 75.71 % | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 76.53 % | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 74.89 % | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 76.44 % | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 76.4 % | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 75.99 % | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 78.75 % | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 78.27 % | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 77.67 % | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 78.72 % | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 70.58 % | 70.58 % | 70.58 % | 1 |
| 2000s | 70.66 % | 70.66 % | 70.66 % | 1 |
| 2010s | 74.63 % | 71.52 % | 76.84 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.88 % | 75.99 % | 78.75 % | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Norway?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Norway was 78.72 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 78.75 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.58 % in 1995.
- How does Norway rank for ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by?
- Norway ranks 36th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 55 to 64, rural areas — Male — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.