Unemployment - Norway
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Norway is 3.60 (%) with a global rank of 177.
Norway compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Norway is similar to that of United Arab Emirates, Cameroon, Brunei, Liberia, Peru, Madagascar, Ghana, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso with a respective Unemployment of 3.80, 3.80, 3.80, 3.70, 3.60, 3.60, 3.60, 3.50, 3.40, 3.30 (%) and a global rank of 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182.Last 10 years averageNorway had an average Unemployment of 3.56 (%) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Norway during the Great RecessionNorway's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 8.57% during the Great RecessionNorway since the end of the Great RecessionNorway's Unemployment had a positive growth of 12.5% since the end of the Great Recession
Norway compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Norway is similar to that of United Arab Emirates, Cameroon, Brunei, Liberia, Peru, Madagascar, Ghana, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso with a respective Unemployment of 3.80, 3.80, 3.80, 3.70, 3.60, 3.60, 3.60, 3.50, 3.40, 3.30 (%) and a global rank of 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182.Last 10 years averageNorway had an average Unemployment of 3.56 (%) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Norway during the Great RecessionNorway's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 8.57% during the Great RecessionNorway since the end of the Great RecessionNorway's Unemployment had a positive growth of 12.5% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 5.40 |
1992 | 5.90 |
1993 | 6.00 |
1994 | 5.30 |
1995 | 4.90 |
1996 | 4.80 |
1997 | 3.90 |
1998 | 3.20 |
1999 | 3.20 |
2000 | 3.40 |
2001 | 3.40 |
2002 | 3.90 |
2003 | 4.70 |
2004 | 4.40 |
2005 | 4.60 |
2006 | 3.50 |
2007 | 2.50 |
2008 | 2.60 |
2009 | 3.20 |
2010 | 3.60 |
2011 | 3.30 |
2012 | 3.20 |
2013 | 3.60 |
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United Arab Emirates | 172 | 3.80 |
Cameroon | 173 | 3.80 |
Brunei | 174 | 3.80 |
Liberia | 175 | 3.70 |
Peru | 176 | 3.60 |
Norway | 177 | 3.60 |
Madagascar | 178 | 3.60 |
Ghana | 179 | 3.60 |
Tanzania | 180 | 3.50 |
Sierra Leone | 181 | 3.40 |
Burkina Faso | 182 | 3.30 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators