Unemployment Rate in Norway increased to 4.90 percent in August from 4.50 percent in July of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Norway Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Key information about Norway Unemployment Rate

• Norway Unemployment Rate dropped to 3.90% in Dec 2024, from the previously reported figure of 4.00% in Nov 2024.
• Norway Unemployment Rate is updated monthly, available from Jan 1989 to Dec 2024, with an average rate of 4.00%.
• The data reached an all-time high of 6.80% in Sep 1993 and a record low of 2.60% in Apr 2008.
• The data is reported by reported by Statistics Norway.
• In the latest reports, Norway Population reached 5.37 million people in Dec 2019.

In 2024, the unemployment rate in Norway was 3.97 percent. Between 1991 and 2024, the figure dropped by 1.44 percentage points, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

View monthly updates and historical trends for Norway Unemployment Rate. Source: Eurostat. Track economic data with YCharts analytics.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in Norway, many people have lost their jobs. This was especially the case for employees in the tourism and transportation sector. Before the coronavirus outbreak, the unemployment rate in the sector amounted to 3.4 percent. After the outbreak of COVID-19, however, the rate increased to 13.6 percent. Compared to other significantly affected industries, such as industrial work, the unemployment rate in the tourism and transportation sector was more than twice as high.

Traveling and tourism

As of July 2020, many companies in the traveling and tourism industry had completed layoffs. In detail, 85 percent of travel agencies and 95 percent of hotels had laid off employees due to the coronavirus crisis. The extent of these layoffs unfolded slightly differently in the two sectors: While 65 percent of travel agencies dismissed between 76 and 100 percent of their employees, 81 percent of hotels had to do the same.

Unemployment

Despite the significant rise in unemployment levels in Norway since March 2020, the number of unemployed individuals gradually decreased as of April 2020 before increasing again. While over 300,000 people were unemployed by the end of March 2020, the number had nearly halved by June 2020. As of February 2021, roughly 124 people registered as unemployed.

Graph and download economic data for Infra-Annual Labor Statistics: Monthly Unemployment Rate Total: 25 Years or over for Norway (LRHUADTTNOQ156S) from Q1 1989 to Q2 2025 about Norway, 25 years +, harmonized, unemployment, and rate.

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The monthly unemployment rate in Norway increased rapidly in the spring of 2020 after the outbreak of COVID-19. It peaked in August that year, reaching *** percent. I then remained around five percent until June 2021, before it started to decrease, standing at **** percent by July 2024.

The unemployment rate in Norway stands at 4.2 percent according to the latest data from . That reading shows a decrease from the level of 5.8 percent in the previous month and an increase from the level of 3.6 percent in the same month of the previous year. The unemployment rate data in Norway...

Norway: Unemployment rate: The latest value from 2024 is 3.97 percent, an increase from 3.57 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 6.80 percent, based on data from 176 countries. Historically, the average for Norway from 1991 to 2024 is 4.06 percent. The minimum value, 2.49 percent, was reached in 2007 while the maximum of 6.31 percent was recorded in 1995.

Norway Unemployment Rate: Female: 25-74 Years data was reported at 2.100 % in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.700 % for Dec 2024. Norway Unemployment Rate: Female: 25-74 Years data is updated monthly, averaging 2.400 % from Apr 2007 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 214 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.900 % in Sep 2020 and a record low of 1.200 % in Apr 2012. Norway Unemployment Rate: Female: 25-74 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Norway. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.G024: Unemployment Rate: Labour Force Survey.

Graph and download economic data for Infra-Annual Labor Statistics: Monthly Unemployment Rate Total: From 15 to 24 Years for Norway (LRHU24TTNOQ156N) from Q1 1989 to Q2 2025 about Norway, 15 to 24 years, harmonized, unemployment, and rate.

Norway Unemployment Rate: Male data was reported at 3.500 % in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.300 % for Jan 2025. Norway Unemployment Rate: Male data is updated monthly, averaging 4.100 % from Apr 2007 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 215 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.500 % in Feb 2016 and a record low of 1.900 % in Dec 2007. Norway Unemployment Rate: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Norway. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.G024: Unemployment Rate: Labour Force Survey.

In 2024, the youth unemployment rate in Norway was 11.59 percent. Between 1991 and 2024, the figure dropped by 0.34 percentage points, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

Long Term Unemployment Rate in Norway increased to 0.80 percent in the second quarter of 2025 from 0.60 percent in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - Norway Long Term Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2023, unemployment rates were higher among immigrants than non-immigrants. As of October that year, *** percent of the non-immigrant and *** percent of the immigrant population was completely unemployed.

Youth Unemployment Rate in Norway increased to 18.50 percent in August from 13.80 percent in July of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Norway Youth Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Historical dataset showing Norway unemployment rate by year from 1991 to 2024.

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